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As a reminder Nerak has both a enhancement spell and wizard ability so if your with in touch range when combat is about to happen he can give you a boast.
Will post soon but feel free to bot me if I'm taking too long. In the last hurdle of PhD submission now, so my mind is on the droning path of correcting/references.
I forgot to post this earlier but so long as Wulfrum isn't having to double time to keep up he is gonna pop himself once with the wand when he can.
@Nerak & Mohs
Your Stone Call spells have lasting effects to terrain in a 40-ft radius burst. Neither of you have Line of Sight to the targets. Nerak can't see to center the target. Mohs could, if he moved up.
If you cast blind based on Wulfrum's instructions, I'll use the splash targeting rules as a proxy to target the center. You have enough area of effect to ensure that they are damaged. However, the remaining difficult terrain may be inconvenient for the next 3 rounds.
If you don't roll anything in the next little while, I'll roll it in my Round summary.
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I move forward to gain line of sight, and am aware and accepting of the additional difficult terrain. It will give our archers time to pepper the beast.
And here I was hoping we got an 11 foot giant into a 10 foot pit... Thanks.
Heh heh. Even if, they all stoop.
Maybe next time.
It depends. Burning hands, no, because it's a flat sheet of flame. Lightning bolt, no. Fireball, yes, because it's an burst radius.
You can target the squares above him.
Nerak, I'm on Roll20 if you want to discuss
I have got to remember to pick up some alchemist's acid or ice when this is all over. I intended to do so after the tavern scene waaaayyyy back at the beginning, but we haven't had a breath since then. I want to lob things into the pit. If anyone was more forward thinking than I, start tossing before the big guy finds his way out.
@Mohs
I think this round summary 71 is the third and last round for the Stone Call difficult terrain and Created Pit. Create Pit lasts rounds per level. The giant fell into the pit in round 69, so the third and last round is 71.
Now, I think that you believe that Create Pit is affected by your Stonesinger ability (Some dwarves' affinity for the earth grants them greater powers. Dwarves with this racial trait are treated as one level higher when casting spells with the earth descriptor or using granted powers of the Earth domain, the bloodline powers of the earth elemental bloodline, and revelations of the oracle's stone mystery. This ability does not give them early access to level-based powers; it only affects the powers they could use without this ability.) However, Mohs is a wizard, and Create Pit does not have the earth descriptor.
Right? Please advise if you (or anyone else) disagree with my reading of RAW or if I've missed something.
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You are right. On a re-read I see my mistake. Thanks for the clarification.
Now that that's done, I must applaud GM Jubal for making the orcs play smart and drink the loot potions. It only makes sense for them to do so.
You killed the other ones too fast to drink their loot potions. But, you also missed some loot on corpses in the heat of the moment...
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Who is going to light the Beacon?
Are we splitting the party?
Lys, can you put a flaming bolt into the bonfire from here? That way we don't need to split up again. I am fearful that Wulfrum is going to uncover something in the hopespring which will require all of us.
No one can see the Beacon to target at the moment.
Ahh . . .
I still support staying together, and since Wulfrum is waist deep in the hopespring, lets support him. If what ever we find can wait, then to the beacon.
The beacon should be close and it's not like lighting it is going to take time opposed to checking out every inch of a spring. So I say we just light the sucker then check the spring. Also don't forget it's orders, Nerak won't like breaking off to check out a theory in the middle of a battle for the town.
When I get posts from everyone saying what they are doing while the others do something else, I'll advance with potentially both groups.
Re: Silvermane, multiple reasons I want to find him. He's a family friend and protector of hopespring so he should be around here somewhere. If I found his body I would key in my flaw and try to bury him or give him some form of send off if anyone knew what elf druids tend to do.
The other reason is my characters suspicions on what Silvermane knows. He's a mysterious old elf who only communicates to my mother, and only in sign language, he's only ever seen guarding the spring. He currently isn't here, he would've likely fought to the death with his magic, why hasn't he? With the revelation that Hopespring is important and now there is some hold in the wall with presumably something behind it, Beltzer's guess is Silvermane always knew this was here. What is it in is anybody's guess but since Silvermane isn't out here it means he has to be in there somewhere and he knows why this place is important. Also likely why the orcs attack here quite so often and is likely why this city was founded in this particular spot.
