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"ME SMASH NOW?" Valeros growls, hoping to play "bad cop" in this routine (he's not really going to smash anyone). Assuming this works , Valeros will end up backing out of the warehouse after people are satisfied that we've gathered all the incriminating evidence that villains love to leave lying around.
Does Valeros see anything up north?
Valeros holds up a fist and points next door - he hears the guards talking!
"Looks like normal undead to me." Since they don't look hostile, Valeros will go up to the northenmost part and make sure novody's hiding.
Can we tell if the workers are zombies or constructs?
Valeros will search the remaining corners (SW and N).
Valeros's eagle eyes spot some spider webs on the ceiling and he trips over a crate. Valeros will check out all the dark corners of this room.
Valeros trails in, looking inside any open crates.
Valeros is neither sneaky nor perceptive so he will hang back unless something looks like it needs SMASH.
"I think I can apply pressure to the door while someone else fiddles with the lock." to Aid
"YOU FORGET ME ORC FRIENDS, WAITING BEHIND YOU TO SMOOSH YOU!" Valeros points dramatically at nothing behind Khala and Toro, and then shoves everyone, shouting, "Regroup where we received our paperwork!" Valeros has a 20' movement speed, so he should lag anyway, but in case it doesn't happen naturally, he will intentionally lag behind the group so if anyone gets caught, it'll be him.
"ME REQUEST SIDEBAR."
"ME NO BREAK IN." Valeros says in his best orc accent. "ME BREAK IN, THERE IS HOLE IN WALL!" He lowers the tip of his sword but still makes clear that he will fight if needed. "US INVESTORS. YOU TELL US WHY ROTTING FRUIT IN ABSALOM!"
Valeros has +6 Crafting.
Valeros can Lead on a Force Open check, but doesn't have much to offer otherwise. We could also try a different door.
Valeros continues striding. (x3)
Valeros nods.
"Why don't you, Valeros?" Valeros will look inside the crate while someone else cleans up the bodies.
Valeros will begin loading the bodies into empty crates, and encourage someone to look in the special crate.
"No, thank you. I fear that we may have to ... exit in a hurry, and I'm pretty sure that I can take care of the remaining fellow here while medium-sized."
Valeros doesn't have much else he can do. Double Slice, Raise Shield. vs flanking
vs flanking
Valeros, annoyed that the construct doesn't consider himself enough of a threat to attack, renews his fury.
If that drops Yellow, Valeros will move to the other one. If not, Valeros will raise his shield and say, "Over here, buddy."
GM Screen:
I kind of hinted at this in my first Shield Block post, but basically, I would like to save myself first, then save my shield second. So I would like to block the first hit that would knock me out or that I can take without breaking my shield. If I were at full HP (47) and my shield were at full HP (20), it would be anything that's 14 hp or below or 52 hp or above. Currently, I have 37 and my shield has 16, so anything that's 10 hp or below, or 42 hp or above.
In a F2F/VTT game, there'd probably be a lower limit to what I'd Block (I'd probably rather save my reaction than block a 1 hp hit), but that's probably too complicated to describe in PbP, and it's more of a qualitative thing than a quantitative thing. --- "Much obliged! Valeros says, as loud as a whisper can get. Valeros continues bashing the constructs. He will Double Slash Yellow ...
If Yellow is still up, he'll stand and Raise Shield. If Yellow is down, he'll move 3W, 1N (and Shield Block with Reactive Shield).
GM: hardness 5 BT 10 HP 20
Valeros Shield Blocks for 5, so -4 hp on the hit, and -4 hp to the shield. Total damage to Valeros: 24 + 4 + 12 = 40 hp
Valeros will use a Shield Block on the first non-crit (). --- Valeros will try to finish off Green with a Double Slice.
Assuming that does it, he then stares at Yellow, standing firm and raising his shield. Otherwise, he stares at both Green and Yellow, standing firm and raising his shield.
Should we wait for Teja, or bot? They said they'd be gone for a week starting 1/7.
Valeros will Double Slice at Green.
Valeros will raise his shield.
AoO:
Valeros will use his judo skills and flip him prone. If he tries to get up, Valeros will use his Attack of Opportunity. AoO:
Teja feints.
She swings.
She backs up so she's not isolated.
Valeros will try to Escape.
He will Strike with his sword, non-lethal if they are not undead.
Valeros will Raise his Shield if he did not Recall.
Valeros grabs the crate and asks the zombies if they'd mind us looking inside.
Teja will follow behind Valeros, Recall Knowledge (Religion +5), and Seek for anything unusual around the Crate of Exceptional Interest (Perception +7).
Valeros moves right up to the pile of crates. Still no sword drawn, but shield raised.
"Agreed - who wants to take a closer look? Valeros will move 5' in front of anyone who wants to take a closer look.
Valeros Strides, draws his shield, and raises his shield. No sword yet.
Valeros will look in the box that Fangor is opening.
Valeros holds up a fist to alert everyone to a noise up ahead.
Valeros will move in and look around the corners to make sure nothing is hiding. If he doesn't find anything, he'll peek at the crates to see what's inside (if they're shut, he won't open them, just see what they're marked as, at least).
Valeros follows and keeps his eyes open.
Default exploration: Defend
Valeros points to his plate armor. "I'm all for trying out the one with fewer guards first."
So, what does everyone think a 'relatively safe' bonus is to make a roll? +5? +6? Specifically for this challenge in this scenario: The way I read it, only one person needs to succeed, and whoever makes one check has to make both checks. So I think Fangor, or Fangor plus Froggie, should go. --- Apart from this scenario / in general, the rule of thumb that I use is that if one is trained, one should make a roll. If the DC of the challenge is lower than the DC of Aiding (which it often is in the first few levels), one should just attempt the challenge in parallel. There's some weirdness at low levels because someone could be untrained with a +4, and have it be better than someone who's trained with a +3, but "trained = roll" the easiest rule to remember IMO and by 3rd level, I think it's impossible for any untrained modifier to be better than a trained modifier (don't yell at me if that's untrue). The more complicated answer is that under a typical scheme where crit success = +2 units, success = +1 units, failure = 0 units, crit failure = -1 units, the math works out such that the magic number is natural 15. If anyone needs a natural 15 or lower to hit the challenge DC, they should attempt the challenge straight up; if they need a natural 16 or higher to hit the challenge, but a 15 or lower to hit the aid DC, they should Aid; if they need a natural 16+ to both hit the challenge or aid, then they shouldn't roll at all. But depending on how bad crit failure is vs how good success is, the magic number can change. This also assumes that multiple successes are no better than a single success - if a success per player is required, you're usually forced to roll (but usually there's a choice of skills to use so very few people are forced to roll with a +0).
GM Glyphs: 1 (to the lowest level frontliner ... Teja?)
As for who goes, Valeros has Perception +7 and Stealth +2, so probably not Valeros.
"I grew up on a farm, if we need to go closer to the source, I should know my way around."
"You guys let me drift to the back of the line. When we round the corner, I'll be first."
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