We seem to be climbing fine so I guess that works. 10 would net me 13
Thought we were doing group initiatives?
I don't recall discussing it...but I kind of like doing it individually so that those who've got good initiative aren't held back by those that don't.
The group initative idea was mainly to simplify and adapt combat turns to play-by-post with people posting as and when they can. Basically the PCs all act on their turn and the enemies all act after.
I think I remember it being talked about averaging, which would require having everybody's Initative mod values on file, and that hasn't been done yet. Regardless, I still rolled init and it can be fixed later.
I'm using it on the other table. Mercurion, you have 22 opponents not counting the party. Are you sure you want to do it this way? It is going to be very finicky. The group initiative system is designed to simplify things for pbp games.
it works like this
average each party's initiatives (round down) and roll. One side acts, then the other.
If a party member or heroic npc wants to, they can roll separately, delay or ready an action. Or not act, I suppose. Ordinary npcs act as per their initiative. Rolling separately, delaying or rreadying an action creates a third acting side.
this allows quicker resolution on pbp battles. Especially with large battles.
In general the gm works out the average initiative, and rolls them openly. I simply looked at each character and took the initiative values from there.
As always you are the gm, and these.are suggestions.
It's not really 22 opponents...I just didn't want the party to know exactly how many actual opponents there are until they see them. so this is like when the DM randomly rolling large numbers of dice behind the screen-- tends to freak people out :)I just use the first X number of rolls from each set.
What I typically do is allow each PC their roll, and then do group rolls for opponents by type. So in this case, there are only two "types" of opponents facing the PCs, so only two initiative slots.
So actual initiative in this case is:
--> Majuba, Tigerwolf, oppo type I, Odak, Greez & Karol, Garmack, Dergosh, oppo type II. Pretty manageable.
First time using these boards, and I find the rolling mechanism a little clunky. I'd prefer players not be able to see opponents attacks bonuses, save bonuses, etc. but it is what it is.
Quick question we have yet to know what me and Tigerwolf see when we reach the top?
And for the dice rolls if you don't want us to see them you can try to put them in a spoiler and trust the players not to look
That's a good point on the rolls.
What you see will be included in the post shortly.
Sounds good thanks Mercurion
Back from mandatory family engagement elsewhere in the country now.
Back from mandatory family engagement elsewhere in the country now.
Welcome back. Good timing, the enemy has been engaged, which should suit Odak :)
I thought that if I got that rider the stag would not be able to attack....I was wrong
He has to make double rolls if he fails the save, doesn't he? Man, I'm doing a bang up job with your actions, aren't I?
I'll retro this and see what happens
I'm just trying to live up to my promise in my introductory post to make lots of mistakes, heh.
Dumb me I forgot have Deflect Arrow to avoid one arrow/bolt a round. *facepalm* All the time if was a bolt fired and hit could have just smacked it away for no damage.
In order of appearance, unlisted characters unchanged;
• DRAXIA: Enlarged Orc teeth to reflect Bite feat(s), added a few scars and a tattoo on the neck to start with, defined the hands and fingers a bit more.
• KAROL: Added hair (would be hard to see under hat), refined facial features a little bit including the chin, mouth and brows. Defined one hand but still very basic.
• GARMACK: Big clean-up involving painting over body sketch so now the clothing looks neat and tidy now. No other changes.
• TIGERWOLF: Moved another leg to try to fix posture and balance, streamlined the waistcost and neck a bit.
• ODAK: Changed the design of the armour boots, other style was exotic but a little unwieldy. Height changed to 15ft, still Large-size according to RAW.
• MAJUBA: Restored to 9-10ft tall as requested, added new outfit details all around to resemble a professional Witch-Doctor. Forgot to add the Scars, will try next time.
• GREEZ: Removed facial paint from cheeks, enlarged scaled to 15ft, still counts as Large according to RAW. Added a bit of hatching to clothes.
Seriously awesome, keep up the good work!
Heh, I like. Now I keep imagining her in "dhamphir" gear.
Just so you know, if you want me to add specific details the best way is to... well, be specific! Tell me here or in PMs or else I have to use artistic license which has a variable rate of client success.
For instance,
Dhamphir gear, what is it, do you want it? Got links?
Scarring, what kind of scarring, where?
Heh, because of the coat and hat it made me think of Vampire hunter D.
Is it just me, or is draxia wearing an I dream of genie outfit. Lol
great drawings. Could you put a drum on karols left hip, strapped to his belt, about small bongo drum size. And an axe in his right hand.
Is it just me, or is draxia wearing an I dream of genie outfit. Lol
great drawings. Could you put a drum on karols left hip, strapped to his belt, about small bongo drum size. And an axe in his right hand.
Draxia's outfit is what I thought an Elven dress would look like, as established in the first game.
I could probably add the bongo-sized drum to the belt but I intentionally avoided adding things like weapons and shields as it obfuscates the view of the characters, which is the whole point of the line-up. Granted, people like Odak are all covered up, but the view is also for 'in battle' too, and taking the armour off for Odak is like dressing down to the undies.
tl;dr, I'll try adding a drum to the belt next update.
So this is a new round and I finally have a loaded crossbow?
So this is a new round and I finally have a loaded crossbow?
yes, see game post
I imagine so! Personally I saw you reload the thing in the last-last round but eh, Rule Zero.
Is it just me, or is draxia wearing an I dream of genie outfit. Lol
Dergosh will be rubbing genie's bottle when he returns from mission, even without the Great Icy Wugaloo's heart.
I imagine so! Personally I saw you reload the thing in the last-last round but eh, Rule Zero.
That's correct, that's why she gets to fire this round-- reloading is a full round action.
Kind of wished I didn't waste my Power points on that augmented Stomp and Inevitable Strike now. Stomp doesn't do anything on Save and I could've really done with hitting my second knockout hit right about now. I don't regret using Empathic Transfer on Majuba, and probably would've used the stomp PP to do another for Karol if I could go back.
Odak's probably going to feel a little zoned out too, having depleted his psionic power.
Been busy will post later this weekend. Sorry.
It appears the Inevitable Strike power of Odak's seems to be both his strongest and most dependant ability of all, can't hit for s**t and it'll only get lower when I finally switch to greatsword next level.
Not to worry, we all like you anyway! You make for a great golian wall I'll tell you that ;)
Not to worry, we all like you anyway! You make for a great golian wall I'll tell you that ;)
It'll get way better next level when Odak can psionically swap places with an ally being attacked and take the hit himself. At least then I could save folks like Karol a lot of hurt in the future. No DC or AC to check that!
Posting drought!
Posting drought!Yeah it's kind of quiet out there
Hope Mercurion is still around, I don't want to lose my favourite tribe :(
Same here, I'm going to assume he's just super-busy for the meantime, he didn't sound like the type to up and leave a game just after helping rebuild it again.
Hey busy times happen. Happened to me last week. Darn end of financial year!
With the length of these missions combined with the slowness of posting, I think a level per completion might be the best idea after all!
I'm ok with a level a mission.
It's been two days without a game post, who or what are we waiting for?
I am moving the next couple of days so I'll be very slow to post or I might not post.
Well uh, looks like I got what I wished for.
I come back to find 20 new game posts all at once and now it looks like people are waiting for /me/!
I did not realize I was the only one that spoke Draconic. Interesting must come up with good story for it now.
Wow, sudden post explosion.
Wow, sudden post explosion.
Probably all the PHBs I ate. Sorry.