GM DSP presents Crown's Reach! (Inactive)

Game Master Darksmokepuncher

Garrik can handle the scroll but it will take 5' off his fly speed and drop his maneuverability by one step.

With the exception of the gate, the stone wall provides good cover for your team: its just over 10' tall.

As far as opposition goes, that's what perception checks are for :)

Yes, combat has started.

Most excellent. I'll be posting momentarily, then.

Post is up. Let me know if you want me to format things differently. Also, I'm 99% certain that the fly check was unnecessary, but let me know if it was needed (which would be bad, as I rolled a 1).

So they are at/near waterfall and most of us are at/near gate. I can see how many grid points that is away on my self-made map. Is each square meant to represent 5 feet?

Isn't it important to be using coordinates for combat? Haha, where are these guys standing?

The half orc is in K6. The human is at J10 and the halfling is at I9. Sorry, should have specified.

So it looks like we're dealing with:

a human fighter or paladin
a halfling rogue
a half-orc wizard or sorcerer
?
?

Brynn is going to get flanked this round, but might get an AOO if they're not careful, and the halfling is blinded (50% miss chance). The half-orc is hopefully entangled, which means he has to make a concentration check to cast next turn. Nice call with the glitter-dust targeting will saves. And curse that rogue evasion of the fireball.

Time to try and weather the retaliation!

Can anyone see the linked map below? This is my understanding of where we are (except Kayla as I didn't see a location noted).

Map as of 10am EST 8-10-11

**Ignore the "me"

Can anyone see the linked map below? This is my understanding of where we are (except Kayla as I didn't see a location noted).

Map as of 10am EST 8-10-11

**Ignore the "me"

It seems I'm 403'd (I don't have access without some type of login).

Same. I installed the program, logged in, and so forth, but it still tells me that I need a login.

Bah...okay, I'll try something else.

Hrrm. I'm open to suggestions here for what Maedoc does. Debating between trying to disarm the human, daze the orc, or just haste our entire party. Any preferences? Currently leaning toward haste. I'll check back in and make my decision in 2 hours or so, if that's acceptable.

GM, if you'd prefer that we don't discuss this OOC while in combat, then I'll go ahead and post with Maedoc casting Haste.

Haste could be cool but I'd also favor dazing the orc because I fear he's going to do something awesome next, heh.

The ooc is for discussing tactics 8)

Cool. Just wanted to make sure--better safe than sorry, I figure.

Alright Ed, one Ear Piercing scream coming up.

Hopefully that does for the half-orc, between me and Maedoc.

Did anyone make the DC 25 perception check? Bryce didn't.

Looks like the halfling has crazy good AC. Brynn hit a 19, and the little dude was blinded which gives -2 AC and removes his dex bonus.

Looks like we're mixing it up pretty well so far. My thinking for next round is that Osslend, Brynn and Kayla keep on top of the two fighters, while Maedoc and Bryce work their way north to try and find the enemy book. Sounds good?

Okay, I think I'm confused about where the enemies are standing. I have the following:

Me: G10
Brynn: H10
Human Fighter: H9
Raleigh: G9
Virgil: I8
Halfling: I9 (sounds like he's moved if Sionnan healed him with touch)
Sionnan: I11
Orc sorcerer: ??
Bryce: E6
Maedoc: D10
Kayla: ??

Is this all correct? I have a feeling I've got the halfling and maybe the orc in the wrong places.

Well, that changes my plans for next turn! Curse that Entropic Shield - but at least the half-orc missed with his beam spell. I was going to head north, but with the wizard still up, and the enchantress out of hiding, that's no longer a good idea.

We need to incapacitate one or tow of them as soon as possible. then we can focus on fewer targets, and also take less damage inbound.

Useful magic stuff would be:
A Hold Person on the warrior
A Dispel Magic on the wizard

Open to suggestions for Bryce. Best option might be to keep shooting at the wizard - entropic shield is only a 20% miss chance. Or I could pick a new target? Not sure I can see the enchantress through all the combatants... she'd at least have some cover.

Any other ideas?

I have the Halfling at J10, the Orc at J7, and Kayla at E12 (just by the gate). Other than that, the numbers I have coincide with yours.

Hrrm. I can oblige with that Dispel, Bryce, but I'm thinking it might be worthwhile to save it and pop a haste right now, using it on Brynn, You, Osselend, and the dogs. That way, you can all take a full attack this round with an extra attack, and get the other benefits of Haste for the following 4 rounds (extra movement, bonus to AC, CMD, and Reflex). Might be enough to put the human, the orc, and maybe even Sionnan out of action.

Thoughts? I'll post my move tomorrow morning, assuming no complaints.

Also, apologies for late post--I saw Ed's earlier today and was waiting for a response.
Edit: To clarify, I was monitoring the threads, and didn't see any "new post" notifiers, which I generally use to poke my head in and make decisions. My bad.

Edit 2: And here's a link to Haste for the curious.

Here are my options if anyone cares to give their opinion:

hold person the fighter or halfling
dispel magic the half-orc
stick a spiritual weapon on the half-orc or the chick who can apparently heal.

As long as the shooter doesn't crit on me I can make it another round without healing myself again.

I'm not real familiar with some of the newer caster archetypes and such...why doesn't she provoke AoOs? Would a spiritual weapon get one?

