Simply put, I'm dm'ing like crap.
I told you I didn't optimize I said I made flavor based decisions
That doesn't mean too much.
Flavor based decisions can still be quite optimal...
Also, I'm stupid.
This is why foul makes all of his characters strong and paranoid. XD
Anyways...
I would be fine with striking this from the minutes if everyone else is.
Oh, but i prepared for this last night.
I know how bad i am as a dm, so i prepared a logical way out of this situation, that no-one should die.
But i still feel awful makign the first encounter this ubsurdly hard.
This one wasn't/isn't paranoid
And no this isn't why
My first expirence was in the under dark
In the under dark everyone and everything tries to kill you
Well, just learn from this instead of hating yourself for it.
Just stick with the CR's that are there. They've been tested and they're that way for a good reason.
It's only bad if you dont learn anything from it.
Low cr?
A cr 3 would be killed by you without /any/ effort.
At all.
Honestly, there is plenty to learn. But making mistakes in public is just... Humiliating, unacceptable, unprofessional, and on top of all of that, simply by talking about CR and the creature, I'm dming even worse.
Most people just slap on advanced or advanced fiendish, call it good
I put a tempalte on the owlbear, dire, putting it at CR 6.
This should have been good, as that is coincidered an "epic" encounter, and it's a single encounter.
Clearly, i don't know,what I'm doing,
It's one simple mistake. There's nothing wrong with making mistakes. It's not unprofessional. It's not unacceptable. And it shouldn't be humiliating. Everyone makes mistakes.
You do know what you're doing.
It would all be really great if you would just stop hating it for no reason long enough to see it.
This is a great concept and one mistake isn't going to make it not work.
You had some bad rolls. It happens. It's what makes this a game. That's not you're fault. Yes, maybe it was a little strong for a first encounter, but it's not a big deal. And it's definitely not as big of a deal as you're making of it.
OK? You're not a bad DM. You have done nothing wrong and especially nothing that can't be fixed.
You're the only one doubting that you and this campaign are both good.
Just...
Take your turns, those who are still conscious.
I say we roll with it. Let's see what happens before getting all negative.
Well he's done something wrong, but that happens to everybody
He didn't do anything wrong. He made a false assumption, probably based on some experience with gaming with you guys. No biggie.
Uhh, Marco, the first attack from the owlbear was aimed at you.
Oh, I thought I was- right size huge never mind
Sleepy time for Marco,
I think the oracle still needs to take action.
Right. Witch.
sorry, I didn't realize it was back to me already... can I get a general layout as to where people are at?
is anyone currently grappled?
is the owlbear thing in melee?
Aright, recap.
The agies is down.
No-one is grappled, and the soulknife 5 foot stepped out of melee range.
The dragon is flying.
Reinforcements are coming in the form of town guard.
I think I'm going to take deadly dealer to have a more reliable source of ranged damage.
Of course it must wait until level five.
Couple of questions:
1) Since my damage is considered magic for DR, do I still have to take Arcane Strike first? If not, the +1 will not be factored into the card stats.
2) Could I buy/commision a glove enchanted to affect the cards in the same way an enchanted bow affects arrows?
I didn't know that.
Does it say it under charge or staggered?
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Staggered
A staggered creature may take a single move action or standard action each round (but not both, nor can he take full-round actions). A staggered creature can still take free, swift, and immediate actions. A creature with nonlethal damage exactly equal to its current hit points gains the staggered condition.
So it's under charge?
If you are able to take only a standard action on your turn, you can still charge, but you are only allowed to move up to your speed (instead of up to double your speed) and you cannot draw a weapon unless you possess the Quick Draw feat. You can't use this option unless you are restricted to taking only a standard action on your turn.
Ice is correct, it is a partial charge I think, I've used it before, particularity nasty when mounted and in a surprise round.
I don't even remember what we're waiting on...
You could tell me if throwing coins even warrants a roll.
Attack roll.
Growly, roll your to hit or just say you missed if you don't want to roll, near as I can tell you're who we're waiting on
D@#$ glitches! I know I rolled that earlier!
>:(
Given that you know that this occasionally happens, you should check if days or weeks go by and no one posts
<crickets>
Alright.
This is going to sate shut down for another week.
If anyone is still interested, tell me.
I'm going to gather my notes back up and see what I can salvage.
If there's a game I'm still interested,
If there aren't enough players we could gestalt so the bases are covered
You know I've noticed, with the characters who have left, we are without both arcane and divine casting
I'll have arcane casting... several levels from now...
You could just as easially say that rangers have divine casting.
Hmm if we gestalted you'd make a good bard.
I'm not insistently asking, I do this kind of thought with everybody
For the life of me I can't figure out what Roy from OotS would gestalt with.
Ed may not know we're trying to start again.
He's a fighter isn't he?
Barbarian is a good fighter gestalt.
That, and he can't follow 3.5's paladin code.
Are we gestalting now?
Are we gestalting now?
I don't think so.