I believe this encounter to be CR 6, facing two zodiac Knights at the same time should be a fairly epic encounter at this point, and they had a significant situation advantage.
Is all good. Figured out where the character is at.
Wishing every one all the very best.
That CR seems very low for these guys together, the big guy's bonuses are ridiculous :s
If you guys had been paying attention, he would have been one round mincemeat before he got a second turn. By which I mean, his first non-surprise round turn.
I think you tend to think some things are 'obvious' that might not be 'obvious' to this particular group.
Yeah, I'm not sure what you mean, but Taurus is not even on Nianju's priorities :p Not unless he lumbers in his direction anyway :)
I'm pretty dense at times however.
I believe it is always that way with every group.
Things meant to be obvious are obscure and obscure things are obvious. :P
yeah :p Looking back I can see one potential method of disabling him, but I'm not even sure how that would work...
Hmm, a moving suit of armor... if only I had summon rust monster... :)
Btw, my postings are pretty limited right now, very busy at work so I can't post while I'm at work. :(
It's okay, big translucent blue cloudy will protect you!
:)
Well, at least it took him four rounds to do it. Longer than I thought.
Hmm, guys, Taurus has already declared intent to finish of Sir Rhaym... he is currently dazed which means he doesn't act this round... sauntering up and talking at him probably won't stop him from killing Sir Rhaym if he makes his save... just saying.
He might change his mind?
Still, Nianju is/should/might be in a position to stop him, should he choose to try and dispatch Sir Rhaym.
>_>
Very much cheers to all.
assuming I can roll decently yeah :p Even with daze I probably still need to get a 15 or higher on the dice I'd wager.
Oh phooey! Give Xane some healing back up and she'll just smack the sucker upside the head. :P
Xane's to hit isn't that much better than Nianju's. Put it this way, Rhaym missed with a 28. Considering he's wearing heavy armor his dex bonus to AC (missing when he's dazed) is probably between 0 and 2, so at best we're shooting for a 27, worst case, still aiming for 29+
So....what d'you reckon his 'grapple' is like then? She could just 'hug' him and then every one else could smack him upside the head?
Do we even have more turns before his?
Well Taurus is currently dazed.
I've posted Mr. Big's actions for the following round, I'll try and keep Taurus dazed, but eventually he will make a save.
And he suffers no penalties to AC for being dazed, he just can't attack.
A grapple would be a good start I think, if he is grappled he can't swing his two-handed wpn (I think that is what he has). It will give Cloudy time to at least get some more healing into Sir Rhaym.
Ahh, yeah I'm thinking stunned? Something that makes him flatfooted... anyway, grapple would help, lowers his AC by 2 if nothing else.
Well, that's not going to work. Maybe if I can roll over a 6...
I'll be traveling this Thursday through Saturday and may post somewhat erratically during that time.
I'll probably still be checking at least once a day, so there may not be much impact to this game.
Ok guys, I have a confession to make.
I'm not enjoying this, I haven't been for awhile, but I've been dragging myself to do it.
I'm having similar problems in my home games and I think I'm getting burnt out and disillusioned with roleplaying in general. Feels like every roleplay, no matter the particulars, is a simple retreading of the same story.
I'm going to sit on this, and see if I still feel the same way at the end of the week, and if so, I'm afraid I'm going to have to call it quits.
Sorry to reward you guy's overflowing patience with this, I apologize. There's really no excuse for leaving a roleplay that much time has been invested in it hanging like this.
Just want to offer my support. Don't know if it'll help at all, but if there's anything I can do, let me know.
Well I've enjoyed it so far, but if you aren't having fun and/or getting burnt out, take a break by all means. This is play time, not work time. :)
I understand man; Burnout is especially a GM hazard, so much depends on them. I'll stand with you, whatever you decide.
I feel that way sometimes, and I mostly run canned adventures :p Hope some downtime will re-energize you, otherwise thanks for the interesting adventure so far :)
I know the chances are supremely low, but if you guys are still in the neighborhood, I'm back and roleplaying again! I'd be happy to start GMing this again. :)
You put your message on the Discussion board; no one notices it there, especially after it's dropped off the active boards after three months.
You need to put your "I'm Back" on the Gameplay board. It will pop up on the old players "My Active Games" board list. 'Cause I would be up for it.
Ha — nice find, Rhaym! I'd be up for it as well, if the offer is still open six years later... :P
Unfortunately, it looks like hallowsinder hasn't posted since 2015. :(
I didn't know that Sir Rhaym! Apologies!
Fortunately, I have been posting since 2015, but simply not on the Hallowsinder Alias.
As for my offer of GMing, well, hmm. I'm not sure I have my old notes, but I'll take a look see around for them.
He lives!!
Do I still need to make a post in Gameplay, or did Sir Rhaym's post do the trick?
His post did the trick. The campaign is one again considered "active" — for the next three months, at least.
Well. I have been unable to locate my notes. And I have genuinely no idea where I was going with the plot. I tried rereading the IC's last 100 or so posts and went "Oh yeah, I made an astrology themed set of bosses. And they... Uh.. Um.. I have no idea what their shtick was behind that."
In short, if we continue, I'll be freestyling. :P
If we wish to continue, we will probably need to recruit, and re-establish the player base.
From what I can tell, Sir Rhaym is now a more or less ordinary Paladin without any of the busted stuff from this campaign. Niulamayu seems to be in good condition.
Yeah, there was no way I'd find another DM who'd let me run a crazy cloud-thing, so Niu is fully intact.
That said, I'd love for someone to remind me why I named it "cow-llama-cloud"...
OH, thats right, we all started at level 3.
OK, recovered Sir Rhaym at Level 3.
Well, I'm checking around with some players right now for potential new recruits. We shall see what we shall see.
I'm thinking about making some changes to boost survivability, like max HP on all Hit Dice, and potentially a "Add Con score to HP at 1st level", because the original game was very lethal, with people often dropping into negatives in single actions.
I feel like I've mellowed out a little over the last few years. Hopefully I can still make things spicy, but a little less instant death.
The DM has... mellowed? What does this mean for the world?!
Only great and terrible evil.
Specifically, one of the people I'm talking too is considering a Herald of the Apocalypse, Death, or something like that.
I messaged Nianju/Peanuts, but no response. :(
So, are we continuing on from the same point, or restarting?
My plan, presuming I can get a playerbase together again (signs from the group I was talking to point to "that character creation really got my brain fired up but I don't think I'll actually play") was to start directly after an assumed victory against Taurus and Sagittarius.