Edit: my vote goes with someone casting haste on us melee. It'd turn us into blenders :)

Agree with Brynn. Haste will make short work of the human fighter and probably the halfling as well assuming we don't roll terribly.

As for Bryce and Kayla, I'm not sure who would be better to do it, but someone can ready an attack (either an arrow or a spiritual weapon, for instance) with the trigger condition of the half-orc casting. That way you've got a good chance to interrupt his spell and you still do damage. I might suggest Bryce simply because he can do more damage and that damage becomes the DC for the caster to overcome for the spell to go off. If that's the case, then Kayla can hold person or spiritual weapon the damnable healing woman.

Perfect use of Haste, Maedoc. We know Raleigh hit once (unconfirmed crit) and Osslend hit both times, I think. So that's another 37 damage to human fighter, putting him at 60+ taken. Virgil's attack of 20 might have hit, though I doubt it, so who knows...fighter man might go down.

Nice spiritual weapon choice, Kayla. Hopefully it can keep that healer locked down. Now we just need a nice hit on the orc and we should be in business.

Sorry for the absence all. Ed is correct on placing but only if you make Maedoc's substitutions.

Now I check on how you're all doing!

Good work team :) Hope that makes up for my poor rolls.

Questions for you, DSP.

Is Sionnan a human woman?

Does Bryce have a clear shot at her now she's stepped back from melee?

Sionnan is humanoid. Knowledge religion might tell you more. The dwarf has some cover.

Just for the record, my question about Sionnan's race was to help determine Favored Enemy attack bonuses.

Sneaky underhanded dwarf got the drop on me. Bryce has the quickdraw feat - will you allow him to make an AOO with one of his daggers? I think drawing the greatsword is too much, but a dagger, as he falls, seems realistic. Otherwise it's probably using his bow as an improvised club...

I'll let you decide before rolling.

Dagger is fine, or you can make an improvised attack with the pommel of the great sword at 1d6 damage as you draw it.

Coolio. Dagger seemed more reasonable.

I'm a little fuzzy on combat maneuvers in general - can you walk me through the trip?

Bryce has CMD of 25 (24 base +1 AC bonus from Haste)

Dwarf rolled 23 for trip combat maneuver.

Did that hit because it was a critical, or because of some other bonus that I haven't thought of?

Thanks!

Coolio. Dagger seemed more reasonable.

I'm a little fuzzy on combat maneuvers in general - can you walk me through the trip?

Bryce has CMD of 25 (24 base +1 AC bonus from Haste)

Dwarf rolled 23 for trip combat maneuver.

Did that hit because it was a critical, or because of some other bonus that I haven't thought of?

Thanks!

Normally, that wouldn't have hit because it did not match your CMD. However, a natural 20 is an auto success.

Cheers. Well, one good combat maneuver deserves another...

...and another since you don't have imp bull rush 8)

I love AoO chains. They make the fights seem so much more real.

Apologies for the delay in posting--my internet has been spotty the last few days. New post incoming.

No worries!

By the way, you're playing the wizard as I've always hoped to see it played. I'm loving your character.

p.s. I love everyone's character. Except Brynn the barbarian, Brynn sucks for not failing will saves. 8)

p.s. I love everyone's character. Except Brynn the barbarian, Brynn sucks for not failing will saves. 8)

That extra 2 points to will saves while raging goes a long way :P

Apparently...

Alrighty...

First, I want to say that you guys are doing an excellent job. Secondly, I want to say that you are all very clever and have made some very strong characters. I am excited to test you further.

Third, and most important right now, I'd like ya'll to get into RP mode cause you're heading into some of that here in a bit. Moreover, we will have a 6th player joining us soon. He's my brother. He lives in California and I'm not sure what he's playing yet. I'm pretty sure he's going skill monkey though.

The questions is this: Would anyone feel cheated if I let him play a ninja? I know I said no UC and I'll stick to it if someone feels its unfair. If I do let him, UC content will be ok for future levels.

Let me know what ya'll think.

I don't mind. Though it's not like I wanted to pick anything outa UC anyway. :)

Wait, isn't gunslinger...

Just kidding, do eeeeet. Cool part is my roommate just happened to pick up the UC book.

>.>

Also I'd like to add: even after a year and a half of not playing WoW, that the abbreviation "UC" still means Undercity to me.

I haven't played for about 8 months (since my youngest son was born) and I still catch things like that. Though TB was my favorite city.

Fine with me as well, and thankya for the compliment.

Org was always nice, but just too crowded, imo.

Hey, I figure you let me play a class archetype that got pitched by a RPG superstar contestant, so even if I did object to UC (which I definitely do not), I'd have no room to say anything!

But seriously, great by me. Ninja=awesome reason to set up flanking. :)

DSP,

Could I ask you to include positions of all NPCs and PCs in your posts in the future? I know it might be a hassle but it seems like each of us tracking it individually could cause problems where we miss things. Cool?

I'll do you one better. All future maps will be in an editable Google docs file. I'm working everything out for the next map.

Awesome!

Also, ready to RP for sure.

Happy with another player, and no problem with content from UC. I have a minor concern that a ninja could overlap with Bryce, but two stealthy scouts is def better than one...

So yeah all for it :)

Hi DSP - just to confirm that I have absolutely no issue with you DMPCing Bryce for speed, particularly when you do cool stuff like that. I posted the comment about timing of my posts because it seemed like a good point to manage expectations; not as a coded complaint.