Running the Monster Gauntlet: Escape (5e)

[spiderwrangler]

He heads that way for a bit, eventually finding where a scuffled area and some blood, but it would seem whatever went down here, the creature(s?) involved then went the other way.

[Rodgeir]

<Other way! Fast! Sneaky!>

Sneakyand perception: 1D20 = [16] = 16
1D20 = [4] = 4

[spiderwrangler]

You dart back along the trail, following it to a cluster of boulders. What you don't see, until you're right up on it, almost touching it, is a large, sleek carapace of a creature with lots of little legs sticking out, a thick tail curving up over its back, and a pair of large pinchy looking claws at the front. It's currently tearing into something wet sounding, and hasn't noticed you.

[Rodgeir]

<Found it! We can definitely get it. It's a... Thing with grabby things instead of meat. It has a tail. We should all attack at once!>

Underslem slowly, carefully backs up 60 ft and readies a firebolt while waiting for it's siblings.

[spiderwrangler]

((I've been using Roll20 enough to get much more practiced at using the maps there, so will be incorporating them more into my games... I think this is our first map for this game though!))

[Rodgeir]

((Underslem looks happy!))

[spiderwrangler]

((Well, all his portal hopping and running about may finally pay off!))

[Dlover]

Sluj follows after Underslem, <Not meat, sad, but try eat anyway.>

[spiderwrangler]

((Is Sluj attempting to be stealthy?))

[Lurks_In_Shadows]

<<Gomz not sneaky in this body.>>
Gomz sounds a little sad about this and hangs further back to avoid alerting the creature.

[Dlover]

Sluj is sneaking, yeah. New roll?

[spiderwrangler]

((Your old one is fine with me. I'll give others a chance to respond. If folks are hanging back, I'll say you're good with not needing to make a stealth check, but you'll be delayed entering the initiative order once things pop off.))

[The Lost]

Miasma will sniff around to try to find master.

[spiderwrangler]

((Want to make a perception check? You heading in the same direction as the others?))

[The Lost]

Miasma is following the others. Per [1d20-2] = 7-2 = 5

[spiderwrangler]

Miasma snuffles along after the others. Hanging back with Gomz, or joining Slem and Sluj? How about the others?

[Quarg]

Fred finally catches up to underslem and readies to use his own spit on any creature that comes near them both...

[spiderwrangler]

((Is FRED doing so stealthily?))

((I don't think you can count on Gris/M0rt for this one, so whenever you want to pop things off...))

[Quarg]

Stealth Fred: 1D20+1 = [15]+1 = 16


Fred will try sneaking...which may or may not work...

[spiderwrangler]

((Fred's fine! Gris is playing in the sand by the portal, and the two hogs are staying back so as not to spook the prey, the others are all in position 60 feet to the west. Unless you want to do anything before it pops off, roll some initiative!))

[M0rtimer]

((Gris is not very smart atm and has lost the thread. He's just playing, yeah. ))

[spiderwrangler]

((If you want in, you can hop in, I wasn't going to force your character into a fight without you though!))

[Dlover]

Initiative: 1D20+2 = [19]+2 = 21

[Rodgeir]

Initiative: 1D20 = [13] = 13

[Quarg]

((OOC: Fred is called to by the ancient lost...actually my bandwidth is going to be severely limited the next four days or so...))
Wait for attack!: 1D20+1 = [1]+1 = 2