To heck with pride, Ikto is trying to get some freaking attention from NON Gremlins here!
It's been less than 30 seconds of IC time, so it is reasonable that no one has reacted yet.
However, I do want to bring up a tactics question. This is not meant to be an attack or anything, but Ikto's round confuses me.
He stood, raised a shield, and drew a sling.
But, his sling is his worst ranged attack. His sling is +4 for 1d6 and needs to be reloaded, so it's 2 actions to use once.
His Ignition (the Remastered name for Produce Flame), is at +7 to Hit, for 2d4 damage, and if you do it at melee range, that becomes 2d6.
Given that with either option, you are inside the unluck aura, the better to hit is just better.
He also has Shocking Grasp, which while he can't use this round, is just insane. Tempest Surge is also a good spell for the maul one. I'm guessing he has a lower Reflex save, and if he fails the save making him Clumsy 2 helps Za Minyahil and M'baba tons.
Stand/cast would be more impactful. If you are worried about being hit again, Stand, Raise Shield, Stride to get out of the unluck aura for a cast next round would also make sense.
Again, I am not trying to be critical. I'm trying to understand the thought process. I think understanding how we all make decisions in combat will help us gel and become more effective in combat.
He stood because he was prone.
He raised his shield because every other strike is a crit and he wanted to reduce that chance.
He grabbed a sling because he only had one action left and that takes one action.. which was a mistake but the rest makes sense given his goals. Honestly at this point I expect SOMEONE to go down and Ikto will heal them as best he can.
He has used his focus point for Tempest Surge and cannot cast that again.
His plan has been from the start to stay out of the unluck aura.
Obviously that plan is FUBAR... at the moment.
However if he backs out of the effect again, If I am right, the unluck aura stops affecting him (And will resume if he gets in the area of effect again). He has a chance to hit again so he had a better ranged attack to hit from say 30 feet than he would in melee.
He probably should have used his third action to back away with another stride but then there's the 'someone is going to get critted again and the heal might be needed' conundrum but hindsight is twenty twenty.
That makes sense.
As a support caster, I'm trying to learn how the rest of you like to make combat decisions, as that helps me figure out what spells I want to prepare each day to be in the position to support the group's style.
Regarding Shield Block - I understood and have always run this how ZM thinks in their OOC post, but apparently that was incorrect.
From AoN(emphasis mine): You snap your shield in place to ward off a blow. Your shield prevents you from taking an amount of damage up to the shield’s Hardness. You and the shield each take any remaining damage, possibly breaking or destroying the shield.
I will run it differently from now on, and thanks for the lesson...though I kind of like my way better...
Huh. Okay, good to know!
Bad news, our router at home died so I'm gonna be limited to phone-posting until we get it replaced. Please feel free to bot Za Minyahil as needed to keep the game rolling.
Unfortunate, but thanks for the heads up. Hope you get it running again soon!
I do too. My brain is trash and I live on the internet.
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Good news, new router already! I'm back in action!
That's great. Welcome back!