The Fulcrum of Ages

Game Master Tech5bb

But does it negate criticals cause i rolled a nat 20?

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That's an interesting point. I'll take the attack for now; it's not going to kill me. And I'll post that question in the playtest thread, because it would do us well to get an answer from the devs.

i'll assume its doesnt confirm because as i read it you use the roll as your AC so as the nat 20 always hits i would still need to beat 29 in this case to confirm so just take the 4 points.

A nat 20 always hits. Even a level 1 commoner can stab a level 20 paladin 5% of the time. Whether it confirms or not depends on if the confirmation roll beat her AC, which it sounds like it did not, so it should be a regular hit.

Specific trumps general, though. The general rule is that a natural 20 always hits, but the specific wording of the feat may overrule it. I'll take the normal hit, but it'll be a good question to ask the developers anyway, just to see how they intended it.

No, it most certainly does not. You basically treat your attack roll as your AC against the attack, and at that point it's just attack roll vs AC. Feel free to ask though, it couldn't hurt.

Is the last centaur damaged?

Is the last centaur damaged?

Not sure. And sorry y'all for the goof. I forgot you can't intimidate and attack at the same time.

Yeah the last centaur has taken a few hits.

Also no retcon on the attacks zaci. Got to get clear on the basic bud. :)

How does Morgrym channel positive energy? He worships an evil deity.

he has a neutral alignment which means he can choose when he build the character. but he is locked into that unless he takes a fet to let him choose between heal or harm

Sorry about that. I can delete my post if you like.

yeha might be good thanks

he has a neutral alignment which means he can choose when he build the character. but he is locked into that unless he takes a fet to let him choose between heal or harm

That's not entirely correct.

A good cleric (or a neutral cleric who worships a good deity) channels positive energy and can choose to deal damage to undead creatures or to heal living creatures. An evil cleric (or a neutral cleric who worships an evil deity) channels negative energy and can choose to deal damage to living creatures or to heal undead creatures. A neutral cleric of a neutral deity (or one who is not devoted to a particular deity) must choose whether she channels positive or negative energy.

Only neutral clerics who worship neutral deities (or no deity) has the choice to select positive or negative energy.

Tech5bb wrote:

he has a neutral alignment which means he can choose when he build the character. but he is locked into that unless he takes a fet to let him choose between heal or harm

That's not entirely correct.

Channel Energy wrote:

A good cleric (or a neutral cleric who worships a good deity) channels positive energy and can choose to deal damage to undead creatures or to heal living creatures. An evil cleric (or a neutral cleric who worships an evil deity) channels negative energy and can choose to deal damage to living creatures or to heal undead creatures. A neutral cleric of a neutral deity (or one who is not devoted to a particular deity) must choose whether she channels positive or negative energy.

Only neutral clerics who worship neutral deities (or no deity) has the choice to select positive or negative energy.

I just checked as well and he's right.

And I just deleted my post and sorry about that y'all. I just feel bad that I goofed up on the intimidate failure and that has cost us the entire battle and most likely will result in a tpk! So yeah I'm banging my head now at how stupid I am.

do you want me to retcon that everyone takes 17 points of damage?

im going to allow it otherwise your healing ability as a party is going to suck and your going to die soon :).... have a nice day!

@Zaci your fine mate, you certainly didnt cost the group the whole bbattle and i doubt you will tpk from this encounter, maybe soon, but not now :P {insert evil laugh here}

If you decide to houserule it that's fine, I was just sayings that's not how it works with RAW.

yes i agree with you, your right. i have to house rule it, other wise your cleric cant channel to heal and he can only spontaneously cast inflict spells. so to avoid a rebuild or getting a new player, i'm house ruling he has chosen positive channeling.

If you need a rebuild i get it but i know the rules and i made the cleric the way i did hoping to get a friendly gm ruling because i thought the character idea interesting that way. I made a choice combat wise to not take selective channel and at this pt in the combat felt you all could handle what happened in order to help some low hp comrades, it was a choice made because of damage and bleed on foes and assuredly one i wont make every or each time

nope no rebuild needed. i dont think an evil worshiping cleric channeling positive energy is game breaking.

