Yeah, just want Balmir wants, more half-orcs. :-)
But really, sounds great to me. More front liners (I assume that they are tank-like classes).
The more I think about it the better of an idea I think this is. I am GMing a 15th level game on another board and a single combat post can take me well over an hour! This is a lot of time.
It is the main thing holding me back form starting another game.
Derrik is good with it as well, A party of 7 will need a bit of up scaling and you could easily have us put into a way station or something somewhere to pick them up.
Cool - good discussion!
I will concentrate on the frontliners (there are 2 barbarians, a druid and a witch), and will scale up a bit (although you all have had a pretty good challenge so far...)
I looked over the game you are talking about. They all seem good, I do not see a druid which would have been my choice of the casters (not that its a democracy). There is an Inquisitor I think.
A druid would give us another healer and I think that would be helpful.
Sorry - inquisitor, not druid.
Either combination would be cool.
Witches are incredibly cool. Never played with an inquisitor.
Teammates
In the games I am GMing I put it squarely on the players to keep their title blocks up to date. We need to be vigilant that the variables up there are accurate as it is not fair to ask a GM to look though past posts.
To me if you don't update you live with the results but I am a meaner person then Fuzzfoot.
As we get to higher levels GM posts take exponentially more time so we need to help where we can. One of the games I am GMing has players at level 16! Those posts take me over an hour when we are in combat.
I have not been perfect on this but will work on it as well.
Thanks for chiming in. Yah, it amazes me how long it can take to resolve one post sometimes!
Keeping the tags up to date is best, but I am going to also make sure I add notes to the status block as well, because sometimes things only last the round (like in this case), and I still wouldn't know if Derrik did update or forgot... So definitely try to keep it up, but I will make some better off-line notes as well.
I have cut back a bit too - dropped out of 2 games, finished 2 PFS scenarios, and dropped GM'ng another (luckily, they found a new GM, so won't be joining this campagin).
Cover
To determine whether your target has cover from your ranged attack, choose a corner of your square. If any line from this corner to any corner of the target's square passes through a square or border that blocks line of effect or provides cover, or through a square occupied by a creature, the target has cover (+4 to AC).
When making a melee attack against an adjacent target, your target has cover if any line from any corner of your square to the target's square goes through a wall (including a low wall). When making a melee attack against a target that isn't adjacent to you (such as with a reach weapon), use the rules for determining cover from ranged attacks.
Low Obstacles and Cover: A low obstacle (such as a wall no higher than half your height) provides cover, but only to creatures within 30 feet (6 squares) of it. The attacker can ignore the cover if he's closer to the obstacle than his target.
Cover and Attacks of Opportunity: You can't execute an attack of opportunity against an opponent with cover relative to you.
Cover and Reflex Saves: Cover grants you a +2 bonus on Reflex saves against attacks that originate or burst out from a point on the other side of the cover from you. Note that spread effects can extend around corners and thus negate this cover bonus.
Cover and Stealth Checks: You can use cover to make a Stealth check. Without cover, you usually need concealment (see below) to make a Stealth check.
Soft Cover: Creatures, even your enemies, can provide you with cover against ranged attacks, giving you a +4 bonus to AC. However, such soft cover provides no bonus on Reflex saves, nor does soft cover allow you to make a Stealth check.
Big Creatures and Cover: Any creature with a space larger than 5 feet (1 square) determines cover against melee attacks slightly differently than smaller creatures do. Such a creature can choose any square that it occupies to determine if an opponent has cover against its melee attacks. Similarly, when making a melee attack against such a creature, you can pick any of the squares it occupies to determine if it has cover against you.
Partial Cover: If a creature has cover, but more than half the creature is visible, its cover bonus is reduced to a +2 to AC and a +1 bonus on Reflex saving throws. This partial cover is subject to the GM's discretion.
Total Cover: If you don't have line of effect to your target (that is, you cannot draw any line from your square to your target's square without crossing a solid barrier), he is considered to have total cover from you. You can't make an attack against a target that has total cover.
