Honestly, nothing that spectacular. Just a lot of time-consuming stuff eating my evenings lately besides some f2f gaming.
103 gameplay posts since last monday week! Let's see how they've gone.
And happy birthday Anzath!
Edit: They've gone killingly, they have. And so shall Talathel!
Also, I should be back to at least daily posts or very close to that.
It looks like the clearing is about as wide as it is long, about 100'. Is that right?
Is one of the knights close to the sheriff now? I am trying to determine if I can cast web using two perpendicular edges of the forest as anchors, and catch the sheriff and a knight in that area. If I can only catch one with web, then I think I'll try another spell. Not that I have many left; extended detect secret doors is highly unlikely to turn the tides.
My quick sketch has the knights too far from the sheriff for a Web, but you could ready an action for the next time a knight charges, gets within Web range of a friend, or some other such condition if you'd like.
Thanks for the clarification. I went for a different approach for this round. I'll see how positions change before Trag's next turn. For now, I figured I would just try to reduce the number of chances you get to roll 20's against us. :P
Looks like a solid move to me!
Someone should save your Pal.
Thanks!
Does Valrah act on Vael's turn?
I do believe so but I forget she exists sometimes.
GM: can you clarify which footmen are phalanxes around the sheriff and which are left by the refugees? By my account, if Ippolit and Gelver took one down, that leaves the one Anzath cut left by the refugees, 2 in the pit, and 2 by the sheriff (possibly gooped). I think I might be missing one.
Quickest I have ever gone down :)
And Valrah will be bringing Vael back to life and she will be doing some healing on her turn.
Anzath: The phalanx is actually not that close to the sheriff. They were heading that way when combat began, so they formed up in between the party and the cavalry. We've got two in a pit, three in a clump (two gooped), and one dueling Anzath. One dead. One is Private Jones, who is having a bit of a crisis, but is no longer a direct threat to the party (unless/until Gelver attacks him).
I'm actually not sure at all where Talathel is in comparison to enemies. Hence the somewhat vague description I'm going with.
If he can reach an enemy within a 5' step, that's great.
If not, then it's a charge.
Gah, I missed that Talathel is up. I'll post asap.
This encounter is proving quite epic! Along with that sorceress you dealt with, this is one of the first real Rappan-Athuk-y encounters you've had as a group. I'm playing the mounted characters based on experience with the technique as a PC: a really silly barbarian-sorcerer-dragon disciple gnome who used a lance from the back of a mauler fox familiar. With all those d12 hit dice and a deep investment in CON, the fox had more HP than the party wizard. Those were the days...
Normally spells don't have a chance to run out in combat, but this clash of high-AC vs high-AC might give them a chance.
It's been 4 rounds since Haste, 3 since Create Pit. That means, I think, 1 more turn of Haste, and 3 more of Pit. Sound right?
...also, yeah, somehow it's only been 4 rounds.
It's the nature of pbp!
I've seen fights take weeks, months sometimes! This is closer to the fast end of the scale. And damn enjoyable!
Yeah, this fight has had me on the edge of my seat for days!
It’s quite the nail-biting thriller!
That sounds like an interesting fight. And yeah some fights can take months. You all are rather fast paced in the fighting.
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Dat be da bravest wizard ever!
Oh, you have no idea! Earlier I was asking about the positioning of mounted units relative to the pit because I was considering bull rushing one to try and knock it in the pit. Sure, I would have incurred an AOO because I used vanish earlier, but it might have helped tipped the tide a bit. And he might have pulled it off; prescience would let him roll twice to try and get a high result, and true strike would have given him a +20 on the attempt.
As a follower of Nethys that has gone a bit too close to the edge trying to divine secrets of the universe, I have in mind that Trag has a bit of a madness streak himself. After all, he would have to be a little wonky in the melon to want to delve into Rappan Athuk!
I love it. Our own unhinged elf mage, if more subtly than most. :D
To be fair, even duty or faith can only take someone so close to going into this deathtrap. There needs to be a little bit of obsession or some close cousin to that as well. Talathel for example is all for proving his skill, and frankly could have done that in a less lethal locale. ;)
^Tragershen, that's how to play a wizard all right! I'm sad the geometry didn't work out, but there should be plenty of perilous pits to try that move on by the end of the years.
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All proper spellcasters are just a little bit crazy. Or a lot bit crazy. It's part of their charm and the ego that results from being able to say 'I casually warp reality every day, come @ me.'
Just wondering what targets Talathel can reach on his upcoming turn.
Assuming the blood-crazed casters leave any alive. ;)
Tal: it's your turn now! You can move+attack or charge the last unpitted-unglued footman, or you can charge a long way to ManKnight.
A bit ill here so was in bed early.
Man knight is getting prodded!
I was hoping for a crit with an arrow and came close. Still, damage is damage!
It's not over yet!
Bedlam is 75 feet from knight?
Bedlam is smack in the middle of the field locking up the soldiers. The knight is at the tip top, about 40-50 ft away.
Can Talathel reach the manknight with a 60ft charge and 10ft reach?
Yes. It'll be more fun if you all get one more chance to take him down.
Hurrah! I like that thinking.
Those of us suffering from disease need to sleep it off?
My laptop is messed up and I will try to stay caught up by with phone that is difficult sometimes
Those of us suffering from disease need to sleep it off?
It can only be cured with magic.
Parrot, just to remind you that with Aurora's healing, Talathel should be at 17hp.
Is Anzath cured of the plague then?
Yep. Tal's the last of the Infected.
Until we go back down...
To cleanse and purge!
We really need some Antiplague!
Had a tornado outbreak by where I live earlier, but luckily my town wasn't hit and we didn't even lose power or internet. Not a very fun experience to be woken up by the sirens and immediately have to start getting dressed and gathering up the valuables and pets, though.
Jeeze, glad you're alright. Scary stuff. I just have to worry about earthquakes, and they're the sort of thing you just put in a box and worry about later...
Yikes! Glad you're alright though.
I'm glad you're okay. The news is showing some footage from the area, and it is terrible.
Yikes, tornadoes in March?
Tornadoes in March with a cold front moving in to drop overnight temperatures below or near freezing. But like I said, my immediate area wasn't hit directly so we made it out okay (although we did lose power for two and a half hours late last night, well after the storms had passed and I was boasting about keeping power throughout the storms; I guess something that was knocked loose finally fell on a line or something.)
Down in Alabama and southwest Georgia is where the real scary stuff happened.
Happy to hear you are alright.
Too much tow truck and mechanic in my day today. Nothing major. But I'm wiped and it's not 7 PM. Gonna settle in and work on the game post, but I might not get it up right away.
...ok so that post wasn't actually very complicated. Go to town on some spiders, y'all! If you can...
Too much tow truck and mechanic in my day today. Nothing major. But I'm wiped and it's not 7 PM. Gonna settle in and work on the game post, but I might not get it up right away.
Ugh. That blows.