Heh...you may be joking but I publish stuff through the OGL and I'm always looking for interesting monster ideas...
Cool - can you share a link to some of your creations? I'd like to see them.
"Your cat is dead."
I guess Pious skipped Bereavement Councilling 101 at Inquisitor school.
Hey guys, apologies for the delay in posting - it's been a busy few days here. Still, I guess the pace will inevitably slow a little over the Christmas period.
Aha yes - sorry. Meant to answer it as a separate post and forgot.
I'm ruling no on Kellish being your spare language slot. You can pick a different one now or later, but for now Kellish is unknown to you.
There may be someone in Pridon who could help...
The mechanics of transporting a magical fountain constantly spouting water is now one of my favorite thought experiments. I guess like, get a bag with a hole in it and leave a trail of water everywhere you go? Must investigate further. All that water has to go SOMEWHERE.
The mechanics of transporting a magical fountain constantly spouting water is now one of my favorite thought experiments. I guess like, get a bag with a hole in it and leave a trail of water everywhere you go? Must investigate further. All that water has to go SOMEWHERE.
Glad to hear I'm testing your grey matter! But please, take some time off over Christmas!
Does bring out the physicist within me... From a pressure point of view we could make some pretty nasty firearms/bombs... GM, talking OOC here, how long has this thing been here?
You've not determined the internal pressure of the water generation yet, so don't make too many exotic plans!
If the pressure was high and sustainable, and you put it in a decent-strength pressure vessel with a small aperture vent, you've got yourself one speedy way to power a skiff.
The platter's been here as long as the statue, so 90 years or more.
AS I'm writing it is Christmas Eve here in England. I wish it was a classic snowy festive scene but it's just mild and grey and a bit damp. It's not unlike England all the rest of the year.
If you are travelling today to be with someone important to you at Christmas then take care on those roads. People make hurried and distracted drivers at this time of the year.
I wish you each a happy, relaxing and fun-filled Christmas with friends and family. Eat drink and be merry!
I'm in the far north of California. Christmas here was a lot like it was in England.
Right now it looks a lot like Silent Hill outside.
Happy (belated) Christmas, all! We actually managed to get snow on Christmas eve, it stayed through the day, and is melting today, so pretty much the ideal situation.
Happy new year to you all! I hope 2018 brings you health and happiness!
Happy new year to all! Has it really already been over 6 months?
I too can't believe it's been over 6 months! Congrats to those who have made it thus far, and for Vedic too for joining us on this jaunt. Whatever happened to Naida, Jamba and Jit?
On the same subject though - I am a little worried about Pious. He's been away for some while and a little brief for longer. Allowing for the holiday season I'll give him a little more time, but if I don't hear anything by Monday I'll reopen recruitment...
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Booo! Who could have predicted when we started who would still be around.
I wonder how many of us will make it all the way to the end.
How does everyone feel about people coming back? I can see it getting hard to handle if EVERYONE came back, but I, for one, would welcome any of our adventurer friends back if the players were interested.
I was thinking the same thing. I'll approach Jamba and Jit.
I'm here.
New year has brought unprecedented challenges but renewed determination to make time for the games I love!
I'll get a good post up in the next few hours.
The winter holiday season always messes with games. Some die entirely. PBP games live and die by posters ability to maintain the pattern of checking the boards daily and building momentum.
A game's first winter often leaves only the most dedicated players. Personally, i think it's a good thing.
I'm really enjoying this game so far. Thanks for the opportunity.
Or a magical bag of (cement) holding; then you'd have the walls to go with the moat.
Chest Thumper sneaks post #600 - yay !
We need a magical shovel to go with our platter. Then, we'll be able to create a moat around our campsite every night.
Vedic's familiar has a Fly speed of 30 (perfect maneuverability), blindsense 30.
In the tall grass, I'm pretty sure that means it can move at full speed without worrying about tripping hazards, and also be in Total Cover from being below the grasses. With Blindsense it will still be able to target creatures near it.
Do I have all that right?
Vedic's familiar has a Fly speed of 30 (perfect maneuverability), blindsense 30.
In the tall grass, I'm pretty sure that means it can move at full speed without worrying about tripping hazards, and also be in Total Cover from being below the grasses. With Blindsense it will still be able to target creatures near it.
Do I have all that right?
I can go with that, yes. Total cover will end once it attacks, as with invisibility or sniping.
so we have five creatures who are well camouflaged walking through tall grass, wouldn't we see the grass moving?
Sure, if you stand up tall above your own cover. The less worried you are about being seen, the easier it'll be to see.
The long grass is not a cornfield, just a meadow of long grasses plus shrubs and copses. And they start crouched down, 500' feet away.
This format certainly makes it more challenging to have a discussion of pre-battle tactics - it would take only 5 minutes at the table!
