Checking in. Sorry about the terrible posting. I think that I should be back in action as soon as we get out of this month. Being an ICU senior resident is way harder than I thought it would be. I am still enjoying it, but the time requirements are nuts. I spent 27 hours in the hospital on my last shift, put in several arterial lines, got an hour and a half nap and managed 35 patients on 3 floors. Last year I had time to sit down and post, when I wasn't running around... because I had a senior. ;p
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Dude, you're saving lives... we'll wait.
And, y'know, take care of yourself.
As an aside I'll be starting the great familial migration tomorrow through to 6 January 2019. We will be driving somewhere in the region of 2,000 km over the time and flying about 8,000 km... so shall be intermittently unable to post or otherwise.
Happy holidaze and christenmas to all and sundry. May your time off be rejuvenating and soulful.
So, just a typical Oz holiday then ;-)
Enjoy.
(I'm staying put and will be forlornly checking for updates. Mostly because I'll be a work - remembering to check in is much harder in my spare time :-)
Safe travels, Mark!
I am coming up for air from the Christmas quicksand. Cards are mailed, shopping is done, I plan to finish wrapping presents tonight. If Tendal hasn't posted by tomorrow-ish, I'll act for him and get the gameplay moving ahead.
Merry Christmas to Mark and Dave in tomorrow-land!
Snake draws his weapon and brings forth his innate magic to better protect himself.
You (and Tendal) have already cast mage armor today, and it has been slightly more than three hours since the fight with Nigel, Remy, and Nico so the spell has expired.
Will go with Divine Favor then.
You (and Tendal) have already cast mage armor today, and it has been slightly more than three hours since the fight with Nigel, Remy, and Nico so the spell has expired.Snake draws his weapon and brings forth his innate magic to better protect himself.
well nuts
Well, with J12 open, Gris is well set for a 15' cone...
Have had less access to interwebs at my parents than expected... but should be back to conniving best in roughly 4 days or so.
Happy ChristenNewYearKwanzaaHanukah!
That is a Frostbite.
Doh! Yep, I totally forgot about Divine Favor. Sheesh. It's a wonder my pc's survive any game I'm in. I forget crap all the time. Blah. :P
Just a short note from the short party member. I'll be off on a bus to Sydney soon for a 3 day Magic the Gathering extravaganza where I'll be furrowing my brow and shuffling small pieces of cardboard before hopefully turning many blue and red coloured things to the right and slamming down a spell with X in it's cost.
As such, I shall be out of internettyness and given that my modicum of gray matter shall be expended on the vagaries of the draw-go format... I shall be relatively silent for a period.
Hopefully I shall be vociferous once more on the 4th of February.
Good luck. Tap some mana for me. :-)
Best of luck, from this Benalish Hero
Wishings of luck are appreciated... however they did not translate into success on the weekend. I was thoroughly and routinely eviscerated, though one did win at least a smattering of games and had some funs. Got some purdy loot out of it as well :)
Those crabs are pretty tough for their CR. Grab + constrict can be brutal!
31 points of damage to a 3rd level character. I'm lucky you went easy on me. :-)
Phillip th-inks for a short span about whether to give Braddon an ink-ling that he was squidding about the crustaceous land-squids... but the raw glance and thoughts of the half-elf's short sword getting lodged in his squid-ney make him reconsquider the thought.
A fleeting moment of whimsy cannot be completely squelched though... "No need to get crabby Braddon, those squiddy bastards really crabbed you good before you krilled them. Who knows how long they've been scuttling about like hermits here. It's not shrimpossible there's some gold stashed away... and if we find some I'll be the first to the shellabration... but lets not get shellfish eh? Keep our thoughts on what else is lurking before we turn to shinier things."
That's amazing. :-D
(So amazing I reprinted the whole thing :-)
Heh... can't take too much credit though. Turns out googling squid puns and crab puns get you 90% of the way there :P
So is someone going to search for treasure? Braddon? Or are you going to worry about getting above flood level when the tide comes in first?
Braddon will set about looking for treasure. Low int, high greed, feeling wronged.
As always, if the party wants to take a different course, they can talk him round. I like to think of it as... "Chaotic Flexible" :-)
Anyone else see Braddon played by a young Tony Curtis?
Braddon will set about looking for treasure. Low int, high greed, feeling wronged.
As always, if the party wants to take a different course, they can talk him round. I like to think of it as... "Chaotic Flexible" :-)
Yeah Snake doesn't really care to be honest. Like... you know... at all. :P
As far as Tony Curtis? Honestly couldn't tell you because I've never seen a Tony C. movie. Know who he is just never had any desire to see anything he's ever done. Just flat out no interest.
If Gris can take 10, his Swim check is 16.
"You know, I have no idea if he understands any of that?"
Until 5th level, when Speak with Master comes online, you're just dealing with Empathic Link which conveys "general emotions." I think that list of instructions is a bit too complex for the butterfly to grok just yet.
Braddon's statline, reads 26/29 HP, is that correct?
Gris will take the vanguard, if Braddon's unwell.
Looks like you're at 24/27 yourself? Or is that not up to date?
I believe Gris IS 24/27, so if Braddon's not as hale as 26/29, Gris will take point.
So we are all together going down the other path then? Tendal is definitely in the back. He is far to squishy and handsome to be in the lead.
