Not sure when I'll get to post next but am. Waiting on round two actions.
Eek. I should also mention I'm wandering around in 100 degree Dallas weather for two days. I should still be able to check in, just more scattershot...
I should still be able to check in, just more scattershot...
Oh, so more of the usual, eh, Butcher?
Hektir spits, emphasizing his point. ;)
Tsin glares at Hektir, but doesn't argue. :)
I'll be at PaizoCon the next few days, I'll try to post, but please take actions for Quinn as needed. If you're at the Con, stop by and say hi and have a beer :)
Hope your weekend is full of hoot, Quinn :) We're inhabiting Downtown Chitown for the weekend, so I'll try and do the same.
Round 5
Hektir spits and recasts Produce Flame, using it to highlight the target (20' light).
"C'mere, I want to show you something."
Aaaaand leave it to Hektir to say that to the likeness of a little girl. Creeper!
=P
Because the die bot is a b!tch.
Repent! Repent now! The Dice Bot hears all! Oh great Dice Bot, heed not the words of this distraught soul, we pledge to continuing believing that your algorithm does produce a random number.
I REGRET AND REPENT NOT! I SPIT IN THE FACE OF THE DICE BOT! SPITUI!
Quinn looks to the sky apprehensively and subtly shifts away from Pems.
Constructs are not swayed by supplication, nor adulation, nor aggravation. That is not dead which can eternal lie yet with strange aeons even death may die. The Dice Bot simply waits...
so the Dice Bot becomes Skynet, f*ck!
QUINN! Your d6's only roll 1's! Your channels, your alchemist fires, your-everything-else-that-calls-for-a-d6!
What gives, man?! ONES! ALWAYS ONES!
In his defense, I rolled it for him. Don't forget a Round 14 action, Quinn, and you can roll the fire damage too if you want.
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yea, but I'm a beast at Axis and Allies!
yea, but I'm a beast at Axis and Allies!
Lol.
So, between the falling snow, dogpile of bodies, and stupid cover bonuses, there's nothing Malavarius can really do to help in this encounter any longer except shoot scorching rays over and over while hoping for a natural 20 - which I'm not going to do.
Even if I waded in and landed a shot in melee - max damage would be soaked up by the doll's DR.
Basically, you lot are on your own. =P
Ohoho, you would think so, Mal. No, I think you're here to watch, wait, and wonder with the rest of us for when we get the thing to stop thinging us :)
Well, you've got 5 rounds before I become it's unwitting and unwilling friend and turn this wand on you!
Well, if you put it that way.... hehehe
Might I suggest a wand handoff to your feathered friend to keep you harmless, let's say, in 4 rounds? :)
Like a master of his domain, he waits for it to freeze in the cold air before flicking it off ...
Ew...
Just FYI, I've been having Interwebs problems at home, so don't know if I'll be able to post Tuesday.
Hmmm. I've been playing it wrong. I sit corrected. Thank you.
And I even found the relevant rule (if you're saying snowstorm=darkness, which Motte is):
In areas of darkness, creatures without darkvision are effectively blinded. In addition to the obvious effects, a blinded creature has a 50% miss chance in combat (all opponents have total concealment), loses any Dexterity bonus to AC, takes a –2 penalty to AC, and takes a –4 penalty on Perception checks that rely on sight and most Strength- and Dexterity-based skill checks. Areas of darkness include an unlit dungeon chamber, most caverns, and outside on a cloudy, moonless night.
I guess, in theory, this also applies to stealthed rogues who are sniping, eh?
Hurrah! Thanks, mal.
I was actually looking at it as invisibility, I think, since all you can see is five feet but it's basically the same situation. What I do still need to figure out is whether you'd gotten into the igloo, in which case I believe the stone would miss. I should have time to do that later tonight, I think, though it may be a little while still.
Crap; flickr's down, so I can't look at my maps. However, looking at snowshoes, it looks like it costs Hektir 2.5 squares (12.5 feet) to move 1 square (5 feet).
Again, I don't have the map in front of me, but I think Hektir would not have been able to get inside in Round 1. He will be able to in Round 2, I think, before the opponent gets an attack off.
IIRC, it took your full move to get into the igloo but I can check the map when I get home.
I HATE THE DICEBOT.
...That is all.
Yup. In my Savage Tide game, I'm DMPC'ing a player who's on vacation and it rolled two 4s for his attacks. Then nice high numbers for the bad guys...
