Aldon, we may be around the same time. I feel like things are happening in this thread as I get up and then as I get ready to sleep.
actually it does get the bonus, now that i've actually read the feat it states you do apply the 3/-1 to natural attacks that apply 1.5x str.
Power Attack (Combat)
You can make exceptionally deadly melee attacks by sacrificing accuracy for strength.
Prerequisites: Str 13, base attack bonus +1.
Benefit: You can choose to take a –1 penalty on all melee attack rolls and combat maneuver checks to gain a +2 bonus on all melee damage rolls. This bonus to damage is increased by half (+50%) if you are making an attack with a two-handed weapon, a one handed weapon using two hands, or a primary natural weapon that adds 1-1/2 times your Strength modifier on damage rolls. This bonus to damage is halved (–50%) if you are making an attack with an off-hand weapon or secondary natural weapon. When your base attack bonus reaches +4, and every 4 points thereafter, the penalty increases by –1 and the bonus to damage increases by +2. You must choose to use this feat before making an attack roll, and its effects last until your next turn. The bonus damage does not apply to touch attacks or effects that do not deal hit point damage.
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I am an Australian so that would most likely be the reason for it :)
Don't worry too much yet, we'll find our pacing over the next few days and I won't be offended if a player or two want to drop from the game because it conflicts with their time too much.
I'll wait an hour or two to see if Garrick will be able to post and then I'll presume he gets to his feet and heads for the pile of gear. Then I'll do the round cap post and upload a new map :)
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So guys, that's what I'd probably like to do for the majority of combats during the game. Sorry about puppeting Lydran and Gerrick, I won't normally do that but I wanted to get a round done to show people what I meant. I'd like to try and get a single round like that done once per day so people have a full twenty hours to make a post before I'll finish off the next round :)
If you really hate it let me know and I'll see if we can come up we a good compromise. Remember, like most GMs I'm fairly mad with power and crazy with hubris but I'm more then willing to listen to player input :)
No problem at being a puppet when its needed. My mind was blown today when I got back from work an hour ago and saw "28 new posts" when I had only just posted what was 9 hours prior.
Uh, no big deal but I think Fugg actually missed.
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Hey people,
this is a fairly cool app a friend made for us to use in our DND 4E game and I though it was so coll that after I grabbed his permission I thought I'd put it up here.
Basically it makes the map interactive, It allows the players to move their tones and when they do damage/cast effects etc. It allows them to change the damage in its notes :)
Its a very awesome tool and a little experimenting will hopefully show you what I mean.
It seems very cool, only problem is I can't interact with it from my iPhone which is what I play on so you might have to manually move me and bash.
So right now we have Fugg, Hern and Lydron going to the ship and Gerrick scouting about. I guess that means we're splitting the party?
looks that way, i was tryin to avoid that. Maybe I should go with Gerrick, as my main spell will be useless on ship
So if we are going to split up, I think the most reasonable split would be Hern, Lydron and one of the rangers heading to the boat; fugg and the other ranger scouting about. I think that Lydron and I could use some backup with someone who can deal with combat.
If Fugg stays behind, the rhino will be an additional fighter if they run into a problem. I assume the rhino can't make it back to the ship.
My vote is to avoid splitting if at all possible. I've been pushing to go to the ship because I assume that will do the most to advance the plot.
It's true, the party does not have to be split. No reason everyone can't go visit the ship as a group, then do some recon on the way back before nightfall. That way in case of badness happening we are at complete butt-kicking capacity.
Concert at work tonight not gonna be able to post.
Puppet me if I'm gonna hold up the game.
It seems, but I may be wrong, that most everyone has agreed to go a group–Fugg, Lydran, and Hern–in the in character thread; Gerrick in the thread above. Haven't heard from Aldon yet. I'll go make an in character post and see what folks say.
No need for apologies, I wouldn't force a move until we were clear on what we were doing as well.
