@Kuduro: I think it is a standard to dismiss a spell. So you wouldn't be able to dismiss silence and ready a fireball in the same round. But I could be wrong about that.
@Alan: yes, you could have used a ki point I suppose.
Ceiling is high enough to fly over the tentacles. They're basically just long enough to grab your legs if you try to walk through them.
Lavode, spoilered for length:
Spell says "The affected creature is unable to use Int- or Cha-based skills, cast spells, understand language, or communicate coherently. Still, it knows who its friends are and can follow them and even protect them." Since SLA are basically the same as casting, I would say that you can't use SLA (although supernatural abilities would still be ok I suppose. However, since your Int is 0 and you can't cast, you'd have to treat that scroll as if it wasn't on your spell list and since UMD is a Cha skill and you can't use Cha skills. . . . Yeah, sorry. I think you're out of luck here. I'll let you retcon if you want.
@Brachus: I've got it noted behind spoilers this time. . . for reasons.
Seelah steps to the side and puts an arrow in Black. It hits him but strangely doesn't seem to have penetrated his thick skin as much as one would have thought. And there's the reason.
1d8 ⇒ 8
The thing in the chamber beats against the side once again and another bolt flies loose, this time hitting one of the large vats off to the side.
Brachus takes 5 points of acid splash damage
Initiative:
1. Brachus, and Alan
2. Black and other
3. Kuduro, Lavode, and Seelah
4. other
gm tracking:
7 dmg, 90 points
Brachus and Alan are up! Lavode can change his action!
Phew, sorry this fight is getting so complicated. Also, let me know if you're having problems with Roll20. They did an update this morning and in another game all my players tokens keep flying back to their current positions if you try to move them. Seems they introduced a few bugs.
You are right about the standard action, I was thinking it was a free action.
PRD wrote:
(D) Dismissible: If the duration line ends with “(D),” you can dismiss the spell at will. You must be within range of the spell's effect and must speak words of dismissal, which are usually a modified form of the spell's verbal component. If the spell has no verbal component, you can dismiss the effect with a gesture. Dismissing a spell is a standard action that does not provoke attacks of opportunity.
That just leaves me in a strange situation as silence has a (D) after the duration, I just can't speak to dismiss it. :P How many rounds did it take to get through the door? This is combat round 2? I could try to chuck the wayfinder behind me some distance (standard) and still move maybe? This is a fine mess :)
1/2E Sorc 13, HP:93 of 93, AC:16, Touch:12, Flat Footed:14, with mage armor 13hrs F:+12, R:+11, W:+15, Init:+2, Perc:+19
Retcon for Lavode.
Spellcasting ruined, Lavode moves forward cursing Black and his mother who should never have spawned.
I am assuming since it is difficult terrain I can only do a double move at half speed each and not a quadruple move at half speed. Correct?
questions:
Can I use either of these abilities (assuming I ever get in range)? The are listed as (Sp).
Celestial wrote:
Bloodline Powers: Your celestial heritage grants you a great many powers, but they come at a price. The lords of the higher planes are watching you and your actions closely.
Heavenly Fire (Sp): Starting at 1st level, you can unleash a ray of heavenly fire as a standard action, targeting any foe within 30 feet as a ranged touch attack. Against evil creatures, this ray deals 1d4 points of damage + 1 for every two sorcerer levels you possess. This damage is divine and not subject to energy resistance or immunity. This ray heals good creatures of 1d4 points of damage + 1 for every two sorcerer levels you possess. A good creature cannot benefit from your heavenly fire more than once per day. Neutral creatures are neither harmed nor healed by this effect. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier.
Deep Earth wrote:
Bloodline Powers: The powers of the living rock are within you, and your communion with the strength of stone is refined and enhanced as your power grows.
Tremor (Sp): At 1st level, as a standard action, you can cause the ground to shake beneath a single creature within 30 feet, functioning as a trip maneuver using your sorcerer level plus your Charisma modifier in place of your CMB. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier.
I forgot to add +3 to damage as well from Divibe Favor so it would have been 15 damage...also with fly IIRC, to go up is x2 movement so to go up 5' = 10 feet? So I could move 5 in air then 10 forward and then shoot black again on my turn?
@Kuduro: Hm, I didn't think about that. I'll let you chuck it behind you. With an adamantine weapon it probably only took a few rounds to beat through the door.
