Chapter 2: Into Darkness

med check just in case

Point of reference, Francis is NOT down, there is no stabilization necessary at this time. Additionally, as this hallway is only 10 foot across, you cannot move in closer to him without someone else moving out of the way. Dustin, I'm assuming you moved out ahead of the front of the pack for your shots.

do I just tell the to move or do the have to move, and this is the polymorph prince that is going crazy right?

Yes, it is the polymorphed prince going nutso. You can move through friendly spaces, but you have to end in a place where you have some free space. If you can get Georges to move, you can occupy his previous place.

In terms of turn actions you have:
1 Action
1 Move
1 Bonus (Maybe)
Free Actions (1 per object)

Actions are things like Attack, Cast a Spell (with casting time of 1 action), Dash, Hide
Move is moving up to your total speed.
Bonus Actions differ by class. For example, Dustin is able to take a bonus action each turn to Hide or Dash.
Free Actions are things that take no reasonable time, such as simple talking (not whole paragraphs usually, but I'm flexible on that), drawing a weapon, or sheathing a weapon. However, for each object, you only get one free action per turn. So you cannot sheathe your weapon, make shadow puppets, and then draw your weapon again.

So far, you've taken 1 Action (cast Compelled Duel, safer to cast from a distance) and 1 Move (moving up to Georges' spot). You can still take an action and another move if you'd like. So you could attack, as example.

This is a bit of a change with 5e from previous editions. In older versions, creatures/characters had a lethal and a non-lethal HP pool. In 5e, however, they just have a single pool. When you make a blow that would reduce the creature to 0 HP (no such thing as negative HP in 5e), you can choose to instead knock them out. If you choose that option, they drop unconscious and are stable. If you do NOT choose that option, they drop unconscious and begin Dying, requiring death saving throws.

That said, feel free to do like you did and indicate that you are attempting a non-lethal attack and I'll use that to determine if the beastie drops stable or not stable. :D

cool that works, also can I borrow someones dice...I think mine are broken.

Waiting for Fang to post and then we'll resolve the actions of Minute 1 and set up the situation for Minute 2.

what is the spell save dc gona be? Just so I can post it before I go into work.