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Nosteo here is a character I used in this AP on this site that died out before the point this group is at. I'd love to try again. Here he is bumped up to level 2.

Full stats and background are in profile but here's a quick rundown(and I'll put the backstory in a spoiler too). Nosteo is a diabolic sorcerer who also has the champion dedication. I'm going for a guy with evil blood in his veins who tries to fight against his nature. Has the paladin cause and worships Iomedae. He would be more like a battle cleric than a spell slinger. He carries a sword and wears armor but will probably be kind of a switch hitter between magic and martial.

Is the game dead Jim?

So where are we in the initiative?

Crits are either or. If a dude has AC 15 and you add 10 you would crit on a roll of 15. If a dude has AC 27 and you add 10 you only crit with a nat.

The nat one thing is just like skills now basically, if you're good enough then you're good enough. Think of it like this. I've never even watched an entire boxing match, let alone train. If I tried to box Mike Tyson in his prime there ain't no way he's missing me and there ain't no way I'm punching him and doing any damage. Because if you can hit on a 1 we're talking that much disparity in attack bonus and ac. Maybe even more.

I don't think attack rolls have a crit miss. Only some things have critical success/fail. For things that do have a crit fail, which is usually saves on spells and stuff like that, it's exactly like a crit succes. Either 10 less or a fail with a nat 1.

Welcome gang. We are not very far in at all and we are fighting a halfling, yes.

I enjoy helping people learn games so that is no problem from me, though I can be wrong too (especially in 2e I'm still getting the hang of it). I think I sound bossy sometimes too though I am not trying to be, if I forget something please do tell me.

That is correct from my reading that a nat 20 isn't an auto success. I think they did that because they got rid of the confirm roll. I'm pretty sure nat 1s are the same, if you still succeed then cool. A note: even in 1e this was true for skills. Nat 20s and 1s only auto passed/failed on attacks and saves. If you are really good at picking a banjo you won't fail playing a simple song no matter how badly you roll for example. I like it that way myself. Why should a fighter who's swung his sword 40,000 times miss some dude with a crappy armor class? Makes more sense if you think of it that way because more often than not if you roll a 1 and hit anyway there is probably a ridiculous level difference.

Again, welcome! Let's have fun killing monsters and stuff.

If this dude is still a long way from going down we might oughta add new folks as reinforcements.

Well the last hit was for 8 so you must've been at 6 before so the shield block would've left you at three. Unless the 18 damage is including the shield block, then yeah that's no good.

How much hp did you have? I thought that would leave you with like 3.

I forgot about the not being able to so it again for 10 minutes. So I did not cast it on my last action.

It's a play by post game. You can add a post whenever you have time.

Since you cast shield before going down, I suggest using the block part of it which should keep you from dying.

I will use my reaction for shield block. Red may as well and not go down.

Nosteo continues with the same tactics he used before, except this time he punches Calmont with a flaming fist.

1 action: Cast Shield. 2 actions: Cast Produce Flame.

Spell Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Fire Damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

So instead of all that I'll use my hero point on the last round. Of course now that I think about it, I don't know whether I would have any actions on the round I use it or not. So I'm going to put up two rounds of actions. If I can't do anything after waking up until the current round, ignore the 2nd. If I've gotten mixed up on init, ignore both.

I forget that hero points are a thing.

So if you're letting me go back and use the hero point to get to 1 hp, I should have two turns I need to put up. I'm going to do that and if it's incorrect ignore it. I think now is a good time to use the point, otherwise Red might be in trouble.

So I think my initiative moves to right before Calmont and here is my recovery check. DC should be 11

Recovery: 1d20 ⇒ 14

Now I'm unconscious, I think. The dying rules are the hardest to get used to for me.

The sorceror does plan on taking champion dedication feats.

You know, you might want to send a pm to some of the folks who applied originally.

Also, maybe I was wrong about being fine 2 on 1. Cuz that crit just did me in.

I'm personally also fine with bringing in new folks and pretending they've been here the whole time. I wouldn't want to start over but I'm not crazy opposed to it. I think two of us can probably take on this one dude though if necessary.

We may have lost Hothfarr as well.

Perception Init: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Nosteo's eyes bulge in rage. He grips his sword, ready to chop the halfling's head off. He knows that they were asked to bring him back alive but if the choice is either failing that mission or letting him kill an innocent, well, they'll just have to fail.

It's time to roll initiative methinks.

I saw Red's post Saturday and then decided to think about what I was gonna do and then totally forgot about it. My bad guys.

Nosteo takes out his coin pouch, which has nowhere near 1000 gold in it, and tosses it towards the halfling. "Take your money and let her go."

