Very cool battle!
@Caromarc - I liked MM's mutagen speedy move.
Wow - this is a cool map idea, but is doing my head in.
This is a projection of a 3d space?
Sorry; crowded day at work so far. I'll look over the posts and try to get something up ASAP. Since I started the color wheel approach, I should really see how it went after Caromarc took the damage.
My first thought was of "Yikes" as well - "say yikes" reminded me of "speak friend, and enter."
I thought of Yikes too.
Twenty-Nine!!!???!?
Busy day; lots of us have been heading for the spikes and trying various things.
Quinn got a tongue-twister, lol.
Did Caromarc eman the gem? Or just skip to second part?
When Ianez named the Erihppas, I described the rime effect for flavor and to provide a clue, but it's not necessary. The gem name halts the telekinesis, but there's the option of saying the other word and ending it altogether.
Argh. I hate not having the correct spell memorized. This is my first time actually playing a memorizing caster, and the druid spell list is giving me difficulty. There have been a lot of thoughts along the lines of "next time, I’ll memorize this or that spell", which are then forgotten.
Will be more active tonight. Sorry folks!
I realized I needed to make a slight modification because the golem is large-sized (thus I widened part of the pass towards the bottom of the map).
Ok, rules question: do I make separate concentration checks for each iteration of damage, or all the damage added up? The difference between one DC 20 Concentration check + one DC 29 Concentration check or one DC 34 Concentration check...
On a relevant note: MAN it was a bad idea to put story relevance on whether La Siréene can cast a summoning spell or not...
Thanks for making the init roll for me, Network. The last two days have been a bit nutty, so I forgot to do it when I posted.
@La Siréene - I say if you can concentrate through the hailstones, you automatically concentrate for the frost. Make one DC 29 check (with +2 bonus for Ianez's good hope buff, which I think means you're making the check with a +19 bonus total?)
@Blackacre - No problemo!
You know what's even worse than not having the perfect spell memorized? HAVING the perfect spell memorized, but not realizing it at the time. I am looking at you, Liberating Command, which would have given me a +21 Escape Artist check as an immediate action versus the grapple the Ape put me in.
How the hell did I not realize I could use that spell for the exact purpose I memorized it for? It is even specifically designed to work in a grapple!
It happens to us all... it happens to us all.
@Blackacre - Thanks re the firearm clarification.
Olivia is subdued. She has withdrawn from the battle. Only the bone golem is left.
I forgot the lantern archons. is it too late for them to go?
Also, did Olivia's spell do a second round of damage?
Do the Archons take -4 to hit for the storm?
Do the Archons take -4 to hit for the storm?
Yes.
Alright, sorry about the huge amount of text recently - this stuff needed to get out of the way for the finale. I'll keep the massive monologues with myself to a minimum.
I don't know if it actually bothered you, I'm just kind of anxious about stuff like that.
A part of me was hoping that Volst would be still around. I was thinking, if it came down to Gaston and Volst in a fight, and Quinn being Volst's magical battery of sorts, the monk would take his life hence no more magical battery. It's a good thing that scenario never happened. ;-)
lol :)
I would like to make sure I understand something, just for, you know, my own curiosity and rules knowledge -- would the DC of Blackacre's halt undead spell really be only 15 (10 + spell level 3 + Wis bonus 2)??
Darn, missed my cue! Read your post, couldn't post at the time... Blew it. Was a nice setup. Thanks for the DMPC, was true to character.
I would like to make sure I understand something, just for, you know, my own curiosity and rules knowledge -- would the DC of Blackacre's halt undead spell really be only 15 (10 + spell level 3 + Wis bonus 2)??
That sounds correct.
Well - all the vampires are up... here it comes...
Yeah...
On a related note, I really dislike my current list of memorizations. I've completely failed to add sufficient utility...
I don't know - summon is pretty good.
Undead are your weak point with that load out (mind affecting and poison not so good). On the other hand you long ago convinced me of the utility of flaming sphere despite its low level.
Don't forget the ability to use mind affecting spells on allies. If (and this is worst case) Sandru gets dominated to kill us while in the middle of the group a confusion could be a literal lifesaver. I think we might be able to take him down, but not without significant loss and possibly killing him.
Full round means he has to make a concentration roll if he takes damage, adding the damage taken to the DC, right... Quinn?
What you talking about Willis?
Oh....I get it now. wink...wink... lol
I read the Discussion before the Gameplay.
If only this sentence -- "Despite its name, this spell is not the equivalent of daylight for the purposes of creatures that are damaged or destroyed by such light" -- was not in the description of the daylight spell, this encounter could be over quite quickly.
On the other hand, do we think that they are "particularly vulnerable to bright light" for purposes of determining damage of searing light?
Thank you for your continuing patience with my still-developing understanding of so much of the rules.
I'm in the same boat, and hey points for thinking creatively.
Sorry about my slow posting today. Work is crazy. Bad job! Leave me alone! :P
@Network - forgot to update last hp. Will do and will post
Hope it wasn't DC 25+...
On the other hand, do we think that they are "particularly vulnerable to bright light" for purposes of determining damage of searing light?
YES. That is what Searing Light is for, the anti-vampire holy blast. They probably have some touch AC, but still definitely worth the risk.
As for the patience, don’t worry, it is a delight playing with you.
Sorry about the incessant nicknaming, by the way, but you did kind of bring it upon yourself.
I like the nicknaming - makes me feel like the character has some measure of, well, "character," whether I planned it that way or not.
Sorry I posted both AoOs missed, but I'd forgotten the profane bonus from the shrine, which meant one of them did in fact hit.
Hate to ask the silly question, but... Is Aqueous Orb considered "running water"? Just a thought...
How about another silly question....If Pheobe blesses the Aqueous Orb, is it considered blessed water when it comes into contact with undead?
Things that make you go Hmmmm.
If MM is immune from non-lethal, he could go in there... and voila! Holy nuts in a blender, Batman!! Batman, vampire... LOL!
I'd say no to both - the aqueous orb isn't running water (in a way that represents nature or baptism, which I'm guessing is why it's a vampire weakness), and the spell bless water is a low level spell that only affects one pint of water.
Sorry! But very cool the idea of a big ball of holy water rushing at these monsters. :)
Was there, DR? Just wanna be fair.
I think since your cutlass is +1 it bypasses it.