*Sigh*. Slammed with work again. Don't expect any posts until Thursday evening. Sorry guys.
No worries. I'm starting a new job so thats probably going to help me out.
@Bjokrus: Do you want to roleplay Bjorkus giving Gabe his old greatsword?
Oh, good idea. You going to be around for a couple hours?
Unfortunately I work early at my new job, but I'll be on tomorrow night, and we have till Thursday.
Alright, I am on for the night!
Rilka’s currently worn gear (I’ll change the character sheet too).
Mithral Shirt 10
Masterwork Halfling sling staff 1.5
Rapier 1
Cloak of Resistance +1 1
Backpack 1
MW thieves’ tools 2
Sunrod 1
Explorer’s outfit 4
Ammunition (20) 2.5
Pistol 2
Black Powder (10 doses) in Powder Horn 1
Firearm bullets (30) .5*
3 Pieces of chalk
Flint & steel
Total: 26.5 lbs.
*This seemed much too light — 30 bullets weigh only 8 ounces?... I read there’s 7000 grains to a pound, so each bullet weighs about 117 grains. Which isn’t too off I guess based on some further internet searching.
I got a promotion at my new job!
So for the next... oh... 10 day's I have shifts. Most of them are in the morning, so I can post during the late afternoon and early evening, but I'll be passing out around this time everyday for them. There are one or two exceptions but they fall on weekends, which is a bit slower for us even at our fastest paces.
The schedule should even out, but my trainer literally has her two weeks to train me and she intends to get me as much training in as she can before she leaves. The good news is more money, of course, and the fact that I'm now out of one of my games on these boards so I'll have more time for this one and the others once this picks up it's pace again.
Speaking of, Omen, I hope you're doing well. I look forward to your return, so long as the game is a stress reliever and not an added stress for you to deal with. Take your time, get things sorted, we're all in for the long haul.
In the meantime, check this out guys... It's hilarious. Like... I'm going to watch each and every video hilarious.
Should be sleeping, can't.
Congratulations Gabriel!
Yes I am still here, in fact I just got caught up. I still have theater to go to tonight, but I should be moving things along either tonight or tomorrow morning. This weekend we should get some serious amounts of posting done.
Things will be progressing tonight. If you want to get done anything else before you leave now is the time.
Ah crap, I forgot about Edward. That's what I get for rushing the post. I'll have him in the back line with Dalton.
For once we're actually waiting on Bjorkus.
We are? I thought Bjorkus was last.
Party initiative, remember? We go when we want and he'll arrange us in it. XD Although Dalton might need to post for the regular round I think so it's not just Bjorkus.
Ah, I'll get to posting then!
With +6 strength I fully expect to see Dalton mixing it up in melee.
Umm, what? How on earth are you giving the entire party +6 to strength?
+2 is from raging song. +4 is an enhancement bonus from one of my skald rage powers (song of the beast - strength of the buuuuull). It's not really the entire party because Toramin won't be accepting it and I doubt Dalton will.
Bull: The creature gains a +2 enhancement bonus to Strength. This bonus increases to +4 at 8th level and +6 at 15th level.
It's only a +2 right now, bringing the total to +4.
That's what the headband of havoc was for. It bumps Bjorkus's effective level for a rage power to 8.
As entertaining as it would be for Dalton to start punching things, I think the ability to use spells is slightly more beneficial.
Why use a real fist when you can use a telekinetic one?
Right, that item. Sorry, can't remember every little part of the game :P
It's cool. I figured I'd have to break it down at some point. =P
Realistically, it's not that great for the party as Toramin and Dalton aren't going to use it and Rilka doesn't mix it up in melee often. I mostly like Totemic Skald because it fits the character so well and it makes him a great leadery-type among the NPCs.
Indeed, I always love when a player can incorporate flavor into his build.
Ok I edited that post about 5 times so make sure you double check it.
Looks fine to me. So Bjorkus acted after the NPCs?
Correct.
Talk about bloody feast and famine with dice rolling. I saw the first roll as I was writing and I thought 'okay, not winning any hearts and minds with a natural one on a diplomacy roll, so roll with the punches.'
But that second? And a fricking natural 20 right after?
If you need me to change my post Omen, give me a heads up. I figure with a natural 20 on his reflex save he'd be able to recover but I'm just guessing so I don't hold the game up.
You can't try to use diplomacy and attack in the same round.
I'll update tomorrow.
You can't? Isn't talking a free action? I know there are rules for intimidate but that's because that has a mechanical affect in the fight.
Should I cross it out and roll the dice down a step? (Replace the second nat 1 with the first, the nat 20 with the second nat 1, etc.)
Talking is a free action. Using diplomacy to influence a person's actions is not. Mechanically it takes a minute, or ten rounds to use it. I do favor roleplay>rollplay, but in those special circumstances it's more about what you say than what you roll.
Unfortunately it is also to control die rolls. One of the unfortunate parts of PbPs. The only way to truly control it is making all the die rolls myself, but I was in a campaign like that once and it both dragged on and was a little depressing that you didn't get to roll yourself.
Ah, sorry. I hadn't actually thought of that before. I just roll as I write so I can describe the rolls accurately. I don't want to cheat even by mistake so I removed the diplomacy roll and edited my post. That work for you Omen?
Understandable Gabriel. Thanks. Sorry for being harsh about it, but it's such an easily a abusable mechanic of the boards.
I can definitely see that, no worries here. Rather be told up front so I can fix it anyway. XD
Unfortunately I can't sneak in posts on my phone during combat because there is WAY too much to track. Sorry for the delay. When I get back from classes today I'll update.
This is also tech week for our theater production, so I'll be less available in the evenings. I know it's a rough patch for the campaign and I'm grateful for all your patience.
I'm kind of confused right now. Bjorkus has taken a bunch of damage but he hasn't done anything and there's no enemies near him.
Are there archer-assassins firing on him or something?
Yes, the archers have devoted all of their arrows to Bjorkus's chest. And they're rolling well. Sorry, perks of being the face of the rebellion.
Not to mention the guy rallying the forces with a song that makes 'Oh Danny Boy' seem pale in comparison.
*adds gloves of arrow snatching to his wishlist*
Is whoever's standing in front of Bjorkus grant him cover from the archers?
Nope. According to RAW there is no cover granted by allies (barring tower shields and the stalwart defender class), plus logically Bjorkus is really damn tall anyways.
People (allies or otherwise) always provide cover for ranged attacks.
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).
I believe you're thinking of melee reach attacks.
Ah you're right, I don't focus on ranged characters much. Unfortunately the +4 is still not enough to make any of the attacks miss. Thanks for catching that though.
I figured as much. Just checking.
Beware of using the allies as AC though. I disrecollect if it's a stock rule or not, but when I've GMed, always made the PC/NPC providing cover with ... themselves ... challenge their AC with the attack roll if the difference between the attack hitting the previous target was within the margin of cover.
Bjorkus wasn't necessarily using them as cover so much as he was standing around and his allies happened to be in the way. But either way, that's definitely a house rule.
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Dalton, Bjorkus is a man's man. He doesn't wince when he takes a shaft. ;-)
All of Dalton's innuendos are making me cringe.
All of Dalton's innuendos are making me cringe.
Wait until Dalton hits next level - then his calcific touch will turn you rock-hard.
Literally.
I assume you meant Gabe?
Yeah I definitely had enough sleep last night.