I've encountered a lot of table variance with Detect Evil. In this campaign is it considered rude? How noticible is it?
You know, I hadn't thought about it. :) Haven't had many uses of pally detect evil in social situations in a long time. It's usually more in the vein of running into an obviously shifty guy on the road somewhere, rather than farmer with horses.
If it were a spell, it's likely to be interpreted as a possible assault. Ordinary people don't know it's a divination and have no reason to trust the person's word on it. Anything magical could be dangerous, so the touch of Art is not something eagerly sought by most who aren't elves (and even then it's iffy), actual practitioners, or devotees of one of the right deities operating under controlled circumstances.
Hakon's throwing a spell-like, which doesn't require chanting or gestures. It wouldn't present quite like a spell would to a layperson. But he is doing something that would provoke an AoO, so he's distracted on some level and that must be visible or it wouldn't provoke. I'll let this one slide because I hadn't decided in advance, but from now on let's say that people around have a chance to notice Hakon is spaced out or unusually focused.
People observing Hakon (or anyone else using a similar ability) can notice he's a little spacey with a DC 5 Perception check. If he's focused on anyone in particular, which happens automatically if the cast is on a specific target or when he zeroes in on aura locations, the DC drops to zero.
A successful check yields up the information that the caster doing something. If focus is noted, then it would probably be interpreted as rude to hostile. A Sense Motive (DC 10, 5 if the effect is locked on to someone or something) will give the observer the sense that something unusual and prying is going on, which would be interpreted as hostile in most cases. Knowledges or spellcraft could ID what was going on in more detail.
Right that's more or less what I'm used to (although some GMs semi-house rule that its 100% noticible - via spidysense or whatever).
Often I find that if I fall behind in updates, I need to make time to simply update a Discussion Thread to inform the PCs of a particular game that I am either going to be posting later in the day or week or will be on a break form the boards for one reason or another.
To save time updating so many damn threads I am going to open this thread and link all of my DM aliases (and PC aliases) to this thread to inform people as to my status. So if I am missing for a time, just go ahead and click on the link in my Avatar and you will be able to ascertain my board status.
My sincerest apologies if this is a bit of an inconvenience where you are waiting on me for an action but posting "I will be away for the next 3 days" 47 times (or more) is just not working for me any longer. Thank you for your understanding!
The Dugmaren primer is up.
Sorry for the delay on the last few of these. The past little while has been more tumultuous than anticipated.
Hey guys, my father-in-law is in the hospital, and my wife and I have our second wedding anniversary next week. Posting might be short and scarce until Thursday.
Best wishes and congrats...
...also than you Samnell for the primer
Hey guys, my father-in-law is in the hospital, and my wife and I have our second wedding anniversary next week. Posting might be short and scarce until Thursday.
Oof...and also cool?
Hey guys, my father-in-law is in the hospital, and my wife and I have our second wedding anniversary next week. Posting might be short and scarce until Thursday.
that's awful!! And, best wishes?
I guess that works for both situations.
Thanks guys. My father-in-law went home yesterday, sans gall bladder. Still have anniversary stuff, so no change in posting.
Yay!? Glad he's recovering!
@Marcus - Barra's attack missed, so no 10ft movement.
OK then. Lets see if I have time left to edit.
I'm taking the family off on holiday from Saturday till 29th August. We're going on a cruise so there'll be days where I don't have internet. I'll try to post when I can but it's probably best to bot me as needed.
I'm taking the family off on holiday from Saturday till 29th August. We're going on a cruise so there'll be days where I don't have internet. I'll try to post when I can but it's probably best to bot me as needed.
Torm expects you to tithe 10% of your cruise time. :)
Where are we in initiative? I'm confused.
Where are we in initiative? I'm confused.
We're just waiting on me to do the resolution, then the whole party will be up again. Unless something changes a battle pretty seriously, I fix the rounds so that the party all go basically at once and resolve it as a batch in the rolled order. The main deviation is when, like in this fight, some of the party wins initiative over the opposition. Or surprise.
So for this fight, we began with surprise when the horses powered up.
Hakon, Barra, Marcus, and Thurvek beat the horses, so I called for their actions. Resolved the lot of 'em in one go and then did the horses. Now there's nothing but PCs until the horses go again, so the whole party is up. I'll got the last outstanding action last night late, so resolution is coming today. (Starting right after this post, actually. :) ) I'll finish it off by doing the horses' actions and we'll go on the cycle again.
I'll update tonight, can't access the Construct Rules at work, I need to put them into my profile :-)
Internet is down in my area, no ETA on a fix. Please bot me if I'm slowing things down.
Might be without internet for up to 2 weeks. I'll try to be on as much as I can...
Did Thurvek's channel energy attack do any damage?
Did Thurvek's channel energy attack do any damage?
They saved, so it was three points.
