Summary of the combatants:
Purple Worm HD15 HP68 AC6 Bite 2-16damage Sting 1-8damage
Hedun 14th Level Fighter HP51 AC2 Long Sword 1-8 damage
Taylor 14th Level Fighter HP51 AC2 Long Sword 1-8 damage
Round 1 Fighters win initiative
- Hedun rolls 15 and hits doing 4 damage
- Taylor rolls 4 and hits (he only needs a 3) doing 3 damage
- PW goes for a bite of Hedun and rolls 16, a hit doing a chomping 15 damage
- PW tail swipes Taylor rolling and 8 doing 5 damage
Round 2 PW wins initiative
- PW bites Hedun, hits with a 20 and does 9 damage
- PW swipes at Taylor, rolls 16 and hits for 5 damage. Taylor rolls 14 and makes his save against the poisonous sting
- Hedun rolls a 2 and misses
- Taylor rolls 7 and does 8 damage
Round 3 PW wins initiative
- PW bites at Hedun, but misses with a 6
- PW swipes at Taylor and just hits with a 7 doing 1 damages. Taylor rolls 6 and makes his save
- Hedun rolls a 3 and just hits doing 3 damage
- Taylor rolls a 1 and misses
Round 4 PW wins initiative
- PW bites at Hedun and hits with a 16 doing 12 damage
- PW swipes at Taylor and hits with a 10 doing 3 damage. Taylor rolls a 16 and makes his save
- Hedun rolls a 13 and does 6 damage
- Taylor rolls a 2 and misses (he's having really bad luck)
Round 5 Fighters win initiative
- Hedun rolls a 2 and misses (what can I say Taylor taught him well)
- Taylor's luck turns and he hits with an 11 doing 8 damage
- PW Bites Hedun with roll of 12 and does 10 damage
- PW tries to sting Taylor but misses with a 6
Round 6 PW wins initiative
- PW bites Hedun and with a roll of 10 and damage of 15 puts him down
- PW goes for another sting on Taylor and hits with 18 doing 4 damage. Taylor rolls a 19 and saves with style
- Taylor takes another swing and hits with a 19 doing 7 damage
Round 7 PW wins initiative
- PW turns his head to bite at whoever has been trying to cut his tail off, he rolls 6 and misses. I don't allow a bite and sting on the same opponent as it might end up stinging itself in the mouth area
- Taylor rolls a 19 and does 5 damage
Round 8 PW wins initiative
- PW bites again and misses again with a 4
- Taylor hits with a 20 (shame we're not doing critical hits here) but he does roll a maximum 8 damage
Round 9 Taylor wins initiative
- Taylor hits with a 7 and does 3 damage
- PW bites and hits with an 8 doing 7 damage
Round 10 Taylor wins initiative
- Taylor hits with a 12 and does 3 damage
- PW bites and hits doing 12 damage
Round 11 PW wins initiative
- PW bites and hits with a 12 doing 9 damage
- Taylor hits with 9 and does 3 damage
Round 12 Taylor wins initiative
- Taylor hits with another 20 and does 3 damage
- PW counters with a bite and hits with 15 doing 12 damage and ending the brave warrior's life
I did two more fast battles and the worm was the winner of both ot those too. In one it was a similar outcome to this one but it was a couple of rounds shorter. In the other the worm poisoned poor Taylor in round 2 and by round 5 Hedun was also slain. The moral of the story is that whatever level you are a purple worm is very bad news.
This Crypt Worm is from One Monk Miniatures and is available as a free download.
I really enjoyed this one. An excellent write-up and some very valid conclusions. Will this be a regular series now? I'll try and steer some traffic hither with a pointer post on my blog if that's the case.
ReplyDeleteThank you. That is praise indeed from the master of the art. I'm not sure I'll do more of the same, but I got an idea last night, in which I pit an averge 1st level party against a series of encounters, and compare the average outcome against the random dice generated one. I'll give it some more thought during the week.
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