Gladiators of Zirnakaynin PbP (Inactive)

Game Master Feral

Wait, I think I misread... the snake isn't just two-headed, it has a head at each end? Uh oh... I suspect my chances of flanking just diminished...

Don't worry Kyzrak, I completely missed it...

completely OOC knowledge but, omg. I reeeeaaaaalllllyyyyyy hope that lillend is in a really weakened state...

You want to trade? :(

Really, I'm no expert on combat, but I think throwing a HYDRA at a bunch of 1ST LEVEL PCS is a bit much, even WITH good dice rolls.

I'm having Ebon Aspect flashbacks... D:

Oh well... suck it up and power through it, me!

Well getting killed by a hydra is at least more exciting than getting killed by an angel.

There is THAT, I suppose...

With a little luck and some less-than-optimal tactics on the hydra's part, we could kill this thing before it murders us all.

to be fair, lillends are CR7, hydra is a measly CR4 base in bestiary.

ofc none of this matters to Ivan... he is just there, smacking stuff with his hammer, having a whale of a time.

Perhaps it's starved. Perhaps it's so desperate it can't think straight.

perhaps. lol.

Perhaps fight it until either it or you die. I'm pretty sure it ("amphisbaena", "hydra" or "lillend") isn't counting your combined APL or taking your (lack of) WBL into account. ;p

Sorry Nathrae. There's not much we can do here except pray.

Yep...

Is the NPC's AC nuts or are you just rolling really low to hit him?

if he is a dex figher, its likely to be around 18, if he is fighting defensively, 20s are possible.

The hydra should still hit that pretty reliably. It chewed through Segovax’s 23 hit points like nothing. I don’t think he’s hit the NPC once.

I might just suffering a bit of PTSD. I was in a game recently where the DM loved to glorify NPCs over the PCs and I see it everywhere now. Charlie’s in the trees man!

Grr...

...really, a CR 4 monster reserved for the end of a beginning dungeon thrown against a bunch of 1st level newbs...

*grumble grumble*

the only thing that has ever survived a full blow from his hammer was a giant haha. That, and he doesn't want to be stuck from behind by this idiot of a gladiator.

I'm sure Potts will give us a good way to save face.

Assuming this isn't just a TPK.

well, I think its ok, since, well, our NPC is charmed, and the other has been ineffective. haha.

its also possible he overestimated segovax's potential. I have had 4 man parties at level 2 take out CR7-8 encounters, but thats level 2, and thats one hell of a difference.

although, I will admit, its looking a bit grim for party 2.

its also possible he overestimated segovax's potential.

Ouch bro.

Ivan "dangit" Rockboulder wrote:

its also possible he overestimated segovax's potential.

Ouch bro.

what, you literally obliterated ANYTHING you have fought up to this point with 1 swing. lol. Or, in one case, a sexy man hug.

You wound me sir.

It's not nearly as sexy when your partner is crushing your ribs...

well, some guys and gals like it rough. Its not his fault you forgot the stop word. LOL.

and my apologies sego.

I didn't forget it so much as he never gave me a chance to say it in the first place.

lol. also, maybe segovax's fan section could send a healing spell or two his way... at the cost of a bit of prestige among the community of course ;)

I guess we will just lose a third of the party?

I guess we will just lose a third of the party?

not necessarily true, remember, just because you lose doesn't mean you die. The crowd likes you guys, so them letting you die would go over poorly, you might just get knocked out and scolded once you get home.

If we somehow survive this, I wonder if we’ll be allowed to participate in the main event since we’ve shown ourselves to be unworthy.

Funny enough, I feel like that'd be more discouraging than just dying. =P

that would be the shtick of it, most likely not, though, with drow anything is possible.

I really should have taken at least one offensive 1st level spell. I wasn't thinking about fighting arcane beasts and totally didn't realize the hydra was huge and my spell-like ability wouldn't affect it.

It sucks because I can't get another 1st level spell until 3rd level. I think I just messed up with the character.

I am just hoping I don't get hit with a nat 20.

Yeah, a color spray would've been lovely right now...

Lorelei’s fine as a level 1 character.

Even something like a burning hands or shocking grasp isn’t likely to help much against a hydra.

thats not entirely true, you gotta be creative, dancing lights for example, you can shape it into a figure of a Humanoid IIRC, possibly distracting one of the heads of the hydra.

That's kind of a stretch.

also, at 4HD at least, color spray would really be doing shet all to it.

That's kind of a stretch.

against an intelligent foe? yes, but against a beast, even a magical beast, with multiple vision inputs, already being attacked from several sides AND having been locked up and possible a tad dazed. The chances it would work, at least for 1-2 rounds, are rather high imo.

Maybe. I'm kind of in a similar predicament: both my spells were kind of intended against gladiator opponents. Only bards don't really even get the option of having flashy evocations-- except chord of shards (which I might retrain into). On a related note, you can always retrain a spell...

If proffpott like me, and most GMs I have had the pleasure of knowing, reward creativity at all. Dancing lights can be an amazing spell. ;) several others come to mind as well looking at both your spells but I shall hush myself haha. (well, a couple, not several...)

on an unrelated note, GM, can we exceed what our maximum hp per level would be, if we attempted to train that during training? Or gain bonus to hits bonuses or the like? or is it mostly just by the book "training"

Potts seems to respect RAW for the most party so using spells outside their written function is unlikely. Remember, he denied using my whip for dirty trick maneuvers (which I don’t fault him for, it’s a reasonable ruling).

Saying that cantrips can deny low int creatures attacks is a stretch. There are spells actually designed for that sort of thing.

maybe, but why would it even have it allowing to look humanoidish if not to be used as a "will-o-wisp" of sorts. either way, it would only really buy a little time and distract 1 of 5 heads.

I think using it that way on a human(oid) might work pretty well-- I've considered doing that in other campaigns. Against a barely-intelligent creature, though, probably not. Remember that many creatures don't rely on their eyes as heavily as we do, so if they can see something but they can't hear or smell it they might just ignore it.

in my thoughts it works differently on both. but eh. If it did nothing it would have the same effect as flailing at it with a dagger would ;) lol.

Dammit. I should have cast grease on the hydra and then have Nathrae set fir to the grease.

Ain't hindsight grand?

You can't trip hydras. I considered the same thing.

There's not really much we could have done that was more effective other than rolling some crits.

The grease doesn't go under it to trip it. I wanted to cast the grease directly on the creature itself and then set it afire.

Ah. That might have been worth a shot.

Except Nathrae got dropped round one. =/