Okay, so, it occurs to me that we got people's time zones but not the important bits. Like WHEN they post. I usually can't post until the afternoon (around 2:30 PM EST, it's 2:55 now).
Currently, I can post pretty much all day, since I'm on break. I will be a bit more busy starting this Monday. I can post between classes, though, so...my most reliable times are between 10:30 AM and noon. I also have Fridays basically off, and Thursday's I have the whole morning and a good chunk of the afternoon available.
I am three hours behind Rynjin, for the record.
I'm available basically all day. I might be a little slower posting during work or while I'm at the gym but you can count on me to post sooner rather than later.
Are you going to post the bad guy actions first?
Yes. It's a big post, since I have to make a new battlemap, so I figured I'd post it in two halves.
Fair enough.
By the way, Farrukh, you forgot to account for your +2 to Perception checks when underground. Not that it makes any difference. :P
Oh yeah! Forgot mah trait-age.
I'm pretty much available to post whenever I can.
Incidentally, guys, feel free to let me know if there's any way I can make this PbP run smoother. I don't take criticism personally, and I'd rather know what's wrong so I can try to fix things than keep making the same stupid mistake again and again.
Just to be clear:
To determine whether your target has cover from your ranged attack, choose a corner of your square. If any line from this corner to any corner of the target's square passes through a square or border that blocks line of effect or provides cover, or through a square occupied by a creature, the target has cover (+4 to AC).
When making a melee attack against an adjacent target, your target has cover if any line from any corner of your square to the target's square goes through a wall (including a low wall). When making a melee attack against a target that isn't adjacent to you (such as with a reach weapon), use the rules for determining cover from ranged attacks.
I didn't know this until I looked it up, either, but I remembered hearing something related and wanted to be sure. So, yeah. Your attack won't necessarily miss this turn, but it might still be wise to take a more favorable position.
I thought the pony was hostile. =P
Does it look hostile?
Zoomed out on my iphone, it looked like a quadrupedal avatar of destruction.
It doesn't much matter because that bite critted so hard, but standing from prone is normally a move action.
Yeah, first crit of the campaign goes, fittingly, to the spinosaurus. First blood goes to Farrukh. First killing of a fleeing enemy goes to Bermintrude. ;)
Gotta say, I like what you did with the battle map when you remembered Bermintrude wasn't there. XD
I'm sure I have no idea what you're talking about.
Anyways, nicely handled, guys. "You all proved more-or-less adequate."
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I slept through it ;)
Incidentally, does Erip still have the oil?
KC typically is going to handle initiative. We're not really in combat yet.
Yeah, I figured I'd wait for the morning to initiate things, since I was a bit too tired to start combat coherently.
Also, about Google Docs vs. Roll 20--I'll consider switching over, though not for this fight. My main problem with Roll 20 is I don't remember it being as good at introducing shapes. It's got map control, but I can't add things like arrows as easily.
It's got a free draw function that works pretty good. If you need to move stuff you can drag/drop.
It's not super for custom maps, drawing anything in detail, but pretty good for our purposes.
Edit: Oh sure, make Farrukh look like a coward for not wanting to fight the swarm of acid beetles. =p
The range increment for a thrown bomb is 10 feet. Right, I forgot to account for that.
It's twenty, actually.
Thrown bombs have a range of 20 feet and use the Throw Splash Weapon special attack.
Still, like I said, you hit. Assuming Erip and Tanith back away. ;)
And really, I'm kinda praying they do.
Not exactly good for a doctor-patient relationship if said doctor accidentally blows up her patient with a bomb.
...so where'd the -2 come from?
The range increment. You're forty feet away. I assumed you were moving first, since you said you were also waiting on your comrades. Rereading your post, I see that was erroneous.
I'M SORRY ERIP
THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO
For the record, I was talking to Gark on Skype and he said he was alright with the death. I offered an Action Point houserule (sort of like the Hero Point rule where you spend half your allotment to survive) borrowed from another game, but he turned it down.
This is a famously dangerous encounter. Kudos to the goblin for being sporting about it.
...well, what did he expect from a character named Erip?
We hardly knew ye, Erip.
Sorry about your rat, dude. I think I might've killed him with the bomb.
Well, you know what they say. Anyone can cook.
*James Bond theme plays*?
Also, just FYI, the reason Lonsoc died was because he failed his Stabilization check. I forgot to include that, though, so...
=(
Well, now what?
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Damn I was going to toss the oil on the beetles and immolate myself with the torch too.
So, ehm, sad it didn't come to that.
Sorry, Erip, we hardly knew ye. Here's hoping Allustan doesn't decide to Fireball our asses for getting his apprentice killed.
Hrm. Tanith would want to press on but we need to get Erip's replacement in somehow.
I've asked Gark just that, regarding what he will play now. For the time being, though, Gark will probably be out of commission--at least until he returns from Sweden.
Your group can head back to town to deliver Erip back to Allustan (where he can be rendered to Wee Jas's faithful for burial). You can then return to the Whispering Cairn and continue the exploration. Alternatively, you can leave Erip here (or put him on the sarcophagus or something, you should honor your friend! ;D) and press on, delivering the corpse after making it through the Cairn.
If any characters are feeling unmotivated now, let me know so the game can address that. Notably, Erip wanted to explore the Cairn and reveal its secrets. Perhaps Carina might be motivated to fulfill Erip's task.
That was going to be Tanith's motivation - Erip's wish was to see this place explored. He's going to make sure it gets done.
I can perhaps carry Erip's torch (so to speak). If Erip had any spells that were on the alchemist formula list, I can learn them.
Carina would want everyone to be healthy and prepared before we go further... and she'd want Erip to have a proper funeral. E deserves that much, at least.
It's times like these I think, "What would Cuetzpalli do?"
Because I keep having to act for him. I feel bad. Poor guy just has a really rough time zone--hopefully he'll get to properly attend combats when we start to slow down.
My OOC concern is you being able to participate. If you're out of town and don't mind sitting out for a bit, I say we press on. We should be able to get through another encounter or two before we need to rest up.
Way to break the tension, Robin.
Incidentally, I settled for stabilizing Cuetzpalli instead of treating him for now.