That's mostly just my speculation though, I might be wrong on a few counts but I still think Silvermane is likely important somehow.
Ok. Maybe in the future put more of that explanation in your gameplay posts.
Fwiw. You missed his encounter in the inner quarter. You'll find out later.
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In chat on Roll20, the DM said we missed him. So guess we went pass where he was encounter able. If this means we missed finding his body or we missed meeting him for whatever reason he left the spring, I have no idea.
Like I said on the Roll20 as well, if this turns out to be some sort of dungeon rather then just a tunnel they dug to get behind our lines. I would vote to hold off on exploring it. Not only because we would effectively be abandoning the battle for the town in doing so. But also because we are increasingly running short on resources. Spellcasters most of all followed by ammo users.
Edit- Bloody hell I have another ninja DM, their freakin everywhere. xD
Eh, if he didn't end up showing up it wouldn't have been important. So I didn't feel it necessary to basically monologue until we found him.
Sad that we missed the encounter but I guess he'll show up later then.
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Monologues are what player posts are all about.
Indeed but I like to monologue when appropriate is all. Otherwise all my posts will by nothing but crazy theories constantly going through my character's head. Might as well save that for when we actually discuss clues/what's going on.
WOOOOOO *flump* Now with that thesis handed in back to a normal life.
Congrats! What area is your PhD? Are you on the job market?
In hospital, Pleasee bot.
Holy smokes! Thanks for the note. Good luck!
Hope all is well Mohs.
@DM: Short answer computational chemistry.
I'm on the job market in the sense I'm looking for stuff but I have my viva to pass yet. So I can get a job but usually it's conditional of me passing that final test.
While we wait for Varin's post, please arrange your marching order on the new map. Please remind me of your light sources again. I would like to add auras at the distance that you can see without concealment.
thanks
PS Remember to zoom out the map to find the island of visible area for you.
Correct me if I am wrong but isn't the group splitting between those going in and those staying outside to guard?
You can split. Just put your token at the mouth of the cave.
Just in case...
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Well I'm not about the others but I can't move my token, 60 ft darkvision is my light source.
The map is new. I forgot to give you access. Try again in several hours.
EDIT I gave everyone access to everyone's token, so you can help me bot people. Cheers
We are traveling south on that map, right? If so, I moved my token closer to the south to be one of the first people in. I know Varin has a sun rod. Does anyone else have light on them? I have another sunrod I can activate if needed.
GM, I have low-light vision so I should be able to see twice as far as the humans in the dim light.
Yes, South.
If Mohs and Varin swap places I should be good where I am. If we get a combat as much as Varin is bringing up the rear it'll be a bit of maneuvering for him to get close to the front. Or I can go to the back and if we get attacked I still can cover the back in concealment letting us re-position. Though up to Varin really.
Yeah I just fell in to line where Wulf suggested but with 20ft of speed it makes more sense for me to be to the front and Arlan to be in my spot.
I don't have d20 access till later, I'm on my way to work now. Sorry.
Hope you are doing okay Mohs. All the best
DM Jubal, about how much time has passed from the last round against the giant until now? I just want to knock my long-term buffs down accordingly.
10 minutes.
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Did I lose you guys? You know this push is from the AP? I'd suggest resting if I could.
I've been working. I'll get up a post in the morning, sorry.
I'm excited to explore the cave, I just had a really busy weekend and I have a really busy week at work. I'll try to stay active this week if I can.
Actually, swarms only take half from piercing and slashing. Bludgeoning does full damage.
Really? I didn't know that. Haha I've got one honking great rat mallet then! Thanks Lys!
@Arlan
I put you a new token on the map. I gave everyone control of the player tokens. Someone might have grabbed and deleted it by accident. I accidentally delete stuff all the time.
If this becomes an issue, I'll go back to limiting control to only your own token.
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Just checking, I will be able to cure the damage but he'd still be afflicted by the disease right?