I forgot to mention that Zaci is looking for more than just items: she's also looking for anything like markings, tattoos, symbols, etc that might indicate who they are, where they're from, if they were working for someone, etc.

So she's looking for both items and information. I didn't have time to put that in as the post I rolled a 30 on perception was while working and that was just moments before I got slammed by customers. Sorry about that.

also i would appreciate it if everyone could keep your quick stats updated especially your hp. just one less thing i need to track. plus if your close to death but i think your on full health well..... s@%% could go wrong :P

So this is what I get for not keeping better notes.

GM, how long have we been on the road for?

You have been travelling for 20 hours (12 then 8) by the time you wake up it will be 3pm on the second say since you disembarked.

in the interest of keeping things moving im going to throw everyone a bone;

here is the important scroll you were given by the captain when you disembarked the ship

So raise your hand if you were surprised when I revealed that Zaci was a vegetarian!

so i noticed that the posting place is slowing a bit, is there anything i can do to help you all get motivated? as in would you like less RP and more combat?

I think it's just the honeymoon phase of the game dying out. The first part of every campaign is super fast, then it slows down a bit.

I suppose right now we're just ready to move forward. We need more information before planning anything.

I was generally giving other people a chance to post and am looking forward to either rp or combat!

@ Maldrek, i know your character likes to plan and get ready before hand so i wanted to give you a bit more information and context for your character.

The technic league is a very tightly controlled organisation and they are fiercely protective of the silver mountain, as it is the source of most of their powers.

Powerful arcanists have protected the mountain from magical divination and scrying. Also those permitted inside the complex have powerful wards against the same magic as as well as deadly enchantments that would kill them and who ever they are talking too if they were to try and reveal any secrets.

This means that almost nothing is known about the Technic league and that literally nothing is known about the inner working of the complex. This is going to be a smash and grab mission where your characters will have to think on their feet.

Your characters were chosen by the council because together you should have all the skills to overcome any obstacles the technic league might throw at you.

while this probably wont make your character feel any better about the state of the mission hopefully it might help him focus on the task at hand :P

Thanks, that does help a lot. So this is an opportunistic smash and grab, not a long-term heist. Much riskier, but you have to take what opportunities you have available.

Just to let y'all know I'm not at mad at everyone. My character might be but I'm not. ;P

Man... What a lousy initiative roll. Well, good luck, folks! :P

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It happens. But yeah hopefully we'll make it through this!

What I understood from the Snap Shot ability, I'm treated as rolling a 20 for initiative, allowing myself an action in the surprise round just like anyone else who would have rolled a 20 for initiative.

Not quite. Snap Shot allows you to treat your initiative rolls as a 20 for a surprise round. That means if you are acting in the surprise round, then you get to treat your initiative as a 20. If you would not normally be acting in the surprise round then snap shot does nothing, just as it says at the end.

If a rogue is prevented from acting in the surprise round, this talent has no effect.

I assumed that referred to being incapable of acting due to no ranged weapon ready, but that does make sense I guess

I think its the soldiers turn then Elenora then top of the next round?

yeah white dove, then soldiers, then eleanora

Just curious here but can I use my ki points to increase my ac by 4 and use wholeness of body at the same time? I doubt it but I was wondering just in case. Wholeness is a standard action while the ac bonus is a swift action.

Oh silly me, I should have rolled a knowledge check to identify any strengths and weaknesses of the soldiers. I may not be involved in the combat but I could shout advice.

yes you can use your ki to boost AC as a swift then heal with wholeness of body as a standard.

yes you can use your ki to boost AC as a swift then heal with wholeness of body as a standard.

Cool and thank you!

Whose turn is it?

I was wondering the same thing myself.

I believe it's mine. I've had a rough week, and I should have asked the GM to bot me. Sorry for holding this up, folks. If I don't get a post up tonight, GM, just bot me and move on.

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It's alright. No harm done. I hope things improve for you!

GM, just in case, do the cramped conditions in our current location impose any penalties? Reduced movement speed, penalties to attack rolls, etc?

Are we missing players? I really like this game and would like to see lur post speed pick up

Not sure. It has slowed down some lately though.