I thought our plan was to wait them out until they shriveled up and died... no?
In that case, Zoltan is ready to go in. But who is getting the benefit of enlarge and bull's strength? I assume Mira.
I'm ready as well, I think our plan is in good shape. Sunreturn should get enlarged for his reach tactics; it doesn't stack with Mira's polymorphing anyway. But she certainly wouldn't say no to an extra strength bonus!
Lenna, it's your spell slots, so the invisibility is up to you. Let's just make a decision and go for it. We got this!
OK, so Zoltan will first cast see invisibility on himself (duration 50 min), cast bull strength on Mira (duration 5 minutes), and then Enlarge Person on Sunreturn (duration 5 minutes).
Then he activates his boots of levitation and is ready to go in.
Well, we can wait but they are in a store room full of food so they can stay for days. Wait until they sleep is what Lenna suggested but she already used invisibility instead of Vanish. Oh well...
Pre-combat Buffs revised:
Lenna: Silence on object for Sunreturn (if needed unless one is enough), Featherfall on self, Expeditious Retreat on self, Vanish x2 (on both Sunreturn and Mira), Accelerate on Mira.
Sunreturn: Barkskin, Wooden Armour, Wooden Weapon, Bless, Agathion's Spirit (not sure if he needs it), Weapon of Evil
Zoltan: See Invisibility, Enlarge Person, Bull's Strength
Mira: Longarm (via scroll or slot), Expeditious Retreat
Will ask Zoltan to hold on to objects of silence (usually a rock) while we buff after he done his buffing. When we are done, ask him to drop the string loop tied around the objects of silence onto Mira and Sunreturn's neck as we move into the room with either Mira or Sunreturn leading the attack. They will timed to suppress the silence during our turn as free action to let us do our stuff before releasing the spell.
Double silence radius is to ensure the casters cannot cast their spells without eating an AoO to move out of area of silence and also maybe hamper dragon but if one is enough will go with one. I am ready as well. Which entrance are we attacking them from?
Say Sunreturn and Zoltan from the south. Mira and Lenna from the north.
There is a problem if we attack from different direction.Not sure whether vanish will run out if Sunreturn decides to attack from south. If he cannot reach the south entrance with at least two rounds of vanish left, Lenna will use invisibility on him instead. I guess both he will retain at least two rounds of vanish if he and Zoltan use the run option to run to the south entrance silenced. In this case, Lenna will wait until drop object of silence, move away with object with Mira to buff her with accelerate the move back into position with her pick up the object and tie the silenced object on Mira's wrist.
So Lenna, Mira & Liz from middle room and Sunreturn & Zoltan from the south entrance? Just asking to confirm.
That sounds better, for the reason you described.
I'm on board.
I think our plan is perfect and we should do it immediately.
Soooo, is Mira and Sunreturn going to act? I take it that Mira has move+standard due to accelerate unless I am wrong.
Apologies, working on it now
Not sure where Sunreturn is. Can you move him into position so that Lenna can know where his new square is?
Also, keeping track of short term Mira's spells casted by Lenna.
Vanish (used)
Accelerate (3 rounds left)
Sunreturn stabs, and stabs hard, at the reptilian caster.
Added double silence field radius to map.
Huzzah!
Thanks, Lenna.
At an out of state wedding. Hopefully will still be able to update today.
Enjoy!
We waiting for Zoltan now? If he is doing the image, Lenna will provide the sound.
Now that we know that the Crucible is a corrupted object. We still taking that back to Granny?
An excellent question. I'd say best asked IC.
Bummer. Should have saved the spell for the real dragon.
@Lena: No worries. We'll manage.
@Caster: Cheers for the heads up in gameplay.
@Sunreturn Talking about featherfall. Lena wanted to ride the dragon but was disappointed that it was so puny and got killed off really quickly. Spell-wise, it is not a problem. She can still manage two more accelerates.
Oh don't worry, Lenna. Once I get this map ready you'll have a better chance to fulfill your desire... ;)
Ooh, now might be the time for that scroll of blessing of fervor too...
We are so screwed. We are at such a disadvantage. I hope we can retreat and lure them to attack us rather we going to them. Can we back with Mira dragging Zoltan (if he allows it if you are OK with it) with her and Sunreturn closing the passage? Lena wants to ride a dragon but she is not suicidal with all the mages running about fire-balling our arses.
Sounds good to me!
Waiting for caster's answer as to whether Mira dragging Zoltan away is possible.
Ah gotcha. Didn't realize that question was directed at me since it was in a significant amount of planning. Yes Mira can pick up Zoltan as a move action then should account for him against her carrying capacity. Zoltan, how much do you weight? Probably 130 lbs minimum.
I got very sick today. So I might not be posting for at least a day or two.
Zoltan is probably around 145-150 tops. He is pretty scrawny.
Mira could carry him out, but I'm not so sure it will help us. I mean, they can definitely open the wall from inside, right? Will we get an advantage by spending a turn running away?
Yah, I say stay and fight!
Having said that, though, I am going to be offline until Sunday. But Zoltan still has magic missiles and flaming spheres, and plenty of healing to keep Mira up and fighting.
I'm cool with staying to fight.
You forgot about the mages. We need to find some cover. And if we are together, we get breath on by dragon.
This isn't like the baby dragon fight I that, IC, you don't have time to consider every option. People should take their turns and let the chips fall where they may. You've discussed your options. Go for one or the other.
Just a heads up. I am sick so I might not post for a day or two.
I hope that you are well soon.
Alright, the big finale's finally underway. It's the boss fight of a gestalt dungeon crawl so it's not going to be easy but you guys have a real chance to win this thing for glory.
Is the dragon in range of Mira? Also, doesn't the statue prevent them from seeing them?
The dragon is definitely in range of Mira, especially given her long arm.
Prevent whom from seeing whom? The statue provides some cover but it's definitely not a solid wall.
It is unfortunate to announce that I will be withdrawing from this game due to my poor mental health. Thank you for the splendid game. I enjoyed it.
Sorry to hear that Lenna. Thanks for playing. Your tactics were excellent. I hope things get better for you soon.
@Sunny and Zoltan: Due to the unfortunate turnover of our players (part of life), I'll bring things to a narrative ending now.
@Lenna, all the best. Great tactics, I agree.
@GM, it happens. But there was some great gaming. And we get a conclusion!
Fair enough. Thanks for the game! Lenna- good luck and take care of yourself.
@Caster: You have a good knack for running interesting dungeons. I'm definitely up for another game, gestalt or no.
Thanks Sunny. Good playing with you all.