
Gemheart |

dropped the improved armor modification which was illegal, and dropped the armor spikes (since they were sorta redundant with my Claws of the Ice Bear).
That freed up 2 customization points, which added to the one from my spiffy new trait to get me two ranged attack options.
a psionic crystal i can create and shoot from my armor for 1d8 dmg, or an energy blast for 1d6. the crystal can be shot as part of a full attack when i get more attacks, but not the energy attack. energy blast is vs touch AC though, which is nice since i dont have any DEX to help my aim. and with a full round action i can change the energy type of the blast.

Deranged_Maniac_Beth |
Yea, I avoid writing poetry/songs for games I run in-person. If I were running this situation in-person I would probably hum something instead.
If I still wanted to create a plot-hook to embed in the song, I would probably just have a harpy speak it. Humming doesn't sound very good over a forum, though.

Midiotoziggeroto |

Haha, i actually quire enjoy doing poetry :) turning in my man card -_-
Still, not too bad :)
Btw, i was supposed to be hovering when the harpies started singing... Mind if i still count as 25ft above the balcony?
will save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
what a powerful song >.> did anyone pass it?

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I leave for one day to do some last minute studying for my exams and you guys throw a pool party without me? :'(
LOL
Sorry about bot posting, cramming for my last final all night.

Midiotoziggeroto |

Haha ya. This game has a way of exploding forward without you :)
Happened to me as well altho instead of a pool party, you guys threw a trans-dimentional dungeon romp!

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@GM next time we do a large amounts of will saves or something similar as a group, May you please roll it all at once so we save a little confusion? Anyone opposed to this idea?

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@Thomas @Mundarion thanks, both of you. also, i have no problem, "as such", with your plan Thomas. However, when i did something similar with my group, it started us down a path where it was really just me narrating a story about the players...

Vassekh-Arokh Yessai |

@Dee - sorry to hear of your loss. Take your time...
@DMB - I thought Thomas meant if you just roll all our Will saves for us at the one time. This has worked perfectly in other PbP's where the DM rolls saves and initiative for the group and we work from there.
I'm happy with whatever works for you...

Deranged_Maniac_Beth |
The potential issue I can see with me rolling saves for everyone is if people have limited-use abilities to boost one saving throw, I may not think to use it, while one of you would.
If people are okay with me rolling saves for them, I can do it, but it might be slightly more error-prone.
That said, I am still relatively new to pbps, and still figuring out what works, so if you all think it would work better with me rolling saves, I can do that. If you have other ideas, I'd like to hear them too.

Vassekh-Arokh Yessai |

Good point on the saves. It makes it hard for people to say before the roll they want to buff themselves. Hmmm.

Midiotoziggeroto |

well as one of those guys with a save booster (I get a racial ability to boost my saves by 4 as an immediate action) heres a thought. You roll for saves if we all have to take them, then we can retroactively apply our activateble bonuses. this does make them more powerful but only on the saves that affect everyone (like the sirens call). What do you think?

Vassekh-Arokh Yessai |

I was going to post what Midio said, but didn't seeing as it was game-able. But if everyone else is OK with it, I'm game.

Vassekh-Arokh Yessai |

The weirdest thing happened with my post.
I previewed my Perception roll, then re-previewed it with the results of my CLW use - everything fine.
I previewed again with a second CLW and it showed
1d8 + 1 = 8 + 1 = 9
1d8 + 1 = 8 + 1 = 9
for the CLWs
and
1d20 + 8 = 12 + 8 = 20
for the Perception.
which were not, as you can see my actual rolls.
I posted it, thinking I'd be able to own up to my real rolls in an edit but it luckily turned back to normal. Weird.

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Ah of course, posting from down in australia here, so everyone is posting at 4-5AM my time >_< no wonder i never seem to be posting anywhere near the times you guys do...

Gobo Horde |

Ya i live up in canada, but chances are i qm posting at 4 anyways ^_^
Ive done some testing with the RNG and here are my results, if your interested :)
The rng works by assigning a string of numbers to each die number and a string to each topic thread. So every die that the rng can create (1 to 1001) has a string of numbers.
For example.
D10
4
6
2
10
5
8
4
10
that would go on forever (eventually it would loop, probably after some couple thousand rolls, i dunno :) and each thread would have its own string (so one for gameplay, one for discussion, one for recruitment ect).
Thats all a RNG is, a massive string of numbers.
Next up is the program. It is designed in a way as to limit cheating. It is set up so that every time a die is rolled, it is taken from the list in the exact same order and starting at the same spot (its placevalue) and it refreshes every time you hit the preview or submit button.
For example. If it had the following strings.
1d10: 4, 7, 6, 2
1d20: 5, 20, 15, 3, 2
And you wanted to make a perception check and attack twice.
Your first roll would be 5 for perception, then you would roll
Att 20
Dam 4
Att 15
Dam 7
And then you hit the preview button.
Noticing you crit, you decided to insert a crit confirm and damage roll in there and resent. You would finish off with
Per 5
Att 20
Dam 4
Crit? 15
Crit dam 7
Att 3
Dam 6
Keeping the string the same.
There are however, 2 ways you can cheat.
The first is if you pre-view the string of numbers. For instance, roll 5d20, getting 4, 10, 20, 3, 12.
You then decide to do a oerception roll, then do a sense motive roll, THEN do an att roll. That way you know it will come up as the crit.
The second is when you delete threads. If you posted the first 2 rolls, hit submit, it locks those rolls in, moving the placevalue down. Next you do your "actual post" starting with the att roll (and thetefore the crit), submit it, and then delete the previous post. You have now skipped the two bad rolls.
This comes down to integerty :)

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oh, those evil RNG... always finding ways to mess you up... playing baldur's gate 1, got slaughtered by 2nd ed kobolds because of a string of crits against my party...

Vassekh-Arokh Yessai |

Ah of course, posting from down in australia here, so everyone is posting at 4-5AM my time >_< no wonder i never seem to be posting anywhere near the times you guys do...
[emphasis mine] You are of course assuming I am not also in Australia.
Ah, the impetuosity of youth... ;)

Mundarion |

Spokane, WA. But I have a bizarre work schedule and no life, so I could either be on almost any time or out of touch for 20 hours or more. It all depends.
I had the chance to visit Australia several times when I was in the Navy. I really enjoyed it. If I ever got a lot of money I didn't know what to do with I would go back there in a heartbeat for some serious tourism. :-)

Midiotoziggeroto |

Well i hope you guys like getting moved around... I am realizing that i can do a huge amount of teleporting and moving people/things around. In fact, i should be able to set up flanking extremely easilly :p
Next, got to look into how to improve concentration checks and combat casting...

Mundarion |

Not sure what I can do to the darn thing. Casting "Gravity Bow" would be my preferred tactic but that might not work against something that eats magic. My regular longbow damage of 1d8+1 might just tickle it. I suppose I could cast "Shield" and have Midio port me to where I could flank, but I'm not a heavy melee type. I'll re - read the gravity bow spell description again and think about it some more.
Added in edit: The gravity bow spell effects the arrows just before they hit and lasts until just after they hit. Might have to stick to just using the longbow as is.

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My only weapon is a blade of PSIONIC ENERGY. I didn't think this through very well lol. I wonder if a blunt weapon will do it lol. I'm just gonna fight defensively and act as a skirmisher for now I guess.