The first time you try to use a new magic item if you fail a UMD check by 10 than there is a "mishap" that will probably not be very pretty for you. After successfully activating the item the DC lowers and there is no chance for any explosive backlash.
In that case Id say save the wand for a last ditch effort.. So are we going forth with the spider climd/invis plan to overtake the Gatehouse?
It would be nice to have some real input from Kharn and Eryan about it.
Argan can still try the wand. with +7 on UMD the chance I have to fail is 15%, and drops to 10% if I take the circlet of charisma. In any case Evasion would usually save me, so I'm willing to take chances. But the sneak away plan seems more safe.
The chance to fail is higher since the first time you mess with an item you are activating it blindly. Also, there is no save on the damage.
Argan is very confident in his and his team's skills to climb down the tower through the outside. ^_^
I'll give the others a bit to chime in with their opinions.
Also, did you know feather fall is multi-target? I always thought it was single target. Huh.
Yes I know. That's why I've been trying to use Eryan's ability in our favor, but it looks like he doesn't rely on it much...
We still haven't decided what to do, so yeah, let's give them plenty of time please...
Man my AC is rockin! Im considering just goin down and taking the whole castle a man at a time! Lol.. But seriously i could get to a 28 AC with a shield o faith pot..
I played a dwarven stalwart defender once. My CMD was so high a great wyrm couldn't move me at level 10. It was utter hilarity how unkillable he was.
Our AC was pretty low until now... We have finally a tanker, then...
Once day I'll find my Mithral breastplate probably somewhere around the kingdom...
Hmm, I seem to remember that when you spent some time with the good Cardinal you fought some mithral snakes. Didn't happen to scavenge their armor plating did you?..
We actually did, but Yodler told me the Mithral would only reduce the value needed to craft the armor, so, since there wasn't much treasure at the time, I would be keeping more than half the money we had, and would still need more 2k gold to finish paying it up. So, not a good deal.
So we sold the 90 lbs or mithral for the ridiculous ammount of 2100 gp... I tell you, even the GMs are wicked in this campaign...
It's on line 38 of our treasure.
But please don't insinuate that he melted my armor to make some freaking snakes, or he will get more than defiance the next time we see each other...
Yes, attack the Cardinal. The first book doesn't even have his stats. It just says the first spell he casts and what the DC is, then assumes the combat is now over.
If he sees me coming... ^_^
Lets see..
Oh how bout Mass Inflict Critical (DC 28ish)
To us all.. Prob would have done it..
Hey, what team are you playing for?
The not get killed by an epic priest before we are epic enough to kill him instead team! Now if only Kharn and Eryan would show up we could get this takeover thing going..
I am ready to take over and I agree with the plan.
i'm fine with the plan and I'm ready to go.
...whatever...
I've put us up here, Vlad. Now it's your turn to detail our approach and put us on the Gatehouse, please.
Whats the height of the top level of the tower Omen? Im curious if we could run and jump using feather fall and have enough room to clear the river to the opposite side?
Four stories, I'll look up how many feet that is later.
My work just piled up on me pretty hard so I might not be able to update for a few days. Sorry for the delay.
Four stories with a roof sound like 50'.. It appears the shortest jump distance to the other side is about 120'.. With a running start i think that would be paossible for sure.. If nothing else you land in the river and swim to the other side..
We could jump to the wall and use the darkness to get there, already destroying the little porticulis that leads to the upper bridge, burn the arrows while someone is invisible on the tower, and maybe even destroy the upper bridge, to leave the gatehouse isolated from the rest.
We can raise the main drawbridge from the 2nd level of the gatehouse.. Barring the door from the little bridge and raising the drawbridge should be our number 1 priority.. After that we can clear out the gatehouse and hopefully hold it down till backup arrives..
We should be able to keep the little bridge covered from level 3 by moving the siege weapons to that side and fireing away..
Yes I'm a pain in the ass.
Don't forget that the tower level 3 (#38) hs two thousand arrows, several arrows slits and an awesome view of the Gatehouse, specially of the top of it. We cannot over the little bridge standing on top of it, unless the arrows have been all burned. We would be easy prey for 100 soldiers...
Yea ok.. One of us can head to the top with a falsk of oil or 2 and handle the arrows.. I can do that if yall wish..
I agree that either you or someone else with invisibility goes up and destroys the arrows.
However you want it.
@TR Eldrian needs your attention.
Just to let you guys know I'm working on a write up. You guys kinda threw an entire *beep*load into the fan and I need to see where all the pieces land. Not saying it will be done today, or even tomorrow, but I AM working on it.
No worries dude.. I know we kinda jumped the gun on taking over, but i dont think there was much more we coulda done without getting found out anyways.. At least that dam paladin is dead..
And the wizard. We should get out of here, sound their own horn a couple of times during the following hours to prevent them from getting proper sleep, and then come back when they are fatigued...
Something I just though about.. Have we been getting the extra 2 skill points/level that the AP suggests? I can't remember..
Nope.
Aren't you confusing yourself with the Throne of Night campaign?
Maybe.. The AP suggests that the PC's have 2 additional Skill Points per level and I couldn't remember if we we're given that or not..
Pretty sure we were. Throne of Night and WotW do that. Good old Fire Mountain Games.
Well, I have been using my 8 from class +1 from int. That's all.
I counted mine and im only using 2+int for 4 per level atm..
Perhaps Omen can shed some light as to if he wants us to have the 2 extra..
This is the first time I have heard anything about extra skill points.
Did Yodler not have those in character creation? I didn't nickel and dime your builds that closely. Perhaps Yodler just didn't like them *shrug*. I'll leave it up to you guys.
Mim wants it.
I don't think he went over it.. Perhaps it was just missed.. It is kinda vague in the creation rules where it suggests todo that.. I wouldnt' even have known myself but someone said something about it in another game.. The reasoning behind it is that Evil Characters are naturally more hooked up than good ones..
If its up to a vote I would say yes on having 2 extra skills per level..
As a side note, Hows the write up coming Omen?
We certainly DID NOT pass through it. Argan would NEVER overlook extra skill points. I believe we should have an extra 50% per level...
Yeah no.
Man he's an ass.. I think you should deduct 50% for such insolence!
And give them to me for suggesting it! Why? Because i'm evil!
Did I say that outloud?
Should probably take a level off him too. That'll learn him.
While I would vote for the extra skill points I would still admit that I would have nothing in most of the skills that would be helpful in this situation.
Another 2 ranks in your stealth, 4 on K. Nature, 3 on survival... Oh wait, that's more than you will get...
So, do we adopt it or no?
Sounds to me like its a go.. 8 more skill points to allocate!