GM Tarondor's Emerald Spire Campaign

Game Master Tarondor

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Because of the Bulwark Trait on his plate armor, Nycholas adds +3 to his reflex saves to avoid damage, instead of adding his Dex mod (0).

This should be in the Gameplay tab.

So who's the creep followin' Marcel around?

I didn't realize I had 3 hero points. May I spend one to reroll that will save?

No idea, but I ignored him for now.

So your solution was to leave Nycholas alone with him.

Cold, man. Cold.

:P

If it makes you feel better, I did keep you in the Bless.

So is that a "no" on the hero point? It's too late?

Did I do my post right this time? I was nervous for a bit because I'm realizing I'm still thinking very much in terms of 1e tactics and that's part of why we failed the first time.

I think your post is fine. I think you could have made it easier on yourself by doing a single ooc statement with each of the actions you plan to do instead of new statements for each action. That is what Lilika and I did. I went super easy and did not even note that Haste is cast 2, which I probably should do in the future.

In retrospect, knowing a boss fight was coming up I should have enlarged either Wymond or his puper too. Sorry
:(

Pupper? Triath is a piggy!

I’m back. It was a difficult week. And then I couldn’t log in for a while. But I’m back.

I think our fuzzy dwarf is done?
Stride, Command Animal Companion, Stike, Strike. 4 Actions.
If he wanna strike again though I won't protesteth.

Wymond did four actions. Stride, Command, Strike, Strike. I am not sure what Command is.

I just thought I had to take an action to have Triath do stuff, otherwise he'd have just sat at the door. I know I have to spend an action to get his companion benefit (which wouldnt have helped this round anyway because all I did was disperse his mirror images), but I wasn't sure if he could actually do that in this round because he had to get over to the bad guy first.

AON sayeth "An animal companion is a loyal comrade who follows your orders. Your animal companion has the animal and minion traits, and it gains 2 actions during your turn if you use the Command an Animal action to command it; this is in place of the usual effects of Command an Animal, and you don't need to attempt a Nature check. If your companion dies, you can spend a week of downtime to replace it at no cost. You can have only one animal companion at a time."

So I think it is an action to command it, but I've never used an AC before so IDK.

I believe the Support action is taken by the companion with one if its two action.

Huh. So Triath could have done his support move...I won't do it now, it wouldn't have helped anyway like I said. But good to know!

If he still had an action left after moving, I think he can strike on his own.

Would you be okay with that GM?

You could always make the attack and our lovely GM can just ignore it if they want.

I could, but I'd prefer to be polite.

Yes. If you spend one action commanding Triath, the boar gains two actions, one of which could be the support action. You may do that now, if you wish.

Does Triath count as an ally for my Retributive Strike?

No Triath hates you

Yes! (to the question, not Nych's answer).

Retributive Strike triggers only once per round, right?

Looks like it's a reaction, so generally only once per round. I think there's a higher level feat that let's you use it more often.

Thanx!

Wymond Dwerryhouse wrote:

Retributive Strike triggers only once per round, right?

Looks like it's a reaction, so generally only once per round. I think there's a higher level feat that let's you use it more often.

This is correct.

Thank you for the correction. Sorry, I thought we'd moved to the next round. *sweatdrop*

Nycholas! Cool visual! Also, even though only one of those was a crit, it was still 96 points of damage! Dang!

Woah, are these guys super weak to acid or something? I count 16S + 1A damage from the first attack, 34S + 2A + 7S (Deadly D8) on the AoO as the snek retreated for 60 damage total.

Also, that has to be the most value anyone has ever gotten out of Mirror Image lol

Yeah, I screwed up. The first hit did 17 damage (16+1). The second hit was a crit (only because it was a Nat 20). It did 43 damage. Total damage was 60, not 96. Thanks for keeping me straight.

We'll say Sanaz hid because he didn't like taking 60 points of damage. Perhaps he'll be back...

I can't believe the big snake abandoned the little snake like that.

Also someone gave me loaded dice.

Well that went MUCH better!

I forgot to bring it up last time, but Nycholas has +2 initiative from the Incredible Initiative General Feat. I've got +2 init next to Perception, but I wanted to ask if you wanted me to format it differently so it's easier for you to see.

Nope. Thanks for the notice. I'll add it from now on.

Also, doth Wymond want enlarge person for this fight?

Ask him in character?

Who's Toragh Madh?

Wouldn't you like to know?

Hey, put Dragon on the bench. Just lurking for now.

Obviously would get to level up, but sounds like fun.

Okay!

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Shall I make an extra post for the hasted attack? I've been doing that thing where I just do Strike for every action, and I feel like that's playing 2e wrong...

You can do an extra post if you have an extra action, sure.

Sometimes its hard to know what to do if you're a warrior and have extra actions, but don't need to raise a shield. The one I think would be most useful right now is "Take Cover". Big bonus to your AC if you use the doorway for extra cover above and beyond its static bonus to your cover.

Intimidate is another one not to forget.

Don't forget you can command Triath as an action, too (you really have got to get him some barding.)

Yeah Intimidate is great. You'll generally want to intimidate first though, so they have the AC penalty for your following attacks.

CONGRATULATIONS!

You've cleared the Shrine of the Awakener and have achieved 7th level! Please level up and let me know when you're ready to proceed!

Woot!

EDIT: I'm almost done, but I'm a little confused about my AC. I got the Armor Expertise feature at this level, which means my proficiency bonus jumps from +2 to +4. That's good!

But from what I'm seeing, AC is base 10 plus DEX (which is 0 in my case), whatever bonus the armor itself gives (6, since it's full plate), proficiency bonus and then bonuses from things like runes. If I'm right, that only adds up to 10+6+4+1, which adds up to 21. It reads 22 and 23 on my sheet. Have I had my AC wrong this entire time?!

Proficiency Bonus is LEVEL + Bonus. So if you're Expert in Armor and 7th level (and have +1 plate armor), it's 10+7+4+6+1=28.

Marcel has leveled up. Go 4th level spells!

I am assuming that we rest and regain our spell slots before we move on, but I will wait to ensure that before I regain used slots.

You fine folks may want to consider doing a more thorough job of looting. I've been watching for years as you tend not to pick up stuff and sell it if it isn't on the bodies of your foes.

Just sayin'. You're behind on loot.

Lilika's levelled up and ready. Noticeable changes are access to 4th level spells, expert spellcasting, and master proficiency in Nature. For her general feat, she chose ancestral paragon, to take the elf feat forlorn.