Stigwold Mæch'Hæmmær |
Stig lets go of the axe and pulls out his shiv. Putting his feet against something solid, ribs maybe, he grips it tightly and puts his left hand under his right on the hilt...
Pushes off with his stout little legs... Sort of like superman flying through a T Rex's innards.
2H Power Attack using his shiv: 1d20+3=20, 1d4+23=26 (Moved 9 points to damage, x2 for 2H PA)
That'll teach him to swallow a dwarf.
Altai Iscarni |
Small weapon....
the magic missile blasts a hole in it's head; it's still up...
huh....and here I thought preparing magic missile was some kind of "epic fail...." I gotta get over those guys.
Bah. Have you been hanging out with Frank Trollman and the Gaming Den crew again? Magic misille is awesome. It never misses - and it's level 1! Had it been level 3, sure... But level 1? A no-brainer.
dungeonmaster heathy |
dungeonmaster heathy wrote:Bah. Have you been hanging out with Frank Trollman and the Gaming Den crew again? Magic misille is awesome. It never misses - and it's level 1! Had it been level 3, sure... But level 1? A no-brainer.Small weapon....
the magic missile blasts a hole in it's head; it's still up...
huh....and here I thought preparing magic missile was some kind of "epic fail...." I gotta get over those guys.
I know, right? Why do all the combats I run, like, totally disprove most of their ingenious statements? Am I doing it subconsciously?
Stiggy guts the thing from the inside; it wavers, and collapses dead. The ghoul and the Tenser rush forth to obtain their pound of flesh, as Stiggy emerges, caked in acid and gore, seemingly birthed from a Caesarian section of his own devising...
Altai Iscarni |
The damage applies to all iterations - thus, Stig's attacks w/6 points of PA are made at +0/-5, and both receive +12 damage (if he uses the axe two-handed). Good stuff for that one big hit, but less so if you subscribe to the 'death by a thousand cuts' school of thought.
"Let's move onward. The guys in the chapel must have heard all the roaringg and screaming."
dungeonmaster heathy |
The trail leads to and girdles a large fountain, many tens of feet across. There's a statue of a king-looking guy, in full plate, with ermine-trimmed robe and crown, mitre in one hand, and drawn longsword in the other. Water sprays from numerous spiralling snail shell-shaped statuary around his feet. The trail leads north from there.
Beldan Vale |
Altai Iscarni wrote:dungeonmaster heathy wrote:Bah. Have you been hanging out with Frank Trollman and the Gaming Den crew again? Magic misille is awesome. It never misses - and it's level 1! Had it been level 3, sure... But level 1? A no-brainer.Small weapon....
the magic missile blasts a hole in it's head; it's still up...
huh....and here I thought preparing magic missile was some kind of "epic fail...." I gotta get over those guys.
I know, right? Why do all the combats I run, like, totally disprove most of their ingenious statements? Am I doing it subconsciously?
Funnily enough, much as they might claim that the numbers can't lie, crunching the numbers often doesn't correlate to the actual experience in play.
Magic Missile is awesome.
dungeonmaster heathy |
It's a free hit (sans shield), it's a sure hit if your target has a hostage, and it's a first level spell that still does something at higher levels.
Why that's a waste, I don't know. Color Spray isn't going to get Stiggy out of the T-rex's belly any faster, for instance. It's the swiss army knife of 1st level spells.
Stigwold Mæch'Hæmmær |
“Stiggy,” Beldan walks over hesitantly to the gore-covered dwarf. “That must have been … whoa. I have to ask you something … when you were in there, did you … did you see … did you notice any treasure the thing might have swallowed?”
<Stig vomits.>
"Cough, cough."
"Nae. But aiblins we ooghta tak' a wee pik intae his intestinal tracts. Aftah yoo Beldan..."
<Stig waves his hand at the creatures rectal opening.>
Altai Iscarni |
Altai Iscarni wrote:Right - same penalty on everything. As a house rule, I also make you take the penalty on any AoO's you make after you make a PA (of course, that means big hits there, too).I actually thought that was the rule, regarding AoOs.
It might be. I just can't remember seeing it written down anywhere. It definitely should be the rule.
Altai looks into the gaping hole in the t-rex's chest as Beldan asks about treasure. "Hey", he calls out to the ghoul, "see anything interesting in there? Anything inedible?"
Beldan Vale |
<Stig vomits.>"Cough, cough."
"Nae. But aiblins we ooghta tak' a wee pik intae his intestinal tracts. Aftah yoo Beldan..."
<Stig waves his hand at the creatures rectal opening.>
Beldan steps back and tries to wipe the vomit off his boots onto the grass.
"Ah ... nevermind."
Tenser |
I know, right? Why do all the combats I run, like, totally disprove most of their ingenious statements? Am I doing it subconsciously?
And fighters are soooooo boring.