Improved Cover: In some cases, such as attacking a target hiding behind an arrowslit, cover may provide a greater bonus to AC and Reflex saves. In such situations, the normal cover bonuses to AC and Reflex saves can be doubled (to +8 and +4, respectively). A creature with this improved cover effectively gains improved evasion against any attack to which the Reflex save bonus applies. Furthermore, improved cover provides a +10 bonus on Stealth checks.
Cover
To determine whether your target has cover from your ranged attack, choose a corner of your square. If any line from this corner to any corner of the target's square passes through a square or border that blocks line of effect or provides cover, or through a square occupied by a creature, the target has cover (+4 to AC).
When making a melee attack against an adjacent target, your target has cover if any line from any corner of your square to the target's square goes through a wall (including a low wall). When making a melee attack against a target that isn't adjacent to you (such as with a reach weapon), use the rules for determining cover from ranged attacks.
Low Obstacles and Cover: A low obstacle (such as a wall no higher than half your height) provides cover, but only to creatures within 30 feet (6 squares) of it. The attacker can ignore the cover if he's closer to the obstacle than his target.
Cover and Attacks of Opportunity: You can't execute an attack of opportunity against an opponent with cover relative to you.
Cover and Reflex Saves: Cover grants you a +2 bonus on Reflex saves against attacks that originate or burst out from a point on the other side of the cover from you. Note that spread effects can extend around corners and thus negate this cover bonus.
Cover and Stealth Checks: You can use cover to make a Stealth check. Without cover, you usually need concealment (see below) to make a Stealth check.
Soft Cover: Creatures, even your enemies, can provide you with cover against ranged attacks, giving you a +4 bonus to AC. However, such soft cover provides no bonus on Reflex saves, nor does soft cover allow you to make a Stealth check.
Big Creatures and Cover: Any creature with a space larger than 5 feet (1 square) determines cover against melee attacks slightly differently than smaller creatures do. Such a creature can choose any square that it occupies to determine if an opponent has cover against its melee attacks. Similarly, when making a melee attack against such a creature, you can pick any of the squares it occupies to determine if it has cover against you.
Partial Cover: If a creature has cover, but more than half the creature is visible, its cover bonus is reduced to a +2 to AC and a +1 bonus on Reflex saving throws. This partial cover is subject to the GM's discretion.
Total Cover: If you don't have line of effect to your target (that is, you cannot draw any line from your square to your target's square without crossing a solid barrier), he is considered to have total cover from you. You can't make an attack against a target that has total cover.
Improved Cover: In some cases, such as attacking a target hiding behind an arrowslit, cover may provide a greater bonus to AC and Reflex saves. In such situations, the normal cover bonuses to AC and Reflex saves can be doubled (to +8 and +4, respectively). A creature with this improved cover effectively gains improved evasion against any attack to which the Reflex save bonus applies. Furthermore, improved cover provides a +10 bonus on Stealth checks.
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Fighting Defensively as a Standard Action: You can choose to fight defensively when attacking. If you do so, you take a –4 penalty on all attacks in a round to gain a +2 dodge bonus to AC until the start of your next turn.
The last one I would say you are right since I wasn't "close enough"
I think the argument to be made is whether you have any cover, which I understand to be something solid. When you get into liquid, it seems less clear. Could this archer have shot you in the foot? Sure - I think that's reasonable. I did find rules supporting AC improvement if you were chest deep or more in water, but that isn't really the case here. For future, cover requires something to physical stop a blow.
that is fine, I agree with your assessment when I read a bit more as well
Can anyone else use the bow in case we hit flying things? I am going to enchant my current bow at the next level anyway and like the RP of it being a family heirloom. With luck I can use it the entier AP and just keep layering on bonuses.
Derrik cannot
I can. While melee will be my attack of choice, having bow couldn't hurt. For example, I might get stuck in a trap and unable to approach an archer who is shooting at me.
Heading to PaizoCon later today so I'll be a bit delayed in replying to posts.
Well that sounds like a good time. Enjoy
Not sure if you will see this but you were up for an action when you posted that.
Have fun.
So, the boards have been a mess, and it sounds like this week may be rough too, but rather than trying to move, I suggest we just hold tight until regular posting can resume.