@Lavode: Spell-like abilities generally require the same sorts of verbal/somatic/etc requirements that casting a spell does. Since you have lost the ability to cast any spells, I would rule that casting spell-like abilities is not going to work. The spell you were hit with doesn't say you lose the abilities to cast the spells of your spellcasting class, it just says you lose the ability to cast. But if someone can correct me on that, by all means do so. I'm not trying to take away your options, just want to be fair.
Also, yes: only double move at half speed.
Lavode and Alan move further into the room.
@Seelah: yeah, you fly up at half-speed. So that sounds about right. But you also get a fly speed of 60 (40 for heavy/med armor).
Brachus moves next to the paladin and she begins to fly.
Seeing that Seelah is now flying, Black casts a spell and sends a bolt of lightning at the paladin!
DC 18 Spellcraft or DC 5 Common Sense:
Lightning Bolt
electricity damage:10d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 4, 3, 1, 2, 4, 3, 2, 3) = 29 DC 17 Ref for half
Initiative:
1. Brachus, and Alan
2. Black and other
3. Kuduro, Lavode, and Seelah
4. other
1/2E Sorc 13, HP:93 of 93, AC:16, Touch:12, Flat Footed:14, with mage armor 13hrs F:+12, R:+11, W:+15, Init:+2, Perc:+19
EndlessForms wrote:
... But if someone can correct me on that, by all means do so. I'm not trying to take away your options, just want to be fair. ...
I agree it should be fair, I'm just not sure how the rules apply. You may very well have it perfectly. It has not come up in a game for me before. I will add that to some questions I am asking on the forums and let you know what response I get. It won't make any difference quite yet, since I still have a ways to go before I am in range of anything.
Lavode continues to charge forward. He is attempting to get to cover just this side of the tentacles and wait for them to go away (unless he can find a way around).
Seelah, focusing on Black, sees a line of electric arcane magic, coming directly at her. She manages to step to the side briefly, but still feels the jolt surge through her.
When told she can fly, she isn't exactly sure how it will work, she has never flown before. She thinks she wants to go up, and much to her surprise, she starts to fly in the air slowly up 5 feet. She then begins to move forward while staring a whole through blacks twisted and crazy soul. Upon stopping, she lowers her bow, and takes aim, this time holding it until he tries to cast a spell.
move: to spot on map, 5' in the air to bypass difficult terrain
standard: hold action to wait for Black to cast a spell, the fire bow to disrupt spellcasting.
Having tossed her wayfinder behind her and moved forward, Last round. Kuduro again moves forward and readies a fireball for Black should he begin casting.
Lavode stumbles forward, leery of the tentacles sticking out the ground. I think they have been there three rounds now? They're going to be there a while though. Round/level.
Seelah readies her bow in the air and Kuduro likewise readies a spell.
Black begins to cast a spell but Kuduro's and Seelah's attacks go off first.
DC 18 Spellcraft:
Displacement
Seelah's arrow hits Black in the arm, although once again has trouble penetrating his skin.
Ref:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22 fire damage:9d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 5, 2, 6, 3, 5, 2, 5) = 36So he'll take 18 fire damage
DC 36 Concentration:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (13) + 14 = 27
And the damage caused by Seelah and Kuduro force Black into messing up his spell!
1d8 ⇒ 7
The thing in the vat continues to pound on the side and other bolt flies loose, shattering another vat of liquid. Luckily no one was near this one. As the liquid pours out, the body of a man slumps to the ground in strange suspended animation. Same thing happened on the first vat, I just forgot to mention it.
Initiative:
1. Brachus and Alan
2. Black and other
3. Kuduro, Lavode, and Seelah
4. other
1/2E Sorc 13, HP:93 of 93, AC:16, Touch:12, Flat Footed:14, with mage armor 13hrs F:+12, R:+11, W:+15, Init:+2, Perc:+19
EndlessForms wrote:
...The thing in the vat continues to pound on the side and other bolt flies loose, shattering another vat of liquid. Luckily no one was near this one. As the liquid pours out, the body of a man slumps to the ground in strange suspended animation. Same thing happened on the first vat, I just forgot to mention it....
Just to confirm. Neither of those bodies appears to be breathing or moving. Correct?