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It feels more accurate to me, somehow.
At the table, it's easy for everyone to point and gesture and revise far more than would actually happen.
Here, it's much harder to figure out what other people are thinking and planning on doing and there's always the chance that someone will just post what they do and everyone will have to go along with it.
I suppose that happens on the tabletop, too but there is at least that moment when someone picks up their miniature and everyone shouts "NOOOOO!"
Vedic's familiar has a Fly speed of 30 (perfect maneuverability), blindsense 30.
In the tall grass, I'm pretty sure that means it can move at full speed without worrying about tripping hazards, and also be in Total Cover from being below the grasses. With Blindsense it will still be able to target creatures near it.
Do I have all that right?
I can go with that, yes. Total cover will end once it attacks, as with invisibility or sniping.
Even if it stays below the grass?
I can see them becoming aware of the Familiar's presence, and maybe even knowing what square it attacked from, but I can't see how they'd suddenly be able to see clearly through the grass.
It feels more accurate to me, somehow.
At the table, it's easy for everyone to point and gesture and revise far more than would actually happen.
Here, it's much harder to figure out what other people are thinking and planning on doing and there's always the chance that someone will just post what they do and everyone will have to go along with it.
I suppose that happens on the tabletop, too but there is at least that moment when someone picks up their miniature and everyone shouts "NOOOOO!"
Yeah, we've all been there...sometimes that's been me.
Vedic's familiar has a Fly speed of 30 (perfect maneuverability), blindsense 30.
In the tall grass, I'm pretty sure that means it can move at full speed without worrying about tripping hazards, and also be in Total Cover from being below the grasses. With Blindsense it will still be able to target creatures near it.
Do I have all that right?
I can go with that, yes. Total cover will end once it attacks, as with invisibility or sniping.
Even if it stays below the grass?
I can see them becoming aware of the Familiar's presence, and maybe even knowing what square it attacked from, but I can't see how they'd suddenly be able to see clearly through the grass.
I see your point. I'll say that if it is adjacent to the enemy (melee or touch attacks), they can see it, and if it snipes (ray of frost?) then it has partial cover until its next round.
On a separate note, how do you communicate with it? You have an empathetic (emotional) link - I assume this precludes distance tactical communications other than say 'attack!' or 'run!'. How do you see this working?
On a separate note, how do you communicate with it? You have an empathetic (emotional) link - I assume this precludes distance tactical communications other than say 'attack!' or 'run!'. How do you see this working?
Yeah, it's an empathic link. It can understand Common and is smart enough to take directions well and not act completely stupid (Int 7), but it can't communicate back to Vedic very well.
My plan is for Vedic to give it some basic instructions and turn it loose. It isn't mindless, so it should be able to improvise and adapt pretty well.
I'm basically planning on having it close the distance, do something attention getting in the surprise round, then start doing shoot/move/stealth tactics to draw them towards us.
Does the grass hinder line of effect in any way? I have line of sight on the lizard with Blindsense, but i'm not sure if a ray of frost will cut through the grass or not.
I want to say the grass won't stop the spell because spells like Web or Entangle wouldn't stop Enervation or Scorching Ray, but I want to check to be sure.
Does the grass hinder line of effect in any way? I have line of sight on the lizard with Blindsense, but i'm not sure if a ray of frost will cut through the grass or not.
I want to say the grass won't stop the spell because spells like Web or Entangle wouldn't stop Enervation or Scorching Ray, but I want to check to be sure.
Sorry Vedic - I missed your post. No, the grass is not thick enough to interfere with line of sight for a ray of frost.
If the orb shoots a ray, the target will know there is an enemy about and it'll possibly be seen but as I said above, it'll have partial cover until its next turn when it can hide again.
So - what is the orb doing ?
Since the enemy hasn't noticed me yet I'm pretty sure that means it won't get to act in the surprise round. That's my gamble.
So, I'm going to shoot the lizard scout, initiating a surprise round (which will hopefully only be me acting).
Then, on Round 1 I'm going to shoot again, and stealth-move 15 feet back towards the party.
Vedic's familiar dimmed it's glow until it was nonexistent in the light of day. It's orbiting crystals slowed and pulled in tighter toward the larger stone in it's center of mass. It dropped low to the ground and hovered just below the tall grasses.
Hey Vedic, can you please explain for me how you get to 20 stealth with a 'take 10' ?
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Sorry about the delay, folks, I was waiting to see if we were in combat rounds and I forgot to post.
My brain has been elsewhere due to stress at work. I will try and forget about work while I'm there and focus on the important stuff, like killing these lizards and saving the Halflings :-)
Priorities!
What's more important? The thing you do so that you can eat and have a place to sleep or coming here and killing imaginary lizardfolk?
I think the answer is obvious.