I'm probably fine and this is just an allergy thing, but there's a chance I'm coming down sick and posts will be slow.
I came across this picture. It's entitled the triad and depicts Ilmater leaning on Tyr with Torm leading the trio.
I came across this picture. It's entitled the triad and depicts Ilmater leaning on Tyr with Torm leading the trio.
Faiths & Avatars, page 172. :) In the full page version you can tell easier that Torm doesn't have some kind of weird leash plugged into Ilmater's butt. It's a road.
But really Ilmater might be ok with a leash on his butt for a good cause. If it's down to his butt or someone else's, obviously.
I'm back! Thank you all for your patience.
Beni had a last name?!
Thurvek votes inn.
Thurvek votes inn.
Agreed, I'll check in IC later.
I'll have Marcus make some small talk in the tavern once we're inside. Hopefully find out what's on the Innkeep's mind.
I'm going to be out camping Friday-Sunday; please bot me as necessary.
I'm flying to Montreal on business tomorrow, returning Wednesday/Thursday. It's not a super long flight (7h 30 or so) but I'm really tired so I may not post till Monday depending on how I feel. I'll try and get a post up before I go, but tonight I'm going to spend with my wife.
Some news. Wife is pregnant, and we are heading over to China to see the inlaws. I'll be out for 2 weeks. I'll of course try to post as much as possible, but please bot me as needed.
Congratulations!
Some news. Wife is pregnant, and we are heading over to China to see the inlaws. I'll be out for 2 weeks. I'll of course try to post as much as possible, but please bot me as needed.
Gratz!
Less happy news: I am a little under the weather and will not be updating tonight. Should be back tomorrow.
All I can think of is the scene where Pippin and Merry are chucking rocks into the lake in front of Moria...
10 Wisdom, 18 Int...I’m really curious what it does, and this is a good way to play it.
To be fair if it was a quartz stone not much would happen, probably - who knows what D&D acids do? Could dip something metal into it...
To be fair if it was a quartz stone not much would happen, probably - who knows what D&D acids do? Could dip something metal into it...
Could dip a PC into it.
congratulations bolkvar!
Yes Congrats.
I'll update IC tomorrow.
I will be traveling this weekend to see family, and only on mobile. Please bot me if necessary.
I'm going to be travelling Sunday and will be out of town for the next week as well. I should have my laptop, but posting could still be sketchy. Please bot me, if necessary.
I'm a big fan of the left turn rule, any objections?
It’s a classic for a reason. Let’s go for it.
Left is yes.
I'll be at relatives for the holidays, feel free to bot me if I'm slowing things down.
I'm going to be off-island and away from reliable internet until Sunday. Please bot me as needed
Rules question:
Expeditious Construction (You create a low wall or other simple structure of packed earth or loose stone measuring 3 feet thick, 3 feet tall, and 10 feet long per 3 caster levels you possess (minimum 10 feet). Each square of the structure can appear only in unoccupied spaces atop earthen or stone surfaces able to support it. The wall grants cover as per a low wall and can be climbed with a successful DC 5 Climb check.)
(1) Can I make a wall on top of another wall?
Because I was thinking...if so at lvl9 I could get 7 castings per day. In one day I could make a wall 21 feet high and 30 feet long. In 4 days? 4 of such walls. In 8 days? Towers to go with it.
Each day could also get 4 castings of Stone Shape. Which would allow for doors/gates/better ramparts/arrow slits, etc.
It’d be crude...but a very basic castle could be made in a week or 2, no? Faster with the help of other casters.
Rules question:
Expeditious Construction (You create a low wall or other simple structure of packed earth or loose stone measuring 3 feet thick, 3 feet tall, and 10 feet long per 3 caster levels you possess (minimum 10 feet). Each square of the structure can appear only in unoccupied spaces atop earthen or stone surfaces able to support it. The wall grants cover as per a low wall and can be climbed with a successful DC 5 Climb check.)
(1) Can I make a wall on top of another wall?
Because I was thinking...if so at lvl9 I could get 7 castings per day. In one day I could make a wall 21 feet high and 30 feet long. In 4 days? 4 of such walls. In 8 days? Towers to go with it.
Each day could also get 4 castings of Stone Shape. Which would allow for doors/gates/better ramparts/arrow slits, etc.
It’d be crude...but a very basic castle could be made in a week or 2, no? Faster with the help of other casters.
The wall's specifically of fixed width and of fairly loose structure. Its own weight would tend to collapse it out. When you hit that point, the spell would fail because the substrate can't support it. Length isn't an issue and you can probably get away with two stacked on top of each other before that becomes a problem, but it wouldn't be a replacement for a wall of stone.
Barra's ready to go.
Finals start this week for me, so I'll be spending most of my time alternately studying and fantasizing about dropping out and becoming a Batman villain. Please bot me if I'm slowing things down.