Chapter 3: Level 2 dungeon

It would be fair if your PCs would make an assumption shield won't attack behind itself, but neither you nor your PC can be sure until they try. That's a very custom magic within the shield

I really don't want to turn RPG into geometry or physics. I love 5e for it don't have such mechanical thing as "direction you are looking at" or "behind you". I don't want to discuss how easy it is for you to perfectly manipulate object as large as you and heavy. I ruled that if your initiative don't beat shield initiative it was not possible for you to rise it and put it on top of cauldron i a way to never be a valid target of a shot.

I can also tell you that if you do your spider plan it will require no skill check and shield will not be able to hit you (the spider).

P.S. If all you want is to destroy objects you can simply break them with your melee weapons. It will work most of the cases. I don't understand why are you investing so much effort and risk to do it this fancy way.

I'm so sorry. At the moment you are getting cauldron destroyed without hurting bones. If I didtn't roll 1 on d20 twice first cauldron may have been destroyed already.

Nyx is now fine, thanks :)

I mean the class it is made of is cracked

So I assume everyone including familiars are out of the room with chariot - only the giant spider is in just above the cauldron with the shield on top of it. Shield stop firing it's spears
Cauldron taken significant amount of damage, but not yet above it full HP.
I assume spider is now "holding" the shield without the help of web and could move it around as you want. Giant spider is large creature, so you can freely describe how you want to move the magic shield.
What do you do ?

As something is going to happen I'd like to know what are everyone doing. I assume you were outside the room as Nyx asked before turned into spider. He is now not able to talk, so you don't know he is about to pick amulet

@Psybermagi - would Nyx wait for others to enter the room before picking the amulet?

Would this be proper situation when spider picks up the amulet?

@Pedrop @annex please confirm your location or state your movement

@Pedrop @annex please confirm your location or state your movement

to boost sings up I'm rolling initiative for you. Zean and Ixion will be surprised first round because they do not see skeletons created magically. Neither does Tante Lude, but she is has feat observant and I guess she is watching Tinakras reaction
And we will do side initiative:
1. Tinkara and Tante Lude
2. Skeletons
3. Nyx (note that Zean and Ixion skip first round as surprised)
and Tinkara and Tante Lude
4. Skeletons
5. All PCs
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@thorsman99 @badbaron - please post your round 1 turns. Square is 5x5 feet and feel free to cut corners, TInkara see all except 4 most north skeletons, while Tante Lude will need to move to see them

initiative:
1. Tinkara and Tante Lude
2. Skeletons
3. Nyx (note that Zean and Ixion skip first round as surprised)
and Tinkara and Tante Lude
4. Skeletons
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