Deception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

"That's not entirely true. If you hurt her, I guarantee that I'm going to run you through. If you let her go then maybe we can settle this peacefully."

Intimidation: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

There was much swearing just now at my location.

I have an idea but I don't know if it will work outside encounter mode. If I wanted to use Deception to create a distraction and then attack the dude would we need to roll initiative first?

Nosteo tries to climb again.

Athletics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

Athletics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Athletics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Athletics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

Please die in a fire dice roller. Maybe 15 is high enough? After a few rounds of trying.

Nosteo heads up the rope and finishes by climbing the stairs.

Athletics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

Or tries anyway...

"Let's go see what that's about. Maybe we can find both of our targets."

Faethor moves towards the sounds.

"Nice work folks. I think we should check out this floor before we start moving up. What say you?"

Nosteo utters an oath when his companions fall. In an attempt to keep the beast's attention away from them he decides to move into melee action. He moves around to surround it with Hothfarr and slashes at it. Then he conjures up a fiery shield to protect himself.

1 action to move around to flanking position. 1 action to Strike. 1 action to cast shield. There's nothing special about the shield being fiery, that is purely aesthetic.

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

"A monster? Already?!"

Nosteo moves into the room but instead of using his sword he conjures up a ball of flame and hurls it at the lizard.

1 Action: Stride. 15 ft west. 5 South west. 5 more west.

2 Actions: Cast Produce Flame.

Spell Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

Fire Damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

"We may as well continue in this direction," Nosteo says as he moves farther northwest.

"I wonder just how tame those things are..."

"Since the goblins live here there's probably signs of them all over the place. I'd bet we're better off just looking around the place."

Nosteo points at the northwestern door,"How about that way?"

"Well, I guess there's nothing to do but head inside."

Nosteo feels his anticipation growing. This citadel probably won't teach him anything about his own past but maybe he can learn something about the Hellknights. Plus, he had planned on getting some experience with the whole adventuring thing before coming here and here they are at the doorsteps. He grimaces and grips his pommel a little tighter, they are doing a good deed and there's no room for cowardice.

"I don't suppose any of you are expert trackers? How are we going to find Calmont?" Nosteo says as he pulls out his sword. He has no intention on going inside without a blade in hand.

"Fair enough," Nosteo says with a smile. He pays for the manacles and heads outside with a farewll.

"Are we ready to start this job?"

"Three gold does seem a little steep. The reward for bringing Calmont in is only 10. Maybe you can give us a discount. Seeing as we kept the town from burning down."

I would like to make a Diplomacy. I'm not sure if it should be a secret roll but my bonus is +7.

"Oh we just did what needed doing," Nosteo downplays their heroics. "You wouldn't know where someone could buy a good pair of manacles would you?"

"I'll check out this 'Bits'."

Nosteo heads inside to see what the store offers and to check on some manacles.

"Yes, we will see the job done."

Nosteo points at his backpack,"I have some rope but manacles are a good idea."

If you guys want I'll keep a record of the stuff we loot. Does anyone want to hang on to the potions?

"That would be us." Nosteo indicates himself and the others.

"We have been talking with Warbal amd were already planning on taking the job at Hellknight Hill."

Avatar system is back up. This is more like what Nosteo looks like.

I can't think of anything I can do to put out the flames so I'll use all my actions to help people out as well.

Nosteo nods to Hothfarr then turns and starts herding people outside.

Nosteo draws his sword and growls at the mepthit. Instead of doing anything offensive however he summons some flames of his own into his other hand and points to Hothfarr.

Casting the 2 action version of Heal on Hothfarr.

Heal: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

We are to here in the initiative yes?

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Did it pass the save?

In that case anything is fine with me.

For me that would depend on if you have a paid account. I do all my pbp on my phone so it would slow me way down because I'd have to wait til I got home to check the map if you don't. Not that I'm asking you to start paying if you aren't already

If the map is giving you trouble I can make another suggestion. Most folks on here use google slides, which also has the benefit of having us move ourselves instead of you having to do it. Of course you'd have to recreate the map on there so I don't blame ya if you don't wanna do that.

Nosteo turns around and continues chasing the creature. If the others are helping people out of here it's up to he and Hothfarr to put it down. "Since this thing is spitting fire I doubt my flames will hurt it any but let me try something else." He points at the thing and says something that doesn't sound nice.

1 Action: Stride. 1 square to the right. 2 squares diagonally right and up and then one more to the right.

2 actions: Casting fear. It needs to make a will save. DC 17.

Critical Success The target is unaffected.
Success The target is frightened 1.
Failure The target is frightened 2.
Critical Failure The target is frightened 3 and fleeing for 1 round.