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Firetongue moves up and sends a bolt of flame towards the Warden, but misses.

Attack: 1d20 + 6 - 4 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 6 - 4 - 4 = -1
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

"Spleen and heart and guts and liver, die he will not nor will his lips quiver." Firetongue treats Blackerly, and sedates him enough so he won't be a problem for another hour.

Heal Take 10: 10 + 3 + 2 = 15

Firetongue moves up to Blackerly and attempts to stabilize the man. "Now you live, not time to die, but if you do, I'll eat your face like a pie!"

Heal: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Heal: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
Heal: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

Firetongue gives chase of the Sergeant, singing as he goes. "Little guard, circumstances so dire, running so hard, but I'll still light you on FIRE!"

Double move. Party is up.

Null kills one of the dogs while Tinn injures a guard upon him. Things begin to look grim until a door opens and Seargent Blackerly comes out towards the guards. "What are you doing!? Take those prisoners alive, darn you! We have to make a showing of them, and that's worth more than the lot of you. Get that animal restrained too before it kills someone. Yer soldiers, not murderers like them, you hear me?"

The sudden appearance causes the guards to look around in confusion for a moment before following his orders. One guard comes up and pulls back the attack dog while the other two stow their bows and draw padded clubs, moving up to engage the tieflings. In the back, the guards do the same.

Firetongue steps back and belches fire, but misses the guard near him.

Party is up.

Round 3
Firetongue (Fire bolt, miss.)
Fantomos ()
Guard Dog (Restrained)
Null ()
Grumblejack ()
Tinn ()
Blackerly ()
Guards ()

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Firetongue moves up and belches flame at the guard, dropping him.

Firetongue unleashes a blast of flame directly into a guard's face, melting some of his skin off. "BURN!!!"

Firebolt: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 5 - 4 = 21; 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Firebolt: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 5 - 4 = 19; 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Firetongue sees the others wait, and does the same.

Round 2

Firetongue looks up at the duergar, the only one of these freaky tall things he recognizes, and asks in undercommon...

Delay

Round 1

Seeing the others trying to kick open the door. Firetongue takes a different approach. Moving up he sings a little song, "Goblin sees, goblin burp, look at me, I watch you burn!" Suddenly he erupts a ball of flame towards one of the guards, though it strikes the bars, the guard recoiling back slightly.

Firebolt - Cover: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 5 - 4 = 7
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Escape Artist: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
Escape Artist: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
Escape Artist: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

First round where you both assist, got it.

The goblin turns to look at Null, and replies to him in the same language, though more sing song.

Firetongue belches a blast of flame at the male, along with the others, hitting him on and igniting him.

Iymiira and Null miss the target.

Target?: 1d2 ⇒ 2

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Round 1
Firetongue
Iymiira
Null
Servant

And another at the woman next round, the blast striking her like a blown kiss on the mouth as she's about to scream, burning up the air in her lungs before she can exhale the shout for aid.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Firetongue breaks off, this an expected part of his duties, "As the king, I must protect my servants, yes. Now where to go? And what's a warden? Probably pointy and spiky, knowing mistress."

The goblin is gone for a few moments before returning, responding in undercommon, "At the bottom of the stairs is a door. It's open enough for me to have fit through. A guard is on the other side sleeping in the corner. In the hallway there are four doors, two to the left, one to the right, and one at the far end. I didn't go further, but listened to each. I heard nothing. I did claim a trophy from the guard though!" At this he holds up a set of bootlaces.

Round 2

Firetongue lays his hands upon his mistress, restoring her wounds. "Why do drow get jealous when I do this?"

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Round 1

Firetongue sends a belch of flame outward from his throat hurtling towards the guard.

Firebolt - in melee: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 5 - 4 = 4
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

The check to break the new manacles is a 22 Strength check. Every check gives the guards a chance to hear you though.

Firetongue examines the semi-clear cloth. "Powerful magic it has. It makes you clean when you rub it over your body, takes away snot! Keep it away, it's evil magic indeed!"

Firetongue looks at Null, "How you want me do that? My hands no free, see?" He shakes his freed hand at Null before realizing it wasn't in the shackle. He pulls his other hand free to rub his sore wrist, "Ah, the human servants have made sure their king is free."

He turns to the drow, attempting to quietly stand up, "Mistress, what you have me do now?" "She no sneaky like goblin, too loud."

Firetongue pulls against the shackles quietly, "No, Firetongue cannot sneak out of the shackles. Not at all." As he relaxes his hands, he then brings one out of it's shackle to wipe his nose with before setting it on his lap. "What does dwarf think I am, magic goblin?"