Since I held my action, do I go on the same initiative as Black? If so, can I repeat the action to disrupt the next spell he casts even if on the same initiative?All this assuming he is not grappled by Black. Why can't I have the way finder to silence him lol. Do the tentacles grapple everyone, could we throw Black in them to grapple him lol
Whoh! I just realized I made a big mistake. I took Black's turn before Brachus and Alan got to go. So Lavode should have moved up while Kuduro and Seelah readied their actions against his casting. Initiative 0 is the thing in the vat (which I did), then Brachus and Alan at the top before Black gets to go. So we'll just pretend his failed casting hasn't happened yet but will happen after I get an action from Brachus. Alan's grappled would have only made it even harder for him to cast anyways so nothing ultimately changes, I just got a little ahead of myself this morning.
@Lavode: Correct. No breathing or moving but not dead-just suspended in some way.
@Seelah: technically to interrupt his spell you would have had to ready an action with the trigger 'when he starts casting, I do X'. If you hold or go on delay you can't interrupt someone's action, you can only jump back in either before or after them. When you hold you change places in initiative order but when you ready you do not. I assumed you wanted to ready and just got the language mixed up, which is understandable because they are similar and confusing. So right now (because of my mixup) you are still readied to interrupt his casting. Then since I already posted it above you will interrupt his casting when he goes. When you are up again you can certainly do the same thing and ready against his casting again.
Alan grabs ahold of Black!
Initiative:
1. Brachus and Alan
2. Black and other
3. Kuduro, Lavode, and Seelah
4. other
no worries, I was a bit confused since Black went and the initiative and everything else, no worries. It all makes sense now lol. I am gonna post now for round 4 (?) turn, gonna be heading to work in the near future so I don't wanna hold anything up :) Seelah, if I remember correctly, is 5' in air, is she out of reach of the tentacles?
round 4:
Seelah, seeing Black lose his spell, sends a smile on her face. Seeing Alan grappling the twisted man, she says a quick prayer to Iomedae to grant everyone the perseverance to overcome this obstacle.
Seelah still seeing the tentacles wriggling around, wonders if she has enough clearance to avoid their grasp.
If out of reach, the current location is correct. If I need to move another 5' up, then move Seelah back exactly 1 square, thanx
She flies forward, bow knocked and ready. She levels it at Black, waiting for him to cast another spell, to try and escape Alan's grasp.
Grappled: A grappled creature is restrained by a creature, trap, or effect. Grappled creatures cannot move and take a –4 penalty to Dexterity. A grappled creature takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls and combat maneuver checks, except those made to grapple or escape a grapple. In addition, grappled creatures can take no action that requires two hands to perform. A grappled character who attempts to cast a spell or use a spell-like ability must make a concentration check (DC 10 + grappler's CMB + spell level), or lose the spell. Grappled creatures cannot make attacks of opportunity.
A grappled creature cannot use Stealth to hide from the creature grappling it, even if a special ability, such as hide in plain sight, would normally allow it to do so. If a grappled creature becomes invisible, through a spell or other ability, it gains a +2 circumstance bonus on its CMD to avoid being grappled, but receives no other benefit.
I believe the tentacles only grab you if you walk through them/are on the ground. At least the spell doesn't say anything about how far their reach is so that's what I'm going with. They can't see so they don't know you're there.
Brachus channels to heal his allies. Black then tries to cast a spell but is grappled by Alan and hit by Seelah and Kuduro (above).
Seelah then readies another arrow in case Black starts to get all magicky again.
Initiative:
1. Brachus and Alan
2. Black and other
3. Kuduro, Lavode, and Seelah
4. other (incubation chamber)
gm tracking:
33 dmg, 80 points, grappled by Alan
You guys are up!
Possibility of a bolt flying out of the incubation chamber on count 4 but that shouldn't affect anyone's actions, I'm guessing.
Lavode hides behind a corner. I think it'll be another 6-7 rounds before they go away. Kuduro decides to become amazing and turns herself into a genie. Alan maintains a hold on Black but doesn't seem to do much damage.
Alan, spoilered for length:
I don't think you can Stunning Fist with a grapple since it is a standard to maintain and you can simply choose to inflict damage as part of the maintain (i.e. you're not actually making an unarmed attack):
grapple wrote:
Damage: You can inflict damage to your target equal to your unarmed strike, a natural attack, or an attack made with armor spikes or a light or one-handed weapon. This damage can be either lethal or nonlethal.
Stunning Fist requires you to make an attack roll so I'm not sure you can use it on the above, which just says you inflict damage.
Brachus calls down a blessing on his allies.
1d8 ⇒ 1
A bolt flies off the incubation chamber as the monstrosity inside continues to beat its way out. The bolt narrowly misses Brachus' head.