I made the assumption that Quinn wouldn't actually be able to see anything to attack this round, either the flying beastie above him, or the creatures Pems is fighting that he stumbled across.
Seems all too depressingly reasonable, Quinn. This battleground is for the imps.
Sloppy-post-apology time. Most of the weekend will be seeking out intentional hearing loss at Lollapalooza, so all posts will be by phone. I threw down a Quick Stats section for Tsin. Thanks for your continued put-uppance :)
We are Afflicted! Accursed! BEREFT OF FAIR AND JUST RANDOMNESS!
This is surpassingly brutal.
Subniggudiceboteth will consume us all in bitter fire.
Can I just bring Kereek over and let him toast the lot of 'em?
Adopting the oldest of rules, Quinn prays only for the fortune of his companions, asking for no benefit to himself. "Oh Great DiceBot, please bless Tsin, and Mal, and Pems with splendid rolls, I shall carry the burden of our collective dice cursing!"
Careful, Quinn!! We need your rolls o healing to be blessed too!!
This is when the dicebot manages to produce zeroes on all Quinn's healing d6's.
It wasn't possible... til now... we've slipped through the dicebot looking glass...
For my next character I'm going to play a damn ifrit. If anyone needs me I'll be on fire.
My next character is Zeno. He's actually the wizard. It's all just been a big misdirection the whole time.
Hmm, maybe Flash could be my next character... Awakened animals unite! Together we'll form Voltron!
Yeah, our attack rolls have seemed to have sucked, uh? Here they are since the start of the fight:
The good guys:
7,11,9,3,16(ready, never used),1,18,18,7,2,19,6,3,7,4,3,4,1,4,3,11,8,3,3,11=182/25=a smidge over 7 average over 25 attack rolls
But thats nothing unless you compare to the bad guys (Motte):
11,18,5,4,16,8,20,11,2,18,7,9,14,19,14,10,10,20,5,17,4,1,14,14,6,10,8,12,19 ,8,13=(thru round 9)=337/31=about 10.8 over 31 attack rolls
To make matters worse, we really needed healing last round (to keep both Hektir and Mal up in hopes of taking down TK before doom), but because of snow and RP, it didn't happen.
We'll see what happens. As long as Hektir can still drool, it means he can spit. And if he can spit, he can fight.
Don't blame me! Quinn could've healed you all!
And, it's also bad luck with some timing. Tsin could've taken that AoO but instead it downs Mal and then misses on its actual attack.
hey, I was trying to play it non-meta, in that blasted snow it would take a round or two to realize his companions were bleeding out!
that 6 felt like a natural 20, and probably as rare
You played it well, Quinn. You played it well.
Though if the troll or sprites had any damage on them, it's all healed up now. =\
See I'd forget about things like that if you didn't mention them, Mal. Speaking of which, what are the rules re: healing. My thought would be once Quinn heals them, Mal and Hektir can act in this round, though obviously delayed until after the healing burst.
And, yes, you were correct about the damage, Mal. Not sure where I got 8 from.
And finally, Pems, it might help if you stop rolling 3s.
I've always had pcs preserve their spots in the initiative order when unconscious/recovering - just for simplicity's sake (and accurately keeping track of stabilization checks, bleed damage, etc).
You got 8 from my current (at the time at least) hps, methinks!
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If we TPK here, I propose we return as Team FIRE. An Oracle of Flames, a Fire Elemental wizard, a Fire or Efreeti bloodline sorcerer, an Ifrit with any full BAB class and an Inquisitor with the Fire domain.
BURN! BURN THE WINTER!
That'd probably help. It's one of the oddities of the game that in some ways it makes less sense to use winter-themed characters since a lot of the baddies are used to cold (that said, it does give you protection and plenty of things aren't OK with cold).
Also FYI, for the one person in this game who I think hasn't seen me post it in half a dozen other spots: I've got at least one person off the next two weeks at work, so I'll be a bit busier than usual. I still expect to be able to post daily (especially in the games I'm playing as opposed to running), but if you're waiting on me, that may be why.
I've always treated unconscious like a condition. If something that removes a condition, such as remove blindness, is listed as instantaneous on the duration of the spell then the character has the blindness removed on the healer's turn, instantly as the spell is cast. Healing, like CLW, is instantaneous, so they become conscious on the healer's turn if healing brings them back above 0 hp. Of course, I'm a bit biased in this situation :)
So, we still wouldn't act this turn (11) but we'd no longer be unconscious or helpless, Quinn? That sounds effectively like the same way I handle it, though you explained it better =)