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Hey Garret, this is what you're looking for (emphasis mine).
Area: Some spells affect an area. Sometimes a spell description specifies a specially defined area, but usually an area falls into one of the categories defined below.
Regardless of the shape of the area, you select the point where the spell originates, but otherwise you don't control which creatures or objects the spell affects. The point of origin of a spell is always a grid intersection When determining whether a given creature is within the area of a spell, count out the distance from the point of origin in squares just as you do when moving a character or when determining the range for a ranged attack. The only difference is that instead of counting from the center of one square to the center of the next, you count from intersection to intersection.
You can count diagonally across a square, but remember that every second diagonal counts as 2 squares of distance. If the far edge of a square is within the spell's area, anything within that square is within the spell's area. If the spell's area only touches the near edge of a square, however, anything within that square is unaffected by the spell.
So when casting an area effect spell centered on you, you have to chose one of your square's four corners to count as the "center" of the effect.
Aarvid,
Can you please check that both my player and character are listed as active in the campaign info? For some reason I'm not getting updates when there are new posts in the gameplay thread.
You show as active as far as I can tell. Maybe your latest post reset it. I have not disabled anyone on my end.
FYI - flying to see my family tomorrow and will be traveling so may have short posts from phone until I return Monday.
It was interesting seeing how the two different tables combat unfolded.
Flying home tomorrow and will move us along. Sorry for the slow posting this weekend.
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Just a heads up GM, I am traveling pretty much all day for a hunting trip this weekend, last weekend of duck season in arkansas, so I will be out of pocket till later this afternoon. The camp where I stay doesn't have internet so I will be posting from my phone this weekend. I will still post 1/day, and will try for more.
If you need to bot me all my info is under his profile..
Sounds like fun. Be safe. :-)
As a general reminder, please ensure your current hp and ac are reflected in your status line.
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In regards to Clandelve's fly checks.
Before I forget! Don't forget to add +2 to your fly checks for the following: "The subject gains a bonus on Fly skill checks equal to 1/2 your caster level." A potion would be CL 5, so that 5/2 = 2.5, rounded to +2. Also, 1's on skill checks are never automatic failures, so you've got that potentially going for you as well!
To GM Aarvid's point, I figured, since you didn't charge, that getting to the target shouldn't be an issue. Side treks here and there taking a round-about path (but never taking more than a 45-degree turn, or one diagonal square) is an easy way to chalk up 1/2 speed movement before getting to your target and without requiring a fly check due to complex maneuvering.
On the other hand, hover is another story altogether (sorry Clandelve, you didn't write down what maneuver you were attempting). So I was wrong in assuming you weren't trying something complex.
We locally (and yay rules non-clarity) read the fly rules such that in order to perform the maneuver you're attempting, you have to succeed on a fly check. If you fail you don't fall (not making a check doesn't suddenly make you not floating, it just prevents you from doing what you're trying to do) and you're forced to do non-maneuvery flight.
This mainly comes from reading the following, "If you are using wings and you fail a Fly check by 5 or more, you plummet to the ground..." Since the fly spell doesn't create wings, you don't plummet, you just fail to perform your maneuver (and likely incur an AoO in the process) and are forced to do something that provides the full 1/2 movement with no complex maneuvers because you kinda suck flying at the moment.
I want to make sure I'm following your interpretation though Aarvid
Yep, Burngar, you and I are in sync on how I see the rules...the fly check is not difficult for many things, and you get the +2 from the potion...possibly +1 from haste. However armor check penalties will apply.
Normally, fly checks are done after the maneuver is attempted (often end of the round), but with PbP I have found that wrapping the roll to the start of the next round seems to flow better due to posting order etc. YMMV.
Per PRD:
"Without making a check (or in this case failing a hover check), a flying creature can remain flying at the end of its turn so long as it moves a distance greater than half its speed."
A different maneuver may be attempted (not clear on this), but hover cannot be retried this same round. You do not fall but will likely provoke.
Unable to post today. Will update on the morning.
Session was reported a couple days ago. Please validate. Sheets I will work tonight.
Agreed... That last boss was tough. High tier had two of them...they almost lost a character in a rocket blast.
I believe everyone was fast/std xp track for this one.
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Burngar is successfully reported. Full XP for me, not slow track.
Thanks Aarvid for the fun!
-Posted with Wayfinder
See how these look...
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Just two things; first I wrote I'm Grand Lodge (don't know why) when I'm a Silver Crusade member. Can you fix it?
Second, can you put Garret cast a 4th level continual flame CL 7 in a dull gray ioun stone in the chronicle?
Besides of this couple of things, all is right. The scenario was great and I enjoyed playing with all of you. Tha last robot was thought, but we survived thanks to everybody (and specially thanks to Wizzy for the saving finale).
Garret - I was able to edit the sheet. I was wondering why you had the mismatch between logo and faction.
Good deal then. I will shut down the thread Tomorrow night unless there is anything else.
Good gaming all!