The Once & Future KingMaker

Game Master Aest

Not so familiar with lightning elementals, but I do like earth elementals. They're 2nd level so you get 1d3 of them. They're slow moving with good AC and are hard hitting.

Lightning elementals are fast little buggers and can be there in one round, but I take your point about AC and damage output....

And of course, elementals have the benefit of being immune to poison. :D

I don't know anything about lightning elementals but I've seen earth elementals used to great effect. Either way, I'd summon something melee-oriented in behind them if possible.

Well this is gonna be rough, the mites are moving in haha. Two knights on Seraph. Yeesh!

Well... ye know whut t'is they say.

"Once a knight, always a knight. Twice a night... an' yer doin' all right..."

XD

Lmao. XD

I'm glad we got past Mega Ant and got to Asta, that would have been really bad if she got ganked by ants. ( >.<);

But I also wish I was close to my Paladin Bond Level. I mean, could I take a Ant as a bonded steed. XD I could dress a horse up as one stat wise but still. How cool would it be to have a Knight Ant as a Paladin's horse?

I like the visual. Can use it for rescuing trapped miners, it can haul Heavy loads and it's just plain neat. XD lol

Oh! I forgot to note that the horse is actually my summoned earth elemental.

Haha. Are you going to add the SR to Strawberry's stat line?

Also does SR stop Cure Spells? Like will her allies be unable to help her?

Though My Lay On Hands would be fine I think. Not a spell. Nyan~

Guys, I've held off on this long enough, but no one is listening and/or paying attention. Focus down on wounded enemies whenever possible. Five wounded ants is five attacks and poison saves. We are making this much harder on ourselves then it needs to be by spreading the damage around instead of focusing!

At a minimum with the hits we've had, the yellow and cyan should be dead by now.

That earth elemental should be behind the ants to help with flanking bonuses.

I thought about placing the elemental more stratigcally but instead placed it to make it harder for the ants to get to Asta. Also, Strawberry's going to retreat if she fails another poison save. Our defense line could have had a hole in it.

I thought her SR was in that stat line. I'll correct that.

I thought about placing the elemental more stratigcally but instead placed it to make it harder for the ants to get to Asta. Also, Strawberry's going to retreat if she fails another poison save. Our defense line could have had a hole in it.

I thought her SR was in that stat line. I'll correct that.

Np, just was curious. I miss things a lot too. :) Just glad to help!

I thought about placing the elemental more strategically but instead placed it to make it harder for the ants to get to Asta. Also, Strawberry's going to retreat if she fails another poison save. Our defense line could have had a hole in it.

EXACTLY why we have to down wounded enemies. If yellow/cyan are dead, this isn't as much of a problem.

Sorry, will adjust aim.

Of course, the dice roller letting me hit anything would be nice too....

On second thought, my former response was bad. Anyone who read that, I apologize. But I hate blanket posts like this. So f#!! it, going to bed. I'm playing in character, we've had a ton of bad rolls and all I expect out of anyone is to roleplay their character. Nothing less.

Was their a sloppy moment with Mega Ant? Yep, cost me two+ rounds of heartache. But I buffed, so no real loss. Also i'm gonna take care of that after the fight. Not here. Besides that, play your character and lets have fun.

Peace.

Sorry, will adjust aim.

Of course, the dice roller letting me hit anything would be nice too....

Yeah, that's not helping any of us. If anyone is not happy with my comments, just say so, but tactics are my specialty. Sorry, years in the army as a small unit leader in combat makes me sensitive to that. Seraph is our only real tank, we have to support her (and SBD) to the best our ability. That means reducing attacks on them/supporting with flanks/etc when we can.

Using smart tactics does not preclude playing in character by ANY stretch of the imagination, and I am no way stating that anyone hasn't been doing their job or should stop being in character.

I'm trying to win this, and not let anyone die. It's a cleric thing...

Sunset, wrote:

Sorry, will adjust aim.

Of course, the dice roller letting me hit anything would be nice too....