Still here when ready!
Here.
Tomorrow I leave for a long weekend wedding with a lot of scotch and no computer. I would expect little before Tuesday.
Wizard (illusionist) 5
+6 hit points (4 hit dice, +2 Con)
Skills: +1 each of: Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (local), Perception, Spellcraft, Stealth, Use Magic Device; Craft (alchemy), Linguistics
New language: Varisian
New spells (3rd level): gloomblind bolts, invisibility sphere
Feat: Spell Focus (illusion)
Bonus wizard feat: Craft Magic Arms and Armor
Ok party people, I can now enchant your gear!
Great I have the materials in my bag for +1. That will be a big help because once it is enchanted I can add flaming and what not for 1 arcane point. It would cost two without the enchantment.
I ask this ever level but do we go with average HP or roll?
I will level Derrik tonight when I get home as I need access to my Hero Lab.
5th level we get a feat eh?
5th level does come with a feat (in addition to any your class may give you).
For hit points, you can choose average or roll. I usually just choose average, but your preference may be different.
This clearing is a fine place to rest for the night as well, if you like. Or you could go back to Ingehild's camp.
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Level 5:
Class Taken: Rogue
Class Feature Gained: Debilitating injury, rogue talent
Hit points Gained: 1d8, + 2 Con, +1 favored
Skill Points (8+2): acrobatics (1), appraise (1), climb (1), disguise (1), disable device (1), escape artist (1), perception (1), sleight of hand (1), stealth (1), use magic device (1)
Feats: defensive combat training, underhanded trick
Looks like I'll be even more annoying in combat...
Letting the fates decide on HP, no preview!
Skills:
+2 Know Arcana
+2 Know Planes
+1 Perception
+1 Spellcraft.
New Spells:
Darkness
Invisibility
Level Feat: Weapons Focus = Longbow
Class Feat: Ectoplasmic Spell
HP +5
Skills:
Diplomacy
Heal
K. local
K. Religion
Perception
K. Nobility
K. History
Feat: Skill Focus (K. Religion)
Looking for some advice about my feat. These are my current ideas:
- furious focus -- I avoid the penalty on my powerattack's first attack
- ironhide -- gain +1 natural armor (and then can improve natural armor later)
- great cleave
Or do you guys have a better option?
The Dwarven cleave feat chain is pretty cool from what I hear.
@Mouser - Debilitating injury - love it! I use that on my rogue playing book 6.
@Balmir - Furious focus is great at low levels, but I am not so sure how valuable it will be higher up. Cleave through is handy, but against giants, you can't have too many adjacent targets, so that might be something to consider. Extra AC is pretty nice, because giants hit hard.
@Derrik, @Somer - glad some are improving knowledge!
@Somer - so I looked, and I would say that the way focused shot is written, you can't use the two together. It uses a standard action, and spellstrike is part of a full round action. But it could be handy if you want more damage on a shot when you also want to move, for instance.
Well now.. I cheated during that last fight. I took more then a 5ft step when using spell combat spell strike. I know I knew that spell combat / spell strike is a full round at one point but my mind moved it to a standard action.
That said I would like to change to Focused Shot. It will be more useful when I need to move.
Yeah, I think I'm going to go the AC route. Extra attacks aren't any good if I'm unconscious or dead.
I'll get all leveled up tonight (12 hours from now).
Ohh have fun.
Congrats! Ok, we'll bot you. Although actually, I am travelling the next four days. so you'll only miss a week.
I will try to check in to answer any remaining questions, but let's plan to start the next section on Monday.
Ok Balimr has a -8 to acrobatics! Do we have a rope? Maybe we can climb down and up? That might be more dangerous but -8 sounds like a dead dwarf.
Yeah, but I made the first jump. How far is it to the floor now?
How much does everyone weigh?
182 lbs. with gear.
200 lbs is the limit before the pad starts sinking. But it looks like your rope down and up plan should work find with Mouser staying topside.
The black flies are only an annoyance to anyone in the cloud. The Fort save only affects 02 attack while your in it.
Ya Derrik would be over the 200 lb mark as well