Sorry all. I'm going to be away for another week or so. You likely know, but Mike McArtor passed away. He was my closest friend, and about as close to a brother as I could get. In fact, this upcoming weekend was supposed to be our 8th trip to Sakuracon in Seattle. Sadly, I'm helping his widow, his other friends (and mine) as well as helping his parents try and sort things. With trying to continue working, this is leaving me pretty well mentally drained and unable to do much creatively. I suspect things will begin to return towards normalcy next week, so I'm hoping to jump back in then. In the mean time, Gadriel says cryptically creepy things, perches on narrow ledges, and lets Abu eye them evilly.
/gigz
Sorry to hear that, Gadriel. You take the time you need to sort things out.
I'm so sorry to hear about your loss, Gadriel--and to hear about Mr. MacArtor's death. I'm a big fan of his work. I'll run Gadriel if needed until you're up to returning--take your time, of course.
Hopefully we get everyone else back soon? I was starting to think it was something I said...everyone posted the day before I was able to return and I got all excited! And then silence! :P
Is Teodor still with us?
Not sure! You out there, Teo?
I was waiting on him to post, and then got sidetracked with more travel...without my portable hard drive, which has all of my AP files saved on it. On we go now!
Ach, sorry. Spring break was a bit more of a bender than I'd planned. I'm here!
Hahaha, no worries, I've been there. Just wanted to check in! :)
Hey. Just to let everyone know, I'll be in Chicago this weekend starting tomorrow. So posting may be sporadic.
Diamon's just gonna keep still at the doorway to the secret hall. Don't wanna tempt fate with a crappy Stealth check in heavy armor. He'll just wait for a signal from the rest of the group before he joins them.
I can practically hear Norv chuckling. What are you up to?
Nooooothing. Just trying to figure out which way you're going to go next...
Hey, just out of curiosity: is there a point where we encounter Devargo again?
Is everyone still here?
Still here! Looks like we have some activity in Gameplay, too, so I'll just wait on a decisive action. :)
Sorry all. Bit slow these days. We're replacing the hospital's entire medical record software, so I'm getting pretty slammed and finding it harder and harder to pull away to post. I'll try a bit harder, see if I can't get on at least once a day. :D
I'm still here. I'll get a post in tomorrow.
Also still here. Just hanging back as I mentioned before, given Diamon's in heavy armor.
Also, had a much cooler idea of attempting Acrobatics to wall run and leap onto the blue bastard, but I rolled abominably poor. So out comes the bow and arrow.
Sorry for giving you some more work, Norv. I just thought that it would be something Korriban would do (given his derring-do attitude and his acrobatics). Feel free to say no.
No worries at all! It makes sense as a thing to do (there's just no set way to handle it with Acrobatics), at least in low-ceilinged places. Fire away; I think that should cover most situations! :)
Crap! I can't get a good die roll to save my life! Board dice are really pouring their hate into my rolls...
Hey DM? I wanna run up the wall and kick off it. How good of an Acro check would I need to reach this flying chucklehead?
Why try the wall when you have a perfectly step up waiting in my cupped hands? Run at Adoros and he will toss you upward.
Stoneball special!
Indeed! Using the wall would get you a +2 bonus, which Adoros is already giving you (from where he is!) with his assist.
The DC to jump high enough to reach the floating a#**#&! is 20.
Don't know if I should try the fastball special with Adoros or not.
So should I go with Gadriel's healing or perform the fastball special with no weapons (maybe Grapple)? Can I take take 10 on Acrobatics while in combat?
Sadly no, you can't take 10 on any skill checks in combat.
Okay. In that case...
Yeah, this is a tough fight in general, and trickier with a group that's low on ranged abilities. Sorry 'bout that... :(
But you guys are standing up to him well!
Sorry guys. Life got oddly busy and elections were involved. I'm back, though Teodor isn't super useful right now.
Sorry. I saw this post late. I'll respond tomorrow.
Sorry for not moving my token. Could someone move me next to the enemy? I'm currently on my phone.
I moved you, Korriban, no worries.
Given that it's a holiday weekend here in the US, I'm going to wait until Monday night or Tuesday morning to move us forward--and Diamon, I'm guessing you were going for a grapple check?
Korriban, I think you only threaten a crit on an 18+, not 17. (Though since you didn't confirm, the point is somewhat moot.)
Essentially. I was hoping to have the hook on my Bec De Corbin grab some part of the little bastard. Then either start pulling him down to earth, or climbing my polearm to start stabbing him in the face with the dagger I keep in my boot.
Gotcha. I'm afraid "grappling" with it doesn't quite work (since it's hard to imagine doing that with a hammer successfully for long periods) but I'll rule it as a reposition.
Isn't it a lucern hammer?
On a side note, you do know that you can attempt to hit him normally with that since it's a reach weapon, right? :P
(15' off the ground = 3 squares up = 10' from your "square" vertically)
I knew that about my weapon, but I wasn't sure if I could actually hit or not with it. I was under the impression that he was 5' too short to reach.
And yes, it's a lucern hammer, but you can technically grapple with anything. The back half of that hammer is hooked so it could be used to trip someone. Or hook onto something.
And either way, I haven't be able to hit the bastard this whole time, even if I knew I could reach him from the ground. My dice rolls have been garbage.
Yeah, the dice have NOT been kind this fight, even when I'm rolling things everything seems to come out good for him, bad for you. :S
Waiting on this round's action (or hold) from Teodor, Korriban, and Adoros!
I'll get my post in tomorrow.
Can I do my wall run? Or will it not work in this case?
Any time he's adjacent to a wall, you can use the wall for the +2 bonus to Acrobatics, yes. :)
Yeah, I asked that question... only to disregard it and do something else. Sorry about that. Figured it would be better to help with ranged support.
EDIT: I decided to change my action since I originally rolled the dice and feel like I must go through with it to be fair. I'm sorry about this.
Sorry for the delays, all--I keep holding to try to get everyone's actions in and then end up waiting too long (especially since then I'll get wrapped up in stuff for my own life, etc.). I'll try to be (appropriately) more aggressive about moving us forward.
In the meantime, DOGPILE THAT JERK! :P
I'm so sorry for forgetting my sneak attack dice!
Nope, this one's actually my bad! The attack that hit was the AoO that I rolled for you when he tries to fly away. That being the case... :D
Yeah. I got the sneak attack dice on my AoO from flanking with Teodor, right? If not, then this is turning into a cluster.
Good tap-dancing CHRIST that fight took forever. Wish I could throw my real dice just to help make things happen...
Haha, yeah, sorry about that...some terrible die combinations, and that bugger is really hard to hit.
But we made it through! :D
Hi all, starting this afternoon I'll be undergoing some crazy intensive workshop training that's expected to run basically twelve hours a day, every day, for the next three weeks. I should be able to post sometimes (on breaks and so on, and at home if I'm not too exhausted), and I'll be doing my level best to keep up, but please bear with me if things start to lag. I'll be prioritizing things I'm GMing, so hopefully you won't end up languishing too much. :)
Thanks!
There was a very lucky sense motive check in there... :P