Yeah, that's not helping any of us. If anyone is not happy with my comments, just say so, but tactics are my specialty. Sorry, years in the army as a small unit leader in combat makes me sensitive to that. Seraph is our only real tank, we have to support her (and SBD) to the best our ability. That means reducing attacks on them/supporting with flanks/etc when we can.

Using smart tactics does not preclude playing in character by ANY stretch of the imagination, and I am no way stating that anyone hasn't been doing their job or should stop being in character.

I'm trying to win this, and not let anyone die. It's a cleric thing...

I don't disagree with having tactics, we were sloppy. Totally agree. Just felt like we were nit picking but i understand more clearly now.

I am also trying to roleplay her wisdom 8. So she isn't quick on uptake in combat and she tends to have a very naive view of things outside of combat. Hence why she didn't foresee this coming betrayal or the weakness in the treaty. She targeted the biggest threat and this round is adjusting. But our strike at the entrance was pretty straight forward. Just a step at a time with me/her.

So Cyan is down. Thankfully.

With your hit Doran maybe yellow too. Not sure.

Seeing this post i understand more clearly. I will try and be better about it and appreciate your guys support always.

I built a very niche character but she does the taking a beating, dishing out damage and resisting everything that comes at her hopefully quite well.

But i agree that SBD needs the rest of the ants off her, which hopefully Seraph can do this round.

Now is it bad of me to want a knight ant as a paladin mount? I mean seriously how cool would it be to have a mount that can burrow and give you total cover and all sorts of stuff like that.

Thank you for providing a flanking bonus on the Knight Ant, totally spaced it for a moment before looking at the battle map. But it's helping my strikes.

GM Glyn So I don't know if you are seeing my Swf action Lay on hands. but I thought I'd placed it here. I am updating my HP each round.

I've healed around 8 hp and taken 16 dmg, If I am following the numbers right anyway. :)

Just FYI and holy cow! The Mites and us are in a pitched battle!

Hooray for summoning spells, that's all I can say. ^^;

Sunset, please don't spray the green knight ant with burning hands again, you'll roast my swarm now it's on top of the ugly beast. ;)

For planning purposes, here are the spells I have left:
0 - Detect magic, Ray of frost, Stabilize, Touch of fatigue
1 - Ear-piercing scream, Summon monster I
2 - Haunting mists, Umbral weapon

And of course I can still give people Healing Hexes.

Justinian, would you like me to move up next round and cast
Umbral weapon for you? I'd usually cast it for Seraph, but it's a mite crowded. Haaa.... puns.

Alternatively, anyone who's really badly-hurt and not Sunset can come to me for a Healing Hex. (I only exclude Sunset because I already gave her a healing charge today. Sorry, pal. :-/)

Or I can start up my last summoning spell. Maybe send a celestial eagle into the fray and pick off a couple of Mites.

Asta

Hahah, the puns...

If only I had Cleave little punks wouldn't be so keen to swarm me!

Seraph
Round 4: Bite 10 damage
Round 5: LoH 5; Sting 11
Round 6: LoH 3;

I have Seraph with 21 damage and 8 Heal for 13 total

Also Seraph, If you join the Mite's army I'm sure the Mite king can set you up with a Knight Ant mount!!!

I'm surprised one of the mites actually hit! A blow for mite kind.

Soon, they can all hit.
The floor.

Eyeballssssss..... :D

Oh! well dang I missed that! will correct!

Round 6: Bold may Act: (Spells: Bless +1, 5 of 10r)
Seraph: 5+11=16 dam

Nvm! I see where I mesed up. Silly me. and Thank you! HP is updated!

I was going off this from your last post haha.

Seraph's body belongs to Asta, as much as I may want one she won't betray her Witch Queen. >.O

But NICE TRY! XD

Okay, who ordered the ant pancakes? :D Order's up!

OK. Now I'm lost. Which elemental is Torod's?

The lower left one, to the left of Justinian.

OK. Now I'm lost. Which elemental is Torod's?

You two should be summoning masters by now...

;)

I had all of mine placed around the outside. ^_^
And Tomaru's the real master of summoning, I just dabble.