Escape Artist: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

"Mistress, goblins do not good they taste. Better to feast on human guards, much more fit and preserved." Firetongue looks about as the duergar begins to break the chains, quietly clapping at the show.

As Firetongue sees the room, he can't help but stare at the rafters, "Those light up good, methinks, building crash and burn!"

Schtroumpf

Firetongue casts Disguise Smurf

Round 1

Firetongue sneaks up behind the guard and punches him in the kneecap. "For Asmodeus!!"

Move action sneak behind guard, standard to punch guard.

Stealth: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (7) + 16 = 23
Goblin Punch: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Damage: 1d2 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0

Goblin Punch: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Damage: 1d2 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0

Here's some examples...

"This is speaking."

"This is thinking."

This is Out of Character.

DOT

I thought I dedicate a whole thread to the class that worries me most. Maybe we can gather all small and big suggestions here.
The long version:
Casters have gotten closer to the fighter when it comes to combat abilities. The proficiency system allows casters to not trail much behind the Fighter. Level 1 Fighters add +6 to their attack. All level 1 casters I built so far added +3 as I always ended up with Dex or Str 14. On the damage side of things the fighter mostly rolled d12 or d10 +4 while my casters either rolled d4 and d6 and added nothing when dex based or rolled d10 or d12 and added +2 when str based. All in all pretty close to each other and I am fine with that. Bringing classes closer to each other means usually a more balanced game experience. But: Fighters are still stuck in combat only. I tried building an Elven Fighter focused on Dex and Int that could handle combat like the heavy armored strenght based brutes abd dabble in Society and Craft. So far I didn't come up with something satisfying that would justify my investment in Intelligence. Either my Wisdom or my Constitution suffered too hard to keep up with other melee options. I tried to sell the fighter to other players as something interesting. Didn't work at all because it lacks distinct flavor. Expert in Perception and martial weapons just isn't cool enough to give up a flavorful barbarian with their totems or paladins with their codes and champion powers. Rangers have a distinct flavor with their options and monks have stances and more. All these classes offer abilities that reward investments in mental ability scores.

The short version:
-Fighters need a theme besides expert in combat and perception.My suggestion would be to create options in the same way a sorcerer chooses a bloodline. I.e. Slaver: trained/Signature skills in Stealth and Society. Feats based around nonlethal damage and hampered conditions. Capstone possibly dominate effect. Bodyguard (Society and Diplomacy, Sword and Board, capstone shield other effect), Soldier (Craft and Medicine, effects based on allies in combat like the dog in the bestiary or the goblin scuttle, capstone?), Pirate (Acrobatics and Nature, One hand free fighting, Capstone?)

-Regarding overall ability distribution I would suggest granting some bonuses to the fighter in combat, exploration and downtime based on Intelligence.

- Increase Skills gained by the class drastically. Fighters need to be able to contribute in Exploration and downtime. I'd suggest 5 + int at least.

-Add Finesse Striker to the Fighter chassis. Allows Fighters to keep Strength at 10 and Dex is already a key ability.This would free up ability points to spend on Mental stats. Does not invalidate the Rogue as he still has Sneak attack and loads of different rogue feats.

Dear wise, people of this forum,

I stumbled upon this rule conundrum. Maybe you can falsify (or verify) my interpretation and offer the correct sequence. The following is happening:
Enemy A (a mid level caster without any contingencies) is in sight of Caster B and Melee C. Everyone rolls initiative: Caster B and Melee C have higher results than Enemy A.

- Caster B moves and uses Ready (Standard Action): When Enemy A is starting to cast a spell, I want to cast Telekinetic Charge targeting Melee C.
- Melee C moves (in range of Caster B) and buffs himself.
- Enemy A starts his turn and wants to cast a spell as a Standard Action and a quickened spell as a Swift Action.
- Ready Action of Caster B triggers and launches Melee C right next to Enemy A.
- Melee C uses an immediate action to attack Enemy A.
- ???Enemy A rolls Concentration against possible damage taken twice. (Once for the standard spell, once for the quickened spell)???
- ???Enemy A rolls Concentration to cast defensively twice OR Melee C makes an attack of opportunity because Enemy A triggers is by casting next to him (possibly twice if it is a ranged touch spell).???
- Caster B ends up with an initiative score right before Enemy A (according to the Ready Action).

Is this sequence correct? Where am I horribly wrong? The ones marked with 3 question marks is the point, I can't wrap my head around. What I am sure is that my original thought: Melee C readies an attack when next to Enemy A, is not possible because the immediate action attack used by Melee C clashes with the readied action rule that you cannot take any action before your ready action.