Sir Haldern |
Or use mine. Might as well keep the charges even :-)
Sir Haldern |
He has the Celestial Template and so gets smite once a day. Just the normal Paladin ability, nothing special.
Looking at it made me realize that I have this ability:
Knight’s Charge (Su): At 11th level, whenever a mounted shining knight charges a foe, her movement does not provoke attacks of opportunity, for either her or her mount. In addition, if her target is also the target of her smite evil ability and the charge attack hits, the target must make a Will save or be panicked for a number of rounds equal to 1/2 the shining knight’s level. The DC of this save is equal to 10 + 1/2 the shining knight’s level + the shining knight’s Charisma modifier. This ability replaces aura of justice
So, giant needs to make a will save DC 20 or be panicked.
GM Arkwright |
Not quite; celestial smite is not quite equivalent to Paladin smite.
"Special Attacks The creature may smite evil 1/day as a swift action (it adds its Cha bonus to attack rolls, and a damage bonus equal to its HD against evil foes; smite persists until the target is dead or the celestial creature rests)."
Do any of your numbers need to be changed? And has Jensel already used smite today?
Sir Haldern |
Jensal has not smited before this.
The numbers are correct (no cha bonus, HD in damage). The only difference is the bypassing of DR, correct? I didn't take that into account with the numbers because I don't know if she has DR and, if she does, how much.
Why am I guessing she has stoneskin up? :-)
Senna Proviso |
Sorry for vanishing and not giving notice. My ISP turned the bandwidth spigot down to 'pathetic trickle' and it made it nearly impossible to access Paizo.
It looks like my ISP is starting to fix the problem so I'll try to catch up with the game this evening. Feel free to bot me if needed. Sorry for the inconvenience.
GM Arkwright |
IC, no idea what O is.
Senna, bluff or intimidate check?
Haldern, please don't say "If the geography and charge rules allow it", it sounds like there's a chance it might not, and when you move yourself I can't see where you were to judge. Either say that you can move in that fashion, or just draw a line to indicate your desired movement.
Haldern, I didn't see 'ready a charge' just 'ready a smite' so you didn't get it on its way in. If it had won initiative you could've intercepted. And yep it moves fast.
Tathlan Larethaerith |
Unrelated to the game: if the whole shtick of linnorms is that they don't have wings... how/why do they fly? I vaguely remember in D&D 3.X they could not do so.
Tathlan Larethaerith |
I am using regular bolts, since Tathlan doesn't know what would be most effective against a Linnorm.
He gets the effects of clustered shot automatically on full attacks.
pauljathome |
Haldern, please don't say "If the geography and charge rules allow it", it sounds like there's a chance it might not, and when you move yourself I can't see where you were to judge. Either say that you can move in that fashion, or just draw a line to indicate your desired movement.
Haldern, I didn't see 'ready a charge' just 'ready a smite' so you didn't get it on its way in. If it had won initiative you could've intercepted. And yep it moves fast.
Sorry, I'll draw my movement on the map next time. One thing that I know has a LOT of table variation is charge rules, especially when mounted, especially when 3 dimensions are involved. I think that I could charge into a flank position but I know others would disagree.
Authion |
"Praise be to Ioemdae."
Totes harsh, man. You could have just mentioned if you didn't want Authion along. ;P
Sir Haldern |
On the off chance it wasn't 100% clear (I've seen stranger things on the interwebs)
I was praising Ioemdae for the death of the Linnorn, NOT for the death of Authion
Tathlan Larethaerith |
I have some rules question before I post.
I see that making a perception check is a move action. Would I be able to fire at one of the creatures with just Senna's warning about their location? If so I am guessing I would have a 50% miss chance.
Secondly, I know that if I withdraw from a space, invisible creatures still get attacks of opportunity on me. Is that the case if I take a regular 5-foot step as part of a full attack?
I apologize about holding things up but if I don't do this carefully you will have two elf corpses on your hands.
GM Arkwright |
Hey Haldern; how are you full-attacking and moving on Jensel? I'm not seeing any Mounted Skirmisher for obvious reasons.
GM Arkwright |
So, some disclosure. The module calls for you to just face the linnorm. Others convinced me that the linnorm alone would be a piddling challenge for you all, so I added two Svartalfar riding invisible on the linnorm's shoulders.
Given the rounds of prep-ish time given I'm not convinced I was too harsh, but sorry if you feel so.
Tathlan, Authion wants a new character, same for you? Options for resurrection soon.
Tathlan Larethaerith |
My apologies if I sounded upset, I actually find it exciting! Things would have gone differently if I had saved against the magma breath or burn effect but c'est la vie.
I would prefer to resurrect Tathlan, however it would be up to the other characters to pay (or sell his gear to pay for a de-powered Tathlan).
Authion |
The back-to-back encounters without time to pause is what did in Authion. He was at 50% health in the caves, and I was left with the distinct impression we were looking at imminent combat if we weren't immediately out of the caves.
Tathlan was likely still a goner. :/
Tathlan, I was planning to bring in a character to compliment the group with you in it. I was thinking a reach melee oracle. He'd bring some stationary melee oomph, some healing when we need it (including Breath of Life), and the usual divine buffing/support.
Sir Haldern |
@GM my mistake. Can't full attack. First time in a long while that I've played a mounted character. Thanks for correcting that.
The following is not meant to be complaining, just explaining what happened from my point of view. I am NOT asking for a "do over".
I think that there was at least some miscommunication. Probably my fault, I should have asked more questions. Or maybe something else happened to invalidate my assumptions.
When we went outside and the Linnorn wasn't immediately obvious my assumption had been that we'd have at least a round AFTER seeing it before it attacked us. That we'd see it a couple of hundred feet away.
My plan had been to engage it at a distance, hopefully with a Ride by Attack so it couldn't full attack me. Keep it away from the more squishy members of the party.
Sir Haldern |
I just don't understand how I didn't see it when I came out of the tunnel if it was close enough to attack the next round.
But as I say, no biggy.
Sir Haldern |
I'm quite willing to sell some stuff to help fund raising both Authion and Tathlan if they want to continue playing the same characters.
And I'll contribute ALL the cash that I currently have on hand. All 13 gp of it :-) :=)
GM Arkwright |
Pet can charge, you can't; no charge bonus or Spirited Lance.
Missing some bonuses from that attack?
You're up on a hill, it moves very fast and can move around rocks for cover, it won initiative, etc. If you'd actually said 'I ready to intercept', might be a different ball game.
Authion is quite keen on a new character.
Tathlan Larethaerith |
Tathlan, I was planning to bring in a character to compliment the group with you in it. I was thinking a reach melee oracle. He'd bring some stationary melee oomph, some healing when we need it (including Breath of Life), and the usual divine buffing/support.
That's fine with me. I'm no great tactician or builder of characters so if you think it would help the group I'm all for it.
Senna Proviso |
Hey Arkwright,
I took Rope Trick thinking it would be useful for when we camped out, etc. Since we've been 'skimming over' all those transitional moments, Rope Trick has been a wasted spell slot. Would it be OK if I swapped out that spell for something that will get some use?
GM Arkwright |
Hey Tathlan, seems like this might be what you need for your build. You're welcome to rebuild.
Sir Haldern |
Happy New Year.
I think we're just waiting for Senna to agree, right?