Waiting to verify who's in front. If this weren't such a narrow corridor, I'd put Braddon and Gristav side by side, but this is definitely single-file territory.
It's also worth considering that, unless the tunnel opens out into a larger space, only the person in front is likely to be able to engage in melee easily and will provide cover to enemies in front from the perspective of PCs behind him.
(Unless, of course, this is all just a set-up and something's going to pounce on the party from behind when they least expect it. *checks Tendal's flat-footed AC*)
Pretty sure it's Braddon on point, and Phillip heroically taking up the rear :P
Braddon is who I would've figured would be leading the way as well.
Braddon indeed. He ain't waiting for you people to figure out marching order. He's gone. :-)
Bolbo is in front. :)
HEY! Tendal has an amazing flat-foot AC, because he is never caught out flat footed! He is always aware of his surroundings and...where did everyone else go?
So sorry for delay. I HAVE been coming in, looking at the lack of 'x new' messages on the threads, then leaving. Today, I clicked the thread anyway...
So yeah, sorry.
Will post soon.
I'll be writing assuming the last charges of Frostbite remain. I hope that's correct...
So sorry for delay. I HAVE been coming in, looking at the lack of 'x new' messages on the threads, then leaving. Today, I clicked the thread anyway...
So yeah, sorry.
I've heard there's been a case of that going around for some people.
I'll allow frostbite this time but will point out that Gristav was the one to go into the tidal pool after the treasure and explicitly touched several things in the process.
Holding the Charge: If you don't discharge the spell in the round when you cast the spell, you can hold the charge indefinitely. You can continue to make touch attacks round after round. If you touch anything or anyone while holding a charge, even unintentionally, the spell discharges. If you cast another spell, the touch spell dissipates.
Then again, he's spellstriking through his weapon, not his hand, so .... gray area. In future, if you're holding the charge, give me some flavor text in your intercombat actions about the care you're taking to reserve your magic. ;)
So sorry for delay. I HAVE been coming in, looking at the lack of 'x new' messages on the threads, then leaving. Today, I clicked the thread anyway...
So yeah, sorry.
I've heard there's been a case of that going around for some people.
I'll allow frostbite this time but will point out that Gristav was the one to go into the tidal pool after the treasure and explicitly touched several things in the process.
Holding the Charge: If you don't discharge the spell in the round when you cast the spell, you can hold the charge indefinitely. You can continue to make touch attacks round after round. If you touch anything or anyone while holding a charge, even unintentionally, the spell discharges. If you cast another spell, the touch spell dissipates.Then again, he's spellstriking through his weapon, not his hand, so .... gray area. In future, if you're holding the charge, give me some flavor text in your intercombat actions about the care you're taking to reserve your magic. ;)
All more than fair.
But you're right, with the swimming, it's lapsed.
So sorry for delay. I HAVE been coming in, looking at the lack of 'x new' messages on the threads, then leaving. Today, I clicked the thread anyway...
So yeah, sorry.
I've heard there's been a case of that going around for some people.
I'll allow frostbite this time but will point out that Gristav was the one to go into the tidal pool after the treasure and explicitly touched several things in the process.
Holding the Charge: If you don't discharge the spell in the round when you cast the spell, you can hold the charge indefinitely. You can continue to make touch attacks round after round. If you touch anything or anyone while holding a charge, even unintentionally, the spell discharges. If you cast another spell, the touch spell dissipates.Then again, he's spellstriking through his weapon, not his hand, so .... gray area. In future, if you're holding the charge, give me some flavor text in your intercombat actions about the care you're taking to reserve your magic. ;)All more than fair.
But you're right, with the swimming, it's lapsed.
Reading all that again, if you're willing to let me store unused Frostbite 'bites' in the ashen greatwand, it'd be treasonous to the power of the party not to take you up on it.
Whatever you are most comfortable with.
[dice=Ray of Frost@+4]d20+4
[dice=1d3 damage]1d3
Not quite enough even for Touch AC, Gristav.
So gents, anyone opposed to the glacial(!) pacing of having Gristav try to sandpaper these bugs smooth with Ray of Frost? Or should we meleeists charge and leap that bug at the corner to open a second front?
Watching Braddon get crit at has me favoring caution, and the sure victory of ice, ice, baby, from behind the chokepoint where our worst odds are 2:1. We've still a whole untaken path to explore, miles to go before we sleep.
Maybe if I actually _hit_, they'll run away? Maybe target the water? I expect they'll choose under rather than over, if it seems winter is coming.
Man I don't know. I'd say just go ahead and blast away and see what happens.
Braddon has daggers. Gimme 12 seconds :-)
dang. I really gotta knowledge check everything. That is some sweet sweet info.
https://imgur.com/gallery/QIFW7vA
Went to Imgur for the map, and this was right there, and topical.
Apologies for letting that delay go on too long. We're within shouting distance of the end of this adventure. I know Mark and Zeta are both less available now than when we began, so I'm trying to balance between leaving them enough time to respond against playing too much of both sides of the encounters. Spellcasters in particular I'm loath to act for, unless there's a clear optimal choice.
Thank you. The pediatric ICU has been far crappier than I thought it would be.
We started this almost 7 years ago. I don't think anyone is in a rush to finish :-)