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Kaxaon could be used as a battering ram but he's downstairs with Spugnoir :-D

Sorted - I think I'll start posting the maps in the game thread too :)

Never fear, Anrin and Matthias are on their way!

Whoops! I guess Grumble forgot to renew the light on his staff!

Since I don't have my lit staff at hand - not sure why I don't - I'm considering casting light on a crossbow bolt and firing it at a half-seen rat. Would that be 1 turn, or 2 turns worth of actions?

2 actions = 2 turns. The arrow may bounce but should fill the room with light

Hey, anybody else with a range weapon want to come up behind Darf and try to shoot? We should keep going in a line all the way back up the stairs, until one of us gets shot in the back!

I kid, I kid. But each arrow whistling past makes Grumble cringe, given his narrow miss of Kaxaon in the first round.

So I suppose Anrin can't directly help till next round? Or indeed see to advise Kaxaon to get out of the way so we can all have a stab :-D

Kaxaon is not going to want to move from the doorway. Moving into the room would be foolish as anyone doing so would get surrounded. Moving back would be pointless unless it's to close the door if that's possible. Looks to me like two people can stand at the doorway to fight.

Kaxaon sees the doorway as a bottleneck and he's the cork preventing the rats from spilling out. He will simply ignore "Get out of the way of my crossbow!" He might oblige if it's "Get out of the way of this fireball!" or a suggestion of "Quick, close the door! There's too many of those vermin!"

Anrin may assist now - he joined combat last round and so is near to the stairs. The door is only 5ft wide - the cellar image exaggerates a bit!

Haha I think that, despite raging, Kaxain will find Anrin's argument compelling! However, he's way at the bottom of the initiative order.

Are we waiting on rats or is it Kaxaon's turn?

My understanding is that it's the rats' turn. At any rate, Kaxaon doesn't go until Matthias has had a go.

Waiting for darf. Many of the rats essentially skip their go!

Ah, my mistake; Matthias' last post was the initiative for this round; presumably Naat wants Matthias to act this round, too (though what he can do with Darf and Grumble blocking the stairs is anybody's guess).

Don't forget that you can pass through a friendly character's space and even attack from it (at disadvantage) although it's better to avoid remaining there afterwards. You could also shoot from the area above without incurring much of a risk of hitting team mates, assuming you are directly above kaxaon

Yeah, Kaxaon is toast! :-D

Level 1 characters are so squishy, I love it

RAW: Thunderwave is not centered on you, you are on one of the faces of the cube, so you could stand in Kaxaon's square without destroying him with the spell.

This is my source, as well as the description of cube spells in the spellcasting rules on Pg 204 of the PHB:
Not sure if that answers your question at all, but I enjoy talking about rules (and helping people with them)