Initiative
Xcha (24)
Shadow Mastiffs (12)
Bone Knights (11)
Travail (10)
Skeleton Brutes (10)
Bells (6)
Crow (4)
Hunt (4)
Enemy Damage Sustained
Bone Knight (BK)1:
Bone Knight (BK)2: 41
Bone Knight (BK)3:
Bone Knight (BK)4: dead
Skeletal Brute (SB)1: 29
Skeletal Brute (SB)2:
Skeletal Brute (SB)3:
Skeletal Brute (SB)4: dead
Shadow Mastiff (SM)1: 28 B
Shadow Mastiff (SM)2:
Shadow Mastiff (SM)3:
Shadow Mastiff (SM)4: 30 B
Spells, Conditions, and Effects
Travail is concentrating on Hypnotic pattern (SM1/2)
BK2 is frightened of Travail until the end of Travail's next turn.
Xha is frightened of SM1
Reckless: Hunt
Shifted: Hunt
Bells: Concentrating on Animated Objects
Travail has advantage on his next attack roll or ability check (next, cannot choose when to use it)
SB2 is under the effect of crown of madness and must attack SM3.
Other Information
I use group initiative, so if multiple players are next and no enemies separate them, go ahead in any order.
B = bloodied (1/2 hp or less)
2nd floor balcony is 10 feet higher than 1st floor
Purple enemies are hypnotized
ACs: Shadow Mastiffs 12, Skeleton Brutes 12, Skull Knights 20
Battlemap
Event Log
Round 1
Xha takes the dodge action and attempts to protect the king from the enemies south of them.
SM1 howls, forcing all PCs and allied NPCs to make a DC 11 Wisdom save vs frightened (1 min)
Xcha if now frightened for 1 minute (repeat DC 11 at the end of each turn)
SM2 attacks king and misses
SM3 attacks travail and misses
SM4 attacks Xha and misses
BK1 Dashes to O14
BK2 Dashes to Q15
BK3 Dashes to P12
BK4 Dashes to T12
Travail casts hypnotic pattern on all of the bone knights and shadow mastiffs, who all fail but BK2 and SM1
SK1 and SK2 Dash to K4 and 21 respectively.
SK3 attacks Crows and deals 31 damage and knocks Crows prone.
SK4 attacks Bells and deals 24 damage and knocks Bells prone.
Crow dealt 51 damage to SB4 and pushed it away with each hit until railing stopped it
Hunt dealt 24 damage to BK4, shaking it form the hypnotic pattern.
Bells casts animate objects and commands 6 to attack SM1 and 4 to attack BK2. SM1 takes 28 damage. BK2 takes 13 damage.
Round 2
Xha deals 24 damage to SM4, is still frightened of SM1
Xha deals 6 damage to SM4 in an opportunity attack
SM1 frees SM2 spell, who frees BK3
SM4 will take an opportunity attack to move to SM3 and free him
SM3 will free BK1
BK1 misses Travail with both attacks
BK2 deals 20 damage to Xha
BK3 deals 26 damage to Travail
BK4 deals 19 damage to Hunt
Travail casts hypnotic pattern and BK1/2/4 and SM 1/2/3/4 fail
SB1 dashes to O13
SB2 moves to O15 and deals 56 damage to Travail, who fails a DC 28 concentration save with a 25. Bells uses silvery barbs, causing the attack to still hit but do 31 damage instead (as it is no longer a critical hit) and Travail to instead succeed on the concentration save.
SB3 moves to Q17 and shakes SM4
SB4 deals 15 damage to Crow, but Crow casts Shield to protect himself.
Crow twin casts crown on madness on BK3 and SB2. BK3 succeeds but SB2 fails and is told to attack SM3.
Bells casts vicious mockery on BK2 and commands the larger group of animated museum objects to attack SB1 while the smaller attacks SB4. BK2 fails its wisdom save and takes 8 psychic damage. SB 1 takes 29 damage from 4 of the 6 attacks and SB4 takes 24 damage from all 4 attacks. SB4 is destroyed.
Hunt hits BK4 with 3 attacks dealing a total of 65 damage, killing them.
Round 3
Xha lands 2 hits to BK2, dealing 20 damage, but remains frightened
SM4 shakes SM3, SM3 shakes BK1, BK1 shakes BK3.
BK3 casts a bonus action spell and swings twice at Travail, dealing 13 slashing and 6 radiant damage unless he casts Shield.
BK2 retaliates against Xha with hellish rebuke and deals 11 fire damage to him and then casts darkness.