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Hey guys, for the sake of expediency I'll probably move the story to the listing ship when I get up in ten or twelve hours just as a heads up, I won't be puppeting anyone just shifting the scene unless something major RP wise starts going down :)
If you do want to stay in the camp scene just give me a heads up here.
Fugg goes.
Lydran is in.
To the ship!
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Hey guys, on further reflection I have decided to begin rolling initiative for battle again. What I'm hoping to do is during the first round people roll their own initiative and once everyone has managed to make a post I'll roll the enemies initiative and then do my recap equivalent so that you guys don't simply stab face the enemy each turn
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sorry for not posting over the weekend, had a ton to do. but i am still here! As for the interactive map, I cannot axcess it from work. which is a bummer, because it sounds really cool. I'll see what i can do via my androd phone, maybe that will help.
Should have read this first. I went from a 20 to hit to a natural 1. because when I added the initiative roll in the boards took it from my to hit roll and rolled new for to hit. It would be much less disappointing to just miss, then to hit and then have it taken away from you.
I think that's what happened to my acrobatics check. I made a 23. Then realized I should roll initiative first, the 13 went to my initiative. My new acrobatics roll: a 3. Nice. I made a halfling rogue, can't I please flip around the battlefield with no problem? Okay . . . I'll stop whining. Maybe.
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Hey guys, because its easier to talk over character information, stuff and because I like getting to know my players I've created a generic MSN address if you guys want to get in contact.
Note the lack of accented letter "o" in the email address. If you're worried about privacy its easy enough to make a new hotmail account and then use that to chat with myself.
Jormungandr, are you still planning on rolling initiative for all of us?
Where is everybody?! D:
Rolling mad crits against the big lizard in our backyard and waiting to hear from the GM. While I'm here, I think I'm going to get a little metagamey. Ignore it if that bothers you all.
So . . . we're trapped on the island with a bunch of npcs. I assume we are supposed to make nice with them so that they can give us valuable information about our situation. Why else would they be there? We should try that. Alas, looking at the party, we are not particularly good at making nice with people . . . I guess Lydran has some ranks in diplomacy, does anyone else? Or at least a higher charisma?
Is it too late to switch light for detect poison? I realized looking at my character that a half-Orc with 60' darkvision would have no need for light. If not then note I will be making that change tomorrow.
It's a Physical limitation of the iPhone/iPad I play from, there's no click and drag functionality.
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Hey Martinaj and Lovelydwarf, I'm wondering if you like to join me in an invitational Legacy of Fire campaign, I've already got two players and both of you seem to line your waking hours up with mine fairly well which would be a major advantage for the game.
If your interested we have Zalika Banoub, a Garundi Inquisitor of Sarenrae and Iuni Al'Badin, a Keleshite sorceress at this time :)
If you're interested please join me at Discussion Thread
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Hey guys, now that it seems Gerrick has dropped I want to ask you guys what you want to do, should I open the game up to an additional prospective player or do you guys want to tweak a character or something, lacking a meat shield generally hurts and honestly a melee ranger isn't much of a meat shield to begin with :P
Other option is I make a fighter and have him tag along as a sailor you guys find on the beach, a survivor of the Jenivere, has the advantage of letting me RP some more (as in talky RP) but I understand if you guys are leery of anything resembling a GMNPC.
I'm okay with either option. I personally don't have a problem with a GMPC and I usually use one whenever I run(assuming a smaller party and the PCs are okay with it, i just make sure he doesn't do anything anyone else does, or that if he does he doesn't do it as well as they do.)
I'm also okay with either option. Opening it up to a new player let's someone else play, and it seems that folks are always hungry for opportunities to play. But if you, Jormungandr, would have more fun with another character to RP, do that. I think it is most important that the GM is having fun.
Hello people, for now I shall be a survivor from the Jenivere that shall turn up in a little while :)
Ah! Forgot to ask: What xp track are we using for these characters? Is it the standard pace (level 2 at 2000xp)?