<Tenser notices Stig's involuntary ejection and runs over. With intense focus he proceeds to lap up the pool of Cognac, dried fish, and diced carrots pooled between Beldan and Stig.>
Yawwwwwnnnnn! Yah, this game is so trifling.
"Ah ... nevermind."
<Looks at Beldan expectantly. Wags his tail.>
"Rore?"
<Bounds back over to the T-Rex and digs in for more.>
Elgan Dreadwood |
Elgan lands, shifting back into an elf as he touches the ground. With an impatient wave, he dissipates the remainder of the small thundercloud. He walks up to Stiggy just in time to watch him lose his lunch all over Beldan's boots. He raises an eyebrow.
"Mastuh Stiggeh. Ah dun seen a lot o' t'ings in mah tahm. But ah'll be gol-danged if'n dat wadn't wun of deh mostest en-cred-EE-ble stunts dat ah ain't nevah seen!" He says with a grin.
"An if'n yeh evah do anyt'ing lahk dat agin, Ah will personally heal yeh up, jes' so's ah kin slap yeh silly fer doin' such a dang-fool t'ing!"
He points a thumb at the large lizard, from which gobbling and slurping sounds can be heard emanating. "Yeh DO real-ahz dat whut goes in don' NORMALLY come back out a'gin? Lest-wize not recognizable-lahk?!?"
HE shakes his head and pats the dwarf on an armored shoulder.
"'Bout deh most braves' STOOPides' t'ing ah never seen,..." He can be heard muttering as he walks away.
Anybody else git hurt? That the fairie healer didn't/couldn't heal?
Stigwold Mæch'Hæmmær |
"'Bout deh most braves' STOOPides' t'ing ah never seen,..." He can be heard muttering as he walks away.
"Och aye, 'at was raither weel planned. If Ah dare say sae myself."
<Stig clears his nose out by plugging one nostril at a time and snorting out through the opposite.>
*Snoof! Snoof!*
*WRETCH*
*Cough. Cough*
Aubrey the Demented/Malformed |
huh....and here I thought preparing magic missile was some kind of "epic fail...." I gotta get over those guys.
What is unspoken is that they assume a combat should be over in six seconds. See, combat in D&D is like sex. Those of us older and wiser take our time, we like to romance it little bit, get to know it, then seduce it with sweet words and tender caresses. For the youngsters, it is straight in and straight out. And I speak with the voice of authority (though not the voice of The Authority).
Elgan Dreadwood |
...heh heh...
old bull....young bull.....
"Hey! Let's run down there and f~~@ us a cow.""No, son....let's walk down there and f~~@em all."
ROFL! OUCHIE! MY SPLEEN!
wrt Elgan's question; Stiggy was the only one who took any damage; reckon that web spell forestalled some swallowings.
LOL! 'Web' spell is like Chewing gum for T-Rex!
Riese's Altered Form |
+900XP. Where does that put us with XP guys? Also you can't 2-hand a weapon the size of a dagger. It has to be a one-handed weapon. From SRD-Using two hands to wield a light weapon gives no advantage on damage; the Strength bonus applies as though the weapon were held in the wielder’s primary hand only. Just posting it so we don't get confused.
Snorter |
Those of us older and wiser take our time, we like to romance it little bit, get to know it, then seduce it with sweet words and tender caresses. For the youngsters, it is straight in and straight out.
What about those who like to 'shake it all about'?
Beldan Vale |
Aubrey the Demented/Malformed wrote:Those of us older and wiser take our time, we like to romance it little bit, get to know it, then seduce it with sweet words and tender caresses. For the youngsters, it is straight in and straight out.What about those who like to 'shake it all about'?
I hope you're not going to start talking about 'putting you left hand in' ...
dungeonmaster heathy |
Anyway. I shoulda had two attacks but only took one cuz Stig's sheet wasn't updated.
It's all good; with about 5 pts of pow attack, over and over, and a +1 dagger, the mofo had a grand total of 11 h.p. so that's parta the reason I didn't do my homework anyhoo.....
dungeonmaster heathy |
dungeonmaster heathy wrote:...heh heh...
old bull....young bull.....
"Hey! Let's run down there and f#&~ us a cow.""No, son....let's walk down there and f#&~em all."
I can get behind that
...and that
...and that...
What's this guy snortin? I want some... ;)
Altai Iscarni |
"Hey, he's not so bad... If you discount his corpse-eating proclivities... I see what you mean." Altai follows the rest of the group. "I'm sure he'll catch up."
Riese's Altered Form wrote:+900XP. Where does that put us with XP guys?I'm at 15996.
Me too. Eerie!
Gittik |
Those of us older and wiser take our time, we like to romance it little bit, get to know it, then seduce it with sweet words and tender caresses. For the youngsters, it is straight in and straight out.
What about those who like to 'shake it all about'?
But you need to have put it in and out several times by then, which proves my point (kind of).