Just a quick reminder to all Dwarves in the party. Don't forget about your racial +1 bonus to attacking Goblins.
Just a quick reminder to all Dwarves in the party. Don't forget about your racial +1 bonus to attacking Goblins.
If I recall there is a houserule that we don't get that bonus against goblins since the two groups are generally friendly towards each other.
So any time I want to use a reach weapon for one of its purposes, attacking in ranked files or from behind someone else, I suffer a penalty of -4?
I haven't been tracking XP can you just tell us when we level?
Agreed, I was looking for experience and I couldn't find any from the last encounter we had either so if you wouldn't mind just telling us when we've leveled that would be nice.
Or if you prefer you could tell us an experience total and we can go from there.
Counter-intuitively, if you took Improved Precise Shot, you could use a polearm without taking cover penalties.
Also, because of the "every second diagonal is 10 feet" rule, polearms also don't threaten diagonally, unless they somehow have a 15' reach (this is per SKR, hopefully an FAQ is pending to fix this)
It gets worse. Because of the latest FAQ regarding how two-handed weapons work, on any round you attack with a polearm, you are not considered to be wielding any other weapons, even if those weapons don't require hands (like armor spikes), so if someone manages to move adjacent to you, you aren't considered to be threatening them at all. They can run circles around you and you can't take AoOs with your armor spikes.
Yes, the rules regarding polearms are that stupid.
That's why I tend to house rule all of these issues away.
To make things even more weird, the AC bonus for Soft Cover doesn't effect the target's CMD, so while you're standing behind an ally enemies are harder to hit, but not any harder to trip or disarm.
Oh, hey, look at that, you have improved trip...
Quote from a couple Pathfinder developers about the diagonal reach of weapons (found on the Pathfinder SRD at http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/combat/space-reach-threatened-area-te mplates )
Can you or can you not attack diagonally at a distance of 2x squares (15'=10' exception) with a reach weapon?
James Jacobs: Nope. A reach weapon gives a specific extension to your reach. When you count out squares, since every other square is doubled when you count diagonally, that means that there'll be corners where you can't reach.
[Source] http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l1ji?Three-questions-for-the-Devs-or-anyone-mo stly#5
Sean K. Reynolds: It's an artifact of the grid. The closest the rules come to addressing this is in Large, Huge, Gargantuan, and Colossal Creatures, which says:
Unlike when someone uses a reach weapon, a creature with greater than normal natural reach (more than 5 feet) still threatens squares adjacent to it. A creature with greater than normal natural reach usually gets an attack of opportunity against you if you approach it, because you must enter and move within the range of its reach before you can attack it.
So just because the grid has a square for "15 feet away" and a square for "5 feet away," but no square for "10 feet away," using that corner path doesn't mean you're magically teleporting from 15 feet to 5 feet; you are passing through a 10-foot-radius band around the creature, and therefore you provoke an AOO.
Admittedly it's not clear, and obviously it doesn't have the diagram in the 3E book to provide a non-textual example, but it's supposed to work as I described above.
[Source] http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2p0wf?Ending-movement-with-a-Diagonal#29
So- reach weapons don't threaten the diagonal corners, but creatures approaching you along those squares DO provoke AoOs unless they're 5-foot adjusting or the like.
If you become a polearm master archetype you threaten within 5 ft but take a minus -4 for the shortened grib.
Sorry for the absence. A cousin was in a bad accident but everything's settled down and things are looking up.
It's alright. Good to hear that things are looking up.
Wow, I am feeling really silly about that right now. I'll change my posts from now on to say that it's the bracelet.
Wow, I am feeling really silly about that right now. I'll change my posts from now on to say that it's the bracelet.
I just figured it was because your a goblin.
Hmm, I suppose we could just have it be a mistranslation from Goblin. As I've been writing, Miagnik hasn't exactly learned complete fluency in Dwarven, so it might make sense that most shiny and expensive objects he would refer to as "Coin."
Is that 16d6? damage? or is it 1d6?
Pretty sure it was just 1d6, since Moralene isn't a pile of ash right now.
ok
Hooray!
Ouch! That's a huge bummer. Take your time.
Good News - I've got a new computer, it's up and running and I'm back on the site
BAD NEWS - I've lost all my Maptools campaigns, maps and tokens, so I'll be rebuilding this weekend. I'll try to update but if you are needing a map you'll have to rely on the one that is current as I won't be updating maps till Monday at the earliest
Been there recently when my lap top needed to be rebuilt.
Work has me a bit busy this week. Feel free to DMPC Rownig and Windel if necessary.
DM - How are we on experience are we close to leveling?
Woot! Hal is almost getting close to functional!
Took my first level of Monk. All numbers updated.
Woot! I assume this includes me, unless I get killed somehow.
I'll level Rownig and Windel later today.
I think this time it will, but you may have to sit the next one out because you are , experience point wise, one level ahead of every one
Really? I guess I'm a little confused, I thought I was just coming in at 2nd level and leveling with everyone else...
Unless... getting through that encounter without being immediately found out and murdered was enough of a plot/social encounter to level me again!
I'm going to take a risk here and assume that's what you meant.
Ah, oh well. That would have been awesome but probably would have thrown off the next handful of encounters.
Character edited back to 3rd. Also edited background and personality to a more cohesive manner.
*Ahem* Stephanie is here now, so you can all sleep better knowing you have her magic by your side ;). The character is mostly ready, save for equipment. Should I assume, as a refugee of sorts, she doesn't possess anything save the clothes on her back?
Welcome, I assume you will be playing as Stephanie from now on. As far as I can tell the princess was captured and everything but her clothes taken away. So the answer to your question, yes.
As a side note, not sure if you've caught up on reading the story, my character had an instant crush on your character after she was rescued. I was going to continue with that line of dialogue when my character returned to the group but if you'd rather not; I do have an in-character reason to not continue.
Hah, I did notice that, as well as the new eight-legged crush. You're welcome to pursue whichever you think Miagnik would pursue.
It's always strange when an NPC becomes PCed, so don't let me mess up the game more than is necessary in such a transition.
Welcome Princess Stephanie...I just realized that we have a new player and it's not the GM.
I play both Rownig and Windel.
Whenever you've got time to post things, I'm usually not far from a computer and can check in fairly regularly.
Rownig is updated and I need to work on Windel. I should have him finished by tomorrow.
I have Windel updated I just need to select his 2nd level spells then cut and paste the new stats over. to his profile.
Hey Terquem, what your opinion on...
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