I had all of mine placed around the outside. ^_^

And Tomaru's the real master of summoning, I just dabble.

Says the wizard who dropped a bebilith in the middle of my map...

Its easy when they're all my summonses. Tomaru never even thinks about summoning evil outsiders. Its all good guys for him.

^^; I thought that glabrezu was going to be much tougher than it was, so I wanted to bring in a specialist in demon-slaying. Lesson learned, though.

Lol, sounds like a fun adventure. :)

The Mite King was downed by an elemental, Ha! XD

Nicely done!

Yup. My army rocks. ;)

Yes it does. Dem punz ;)

So 5 Alchemist's potions left, feel free to replenish what you used so you are all re-equipped for the next time. Since Seraph is basically the volunteer Burning Woman at this point. She also has a horrible ranged attack so yeah...

Scroll of Ant Haul (apg, 25 gp) Sunset
Scroll of Command (cr, 25 gp) Asta
Scroll of Effortless Armor (uc, 150 gp) Justinian or Seraph

After selling all of these and dividing the coin among us, we each receive 592.7 gold
Coins 54 pp, 803 gp, 546 sp, 2440 cp
Aquamarine (500 gp)
Azurite (11 gp)
Black Pearl (550 gp)
Chrysoprase (50 gp)
Citrine (50 gp)
Freshwater Pearl (10 gp)
Hematite (8 gp)
Jade (90 gp)
Lapis Lazuli (9 gp)
Onyx (65 gp)
Opal (650 gp)
Peridot (35 gp)
Rose Quartz (55 gp)
2 x Saltwater Pearl (120 gp)
Tigereye (12 gp)
Turquoise (11 gp)
Zircon (55 gp)
Wand of Light (cr, 375 gp)
Wand of Produce Flame (cr, 750 gp)

Justinian can have the scroll. It's a paladin 2 spell. Oracle isn't on the list.

Roger that Torod and thanks for the list!

I think we can safely flog the wand of Light.
Torod, would you like the wand of Produce flame?

No. I need the money for a wand of clw. We need at least one of those in the party.

So only 500+ if we sell all the gems, the wands and spread the coinage?

540 + 803 + 60 + 500 + 11 + 550 + 50 + 50 + 10 + 8 + 90 + 9 + 65 + 650 + 35 + 55 + 120 + 120 + 12 + 11 + 55 + 375 + 750 = 4929

4809 / 5 = 985.8 gp each

Minus the wands = 540 + 803 + 60 + 500 + 11 + 550 + 50 + 50 + 10 + 8 + 90 + 9 + 65 + 650 + 35 + 55 + 120 + 120 + 12 + 11 + 55 = 3804

3684 / 5 = 760.8 gp each

Coins 54 pp, 803 gp, 546 sp, 2440 cp
Aquamarine (500 gp)
Azurite (11 gp)
Black Pearl (550 gp)
Chrysoprase (50 gp)
Citrine (50 gp)
Freshwater Pearl (10 gp)
Hematite (8 gp)
Jade (90 gp)
Lapis Lazuli (9 gp)
Onyx (65 gp)
Opal (650 gp)
Peridot (35 gp)
Rose Quartz (55 gp)
2 x Saltwater Pearl (120 gp)
Tigereye (12 gp)
Turquoise (11 gp)
Zircon (55 gp)
Wand of Light (cr, 375 gp)
Wand of Produce Flame (cr, 750 gp)

I will get to updating the Loot Sheet, for more accurate tracking gain.

I will verify my numbers above, but feel free to double check me. I just thought with all those gems and such the figures were a bit low.

Looks like my numbers were off. I don't know what I did, but in double checking yours look more right.

1422 Coin
2281 Gems
562.5 Wands (sold for half)
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4265.5 Total
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853.1 Each

You need more ranks in math.

Not interested in the scroll of EA. Add to the list of sell-offs.

^ Agreed.

That's 30 gp more for each of us.

We can buy multiple wands of CLW, or I can invest in a scroll or two to augment our magical arsenal. I'm sure the power to hurl Lightning bolts among our enemies would come in handy. ;)