Obi: hit, hit, hit, miss, miss
Bo, hit, hit, miss, miss
-182, still up
1
fail
2
fail
Both are still up, 2 has looked a lot better.
Jan decides it's a good time to play solitaire, so he takes out some cards and deals.
Critters go.
2,3 smack Boom for being so close.
miss
hit
since Boom refuses to post a CMD it remains at 10
He is knocked back 10' and prone.
#1 will try something on Boom will save DC 19 will or puppet. (yeah, I know laughable)
4 moves out of sight behind a wall and comes back into view to the south as he tries to flank the party.
PCs are up.
Bo reloads a round as a swift action and continues to fire at #2.. If it drops, move to #1.. Using Bane and Grit.
steel
Yap delays..
The first two shots hit and drop the giant.
Obi and Billy pivot to the south to deal with #4.
Obi activates his boots of speed, pulls his masterwork revolver loaded with giant bane cartridges with his right hand, flips off the giant with his left hand (challenge) and opens fire.
(pbs, precise shot, giant hunter, haste, steel round, bane giant)
(bane, pbs, challenge)
Billy holds steady.
Defends adjacent allies in giant's turn up to 6 times.
Boom rises
Then he downs a shield/truestrike extract
Between the crit and volley from the solitaire player, 4 goes down.
3 moves up and swats at Boom again.
and again he goes flying back 10' ending up prone.
pass
1 will try again on Boom. DC 19 will (and roll this time, or I assume you take 1).
PCs are up.
Obi reloads his pistol with giant bane cartridges.
"Quit playing with that giant and kill it Boom!" he calls out to the alchemist.
"You are atarting to resemble some sort of recreational object Boom.."
Bo reloads and fire once #3..
Yap flies over and heals Boom..
Jan hits 4 times, Bo lands his shot.
These are some tough damn hombres! Quick Boom, throw a bomb into its mouth! That always works in the operas!
will
Boom rises
Then he hits the giant wailing on him with a dispel bomb, just in case he has anything
for
dispel
The bomb hits. Nothing dispels.
8 greater shadows appear around the party.
1 attacks the goat
hit
2 attacks the goat
hit
3 attacks the goat
miss
4 attacks the goat
hit
5 attacks the goat
miss
6 attacks the goat
hit
assuming you use mounted combat shenanigans to stop the first two, the goat takes 12 strength damage
7 attacks Boom
miss
8 attacks Jan
hit
Giant 3 swats at Boom again
hit
1 tries his mind mojo on the goat. DC 19 will save.
PCs are up.
Challenge shadow #3, activate boots of speed
(seeking, precise shot, challenge, haste, steel ammo)
If shadow #3 drops, glorious challenge to #4, if #4 drops glorious challenge #5, damage bonus goes up by 2 each time.
Goat holds, if a little unsteady and attacks Shadow#6.
(power attk, str damage)
Defends adjacent allies in enemies's turn up to 6 times.
Jan staggers from the shadow damage but continues to try and kill 3.
Boom steps away, then downs an invisibility/CSW extract
Yap does his best to destroy the shadows.
DC 23 for 1/2
He then does it again as a move action.
If any are still alive he quickens a mass cure serious to harm as well, DC 22 Will.
Depending on if any shadows are left will determine Bo's actions.
no, no, no, no, yes, no, no, no
no, no, yes, no, yes, no, no, no
pop, pop, ok, pop, ok, pop, pop, pop
2 shadows left
pop, pop
all shadows gone
Bo fires at #3 if it is still up. If not than at Big Boy. Using bane and grit.
steel
clustered shots
#3 goes down
A figure appears in the doorway and swipes at the goat twice (biggest target nearby). This towering, night-black giant has demonic features, including a huge pair of ram-like horns. Its arms end in massive blades. (knowledge religion)
hit
hit
and a free sunder at the armor
yes
#1 swats Jan with awesome blow.
tagged -back 10' and prone
PCs are up.
really?
the goat bothers you that much?
You realize that if players don't build characters the way you do, then you just start bullying?
Use dimensional agility and sneak attack to kill monsters = rage quit adventure
Use grit to cause confusion = threat
Use aid another to boost Armor class = threat
Would you like to build the character and tell me how to play it?