Black begins to cast a spell and Seelah lets an arrow fly, but it misses him.
defensive casting DC 25:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (10) + 14 = 24 Edit: double checked and you don't need a grapple concentration and a defensive casting check. So the first one works.
Spellcraft DC 20:
Teleport
Suddenly Black disappears from Alan's grip and reappears on the other side of the room, fuming mad in his creepy mother outfit. At the same time, one of the giant syringes to the side seems to have finally zeroed in on a target and sprays a foul substance at Alan.
ranged touch:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23 acid damage:4d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 4, 6) = 19 If hit, DC 15 Will save or stand still and do nothing (command).
Initiative:
1. Brachus and Alan
2. Black and other
3. Kuduro, Lavode, and Seelah
4. other (incubation chamber)
Male Tien-Min/Varisian Human (HP 84/84; AC 33/T 31/FF 24, CMD 43, v Grapple 50, Trip 49: F +14, R +14, W +14; perception +10, init +4)
reflex:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
I thought stunning fist could be used as part of any action that damages am opponent I had to make the grapple attempt to maintain and could inflict damage with. I assumed it could be tacked on to the roll to maintain a grapple because I was intending to damage an opponent otherwise I would have rendered him prone.
@Alan: that should have been a Will save but you made it anyways. Stunning Fist says, "You must declare that you are using this feat before you make your attack roll. . . ". I don't think the maintain check counts as an attack roll. I could be wrong but that seems counterintuitive so you'd have to point me to a reference for that one because I'm not really sure.
Alan, Kuduro, Lavode, and Brachus all move toward the wily wizard woman.
Initiative:
1. Brachus and Alan
2. Black and other
3. Kuduro, Lavode, and Seelah
4. other (incubation chamber)
not near comp so someone please move me 40 closer to wizard, thanx :)
Seelah curses as the arrow flies wide. The curses again as the wizard blinks out of view. Seelah turns around, after hearing the wizard cackle at her handy work. She flies closer to the wizard, and let's loose another arrow, hoping to strike true this time.
Brachus channels the healing powers of his god (excluding Black) healing himself, Lavode and Alan for Positive healing:3d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 2) = 9 before drawing his rapier and moving next to Black
Alan and Lavode move forward while Brachus heals those around him. Kuduro flies for Black and slashes with her scimitar. Her blade bounces off of him, though.
Initiative:
1. Brachus and Alan
2. Black and other
3. Kuduro, Lavode, and Seelah
4. other (incubation chamber)
Seelah, smiles that her allies are able to close the gap.
Am I able to ready an action to full round Black with my bow should he try to cast a spell? Or is is single round only? I so then apply both attack, otherwise just the first one of course :)
She flies a more inch towards Black, and again readies to disrupt any attempt at Black to cast any spells.
For one round you are filled with intense lust and desire for Kuduro's hot new genie form. You must rush to her and passionately kiss and caress her for your next turn.
Initiative:
1. Brachus and Alan
2. Black and other
3. Kuduro, Lavode, and Seelah
4. other (incubation chamber)
Alan moves up to surround Black. Kuduro flies in and cuts deep with her scimitar, although still not inflicting as much damage as she would have expected. Lavode tosses his dagger into the mix but misses. Yeah, you're still smart enough to fight with what you have I suppose.
Brachus moves in and stabs Black but is not able to pierce his skin.
Initiative:
1. Brachus and Alan
2. Black and other
3. Kuduro, Lavode, and Seelah
4. other (incubation chamber)
Seelah, looks around, and realizes that she dropped Trusted Buddy upon entering the eerie chamber of Black's. She flies back towards the door, and spots the unique weapon lying where she last left it. She lands, picks it up off the ground, and looks back towards Black.
Keep him where he is, I will be right over to exact Iomedae's judgement.
Double move and grab Trusted Buddy, fly back up 5' in air. end turn
Seelah moves over to grab Trusty Buddy. Black begins casting a spell.
DC 19 Defensive Casting:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17
Spellcraft:
Mirror Image
1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
1d8 ⇒ 5
Black's spell fizzles in his hands as he tries to safely cast while surrounded by people. "NOOO! F+$&ing Pathfinders!" he screeches in an eerie imitation of his mother's voice. Meanwhile the beast in the incubation chamber beats against the side and yet another bolt flies loose, this time flying towards Seelah's head.
