Grens already asleep and awaiting being woken
Definitely forgot about lighting a torch. So much for stealth.
Just for illustrative purposes, the fountain looks like this one - except with bones and blood and all that stuff.
Oh fun. :)
Also, just et me know if I get too over the top or anything. I can overdo it at times.
By the way, would you guys prefer to be given a map of the caves you explore, or are you fine with how we've been running it thus far?
Theatre of the mind works for me, maps for combat only is fine. I'll probably ask a few clarification questions related to flying though.
That's largely not on the available maps anyway.
Same here!
Well, maps do help for exploration when we're trying to figure out where we haven't visited yet. XD Fortunately, if you have a PDF copy, snapshotting and brushing over places the party hasn't been yet is pretty easy.
I'm good either way.
Google Images works very well for maps to move tokens on, and Imgur is an easy upload for static maps. ^^ I use both regularly for online games.
I think we'll keep going as we are, then. If extreme confusion arises, I might end up doing mapping for you, as you say it's fairly easy.
For now though, we have combat. All of you beat their initiatives, so that's good.
Gren is prepared to stab them in the face.
I will be on vacation for the next week...Posting will be inconsistent and I'll be on mobile so I won't be able to move myself in a fight. Bot me if needed.
Whelp... that was fairly pathethic. Anyway, the entire party is up.
xp: 90 for each of you.
Alternative things to backtrack and explore, in order of you coming across them:
-The giant room with the fountain of blood and bones.
-The deep pool with giant frogs at the foot of the stairs.
-The eastern tunnel at the T section with the sinkhole.
In the lower part of the large cavern:
-The 4ft. deep pit in the northeastern side of the large cavern, and the tunnel beyond.
-The second tunnel in the large cavern, leading north-east.
-The half-concealed third tunnel in the large cavern, leading west.
Up on the ledge in the large cavern:
-The tunnel leading south from the large cavern. This is the one with the rats.
I support anything except the pool with the frogs. Fighting aquatic creatures in their element is a good way to get eaten.
How about the second tunnel in the large cavern?
If it helps, I deal full damage to swarms with my kinetic blasts. It's not as nice as having spammable AoE blasts to use on them, but...
Even with your blast dealing bludgeoning damage? Huh. I guess the kineticist isn't totally hosed.
I like to imagine a large bludgeon being the best thing for smacking swarms with, as opposed to, say, just kind of poking at the middle of their area. XD But yes, it's very clear on that. "Even the weakest kinetic blast involves a sizable mass of elemental matter or energy, so kinetic blasts always deal full damage to swarms of any size (though only area blasts deal extra damage to swarms)."
So, there's a rerecruitment going on for a game I'm in. The characters are great, the GM is good, and the only complaint I have is that it moves a little slowly. If you're looking for another game, check out the thread and see if you can think of something that tickles your fancy.
Recruitment thread
Gameplay thread
We are in dire need of a healer. Just something to keep in mind.
Any XP for the skeletons?
Yeah, the 90 I mentioned. Easy encounters give low xp.
Just getting caught up...thought that was for the suicidal stirges
Yeah no, no xp for those.
Yeah, in fairness, that was more of a "huh, okay" than an encounter. XD
I hadn't realised the implications of that sort of wind before setting up the encounter.
Yeah, those striges won a Darwin for sure with that one. :D
Yeah, it's a tough tactical situation alright. Can't see it helping us out a ton if you are totally surrounded. Seems like you would get hit 2 or 3 times at least. At the same time, the rats will keep backfilling any space we make for at least another 5 or 6 rounds and I'm not sure you and Arianna can hold out that long
Don't be afraid to switch with me if you need to. I have decent AC and DR 2/Ada.
And I can keep you healed.
The problem is she can't easily switch with you because I am in the way and we are crawling with 5 ft movement. Unless there is something up that I am missing.
Although maybe the answer is to keep pushing forward and use Lorian's channels to keep us alive.
Does anyone have some splash weapons on them? Arianna can keep the rats off Zatinya and fight defensively for a +2 to her AC, though she'll have to attack with only one weapon since the -4 is going to drive her hit chances down pretty hard. Zati can then toss the weapons that are handed to her to thin the swarm. Even if they succeed in their saves, they still take half-damage and dire rats don't have gobs of HP to begin with.
I got nothing.
I don't get Impale until Level 7, and that's a line instead of a cone. I do agree that some kind of slash/explosive things would be pretty handy right now... we may want to go shopping in the near future and see if we can pick some up.
I could memorize one or two spells doing splash damage, but nothing at the moment. And Lorien is a buffer/Summoner, not a Damage dealer.
Guess we're doing this the hard way then, unless you think we can retreat quickly enough to get a barrier or three between us and the rats.
Well, we will have to crawl away...
Sounds good! Let's go for it. Ari and Z push on as much as possible while I try to stab. We do our best to push into the room and Lorien channels when needed.
...except our brave DM
I would like to state for the record that I'm around, but until the situation changes Kesh can't act so he'll be Delaying every round until the way forward is clear. Just so I'm not repeating that every two days or so.
Sorry! I'm here! Except I'm headed on vacation tomorrow, so it might be a week before I post again.
Except if there's wifi, then I'll give this some attention in the evenings.
Gren can fit into Zatinya's square too, if both of them squeezes.