What do you want? Another generic pouncing multiple attack warcat cavalier mount that maximizes damage output?
You aren't being reasonable.
When you build a pet which makes it all but impossible to harm the party, you expect me to stand back and swing to no effect? You just want to steam roll on through while I just say 'lalalala' instead of actually making a challenge?
I put something in to react to what you've built. If I'm supposed to sit on my hands and just run chutes and ladders, I can just run this stock and we'll be done in no time.
I can do that. It will be as exciting as watching paint peel, but it's also a lot less work for me.
If you're upset because I did something which actually can harm your 'I win' button, well suck it up or just concede you want easy mode.
hey, the goat has never actually influenced combat once since I started using the bodyguard ability. He's never improved anyone's AC.
You've used foreknowledge of my announced intended reaction to attacks on allies to guide the bad guys in to not attacking anyone adjacent to him.
That would make the monster that appeared to suddenly want to sunder his armor that improves his bodyguard ability equally ridiculous, given that he's never actually used it.
We're level 17. Wizards cast Wish at this level. Having a cavalier buff adjacent allies against 6 individual attacks by 5 AC is just a perplexing thing to decide is overpowered.
As written in the module:
After you kill all the Denizens around the gate and the gate freaks out. Eventually a critter comes out. If you are present, it attacks. If not, it follows you around and attacks the biggest thing near it. I changed the critter because the 'as written' thing is a complete joke. I picked something reasonably tough of a decent CR (though it actually a CR under your level). You party is pretty much equivalent to 18th or so all things considered.
The critter I substituted gets a free sunder attack (swift action) during the course of its normal attacks. Since the only thing to sunder on its target is the armor, it did that.
Also, the critter in question did the shadow summoning (one of its innate abilities). It was invisible at the time (and has a good stealth in spite of its size so coupled with invisibility you were not at all likely to detect it). It has been trying to catch up since the gate room. This is not something I put in here to be a dick. It's something I changed from the module to not be a minor speed bump. It' actually laughable had the module thinks the written monster is actually a challenge.
When the GM says 'rules laywer' and 'shenanigan' in one sentence, it is of note.
When you build a pet which makes it all but impossible to harm the party, you expect me to stand back and swing to no effect? You just want to steam roll on through while I just say 'lalalala' instead of actually making a challenge?
I put something in to react to what you've built.
or
This is not something I put in here to be a dick.
Want to try to get consistent with whether this is or isn't a reaction to my supposed game breaking mount, that I'll point out again hasn't had any impact on the game because you just metagamed it out of the picture.
If you want to argue, find someone interested. If you want to play, play. If you don't want to play, don't.
Bo fires once at the ginat and then reloads.
steel..
Yap attempts to locate Boom and if he can casts Heal on him..
with him not moving thats not good enough.
He moves away from the monster at the door and channels instead..
excluding baddies..
Bo misses.
Jan stands up and aims at the giant that swatted him.
Hit.
Gather Obi opted for not play.
Ok, the Nightwalker takes his time beating up the goat and rider.
Giant moves up and swats at Bo.
power attack
fail
PCs are up.
Bo uses his last smite evil and let's the giant have it..
"Yall focus on the fiend, I have this one."
Grit and bane as well.
steel
Sorry was slammed for a few days
I’ll go full defense until o catch up
Giant is still up, but quite bloody.
Jan hits every time against the big black walker, but it remains up.
Boom can go and Yap.
Yap tries to locate Boom again.
doing so he casts a Heal spell on him.. Heals 140 hp..
for splash 10
Boom moves away then let’s his invis break by bombing. Fair to assume that can happen before yap goes?
for to confirm
yes
Oh, are you targeting the giant or the big black walky thing? I'll assume the latter since Bo said he has the giant.
Giant -195
NW -230
Both still up.
Giant swats at Bo again.
tag, Bo flies back 10' and is prone
Big black walky thing enters into the room fully (to avoid squeezing).
It then attacks Jan who shot it.
Vital strike chain
hit
swift attack sunder
success -to your armor
PCs are up.
Bo reloads a round as a swift action and fires at the giant prone. Using Grit and Bane.
steel, -4 for prone already factored in.
Giant drops.