DM Austin's RotRL Actual PbP Thread

[Norhalo]

Austin Morgan wrote:

-Norhalo moves to J9 and casts burning hands, also dodging the AoO. I modified this a tad to keep Jaed from getting hit. Both take full damage.

No problem; burning feathers smell terrible.

Assuming that no more goblins are standing by the time I act...

I move to the South Gate (G12 or so) and look/listen for more goblins out in the town.

If the goblin at I10 is still up...

I'll take a 5' step back to K10 and take a shot at the goblin with my spear:
To hit: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 5

If the tactical picture changes dramatically (e.g., another bunch of goblins shows up), I'll let you know what I do then. BTW, how well does ray of frost work as a fire extinguisher?

[Jaed]

Round 4

After the goblin drops, Jaed takes a 5 ft. step west and swings at the goblins in H10(main) and I10(off-hand).

Main Attack: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (15) - 1 = 14
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Off-hand Attack: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (3) - 2 = 1
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

[Jaxom Cambourne]

Jaxom, seeing the other goblins rush into the square runs over to the nearest one and swings his longsword,
Attack roll: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
missing, he mutters "Hold still you little bugger."

[Norhalo]

Jaed wrote:

Round 4

After the goblin drops, Jaed takes a 5 ft. step west and swings at the goblins in H10(main) and I10(off-hand).

Main Attack: 1d20-1
Damage: 1d8+2

Off-hand Attack: 1d20-2
Damage: 1d8+1

Don't forget about the bless, although I don't think it makes a difference.

[Jedech Crell]

Austin Morgan wrote:

Just as the party turns to see the goblins entering from the South, a wagon heavily ablaze is also spotted in the background. These goblins seem to have torches in addition to their dogslicers...

-Jaxom delaying
-Calathes is temporarily distracted by one of the few citizens left in the square, and thusly aims a foot or so off from the goblin.
-Issak doesn't quite reach the goblin with his glaive Its just a normal miss, you're within reach.
-New Goblins. The first (G11) moves to (H10), provoking an AoO from Issak, which it deftly dodges; it swats the torch at Issak... and misses! Second goblin (I12) runs to (I10), and does the same. The last goblin charges Calathes, but bounces off his mage armor!
-Jaed charges the goblin now in I10 and slays him!
-Jedech heads to H7, and fires at the odd looking goblin, almost taking him out. (AoO from the goblin in G7 fails)
-Norhalo moves to J9 and casts burning hands, also dodging the AoO. I modified this a tad to keep Jaed from getting hit. Both take full damage.
-Special Goblin 5-foots to H12 and tries to trip Jaed with his whip quite unsuccessfully... then passes out unconcious.

By the by, for simplicity: the Goblins have an AC of 16, "special" has an AC of 15.

Jed takes a five foot step back (to I6), reloads his beloved crossbow, and fires it at the goblin that just missed him with its dogslicer.

1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 271d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

[ooc] rolling to confirm critical along with additonal damage if successful[/occ]

1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 151d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

[Issak Rialathel]

Not sure of the state of the map...Issak will move as necessary (either 5 ft step, or regular move) to strike at one of the goblins.

Glaive to hit 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
damage 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

[Jaxom Cambourne]

Round #2
Jaxom wil take a 5' diagonal step and place the goblin at I-10 between Isaak and himself.
Attack roll (Longsword): 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 4 + 1 + 2 = 17
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Attack roll (Shield): 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 3 + 1 + 2 = 22
Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

[Jaed]

GM Austin, could we get an overall update as to the state of things, please and thank you.

[Calathes Neverion]

Is this game still going? Seems to have stalled-out.

[Norhalo]

The DM hasn't posted anything to the Paizo message boards since Monday morning, so his silence may be unrelated to the game.

[Issak Rialathel]

Just a note--was rereading some of the old combat and think I might have missed an AoO--just a reminder to the DM that I have Combat Reflexes. No worries on the missed one, just something to keep in mind going forward.

[Vanulf Wulfson]

I think we can call this one. No posts from the GM in over a week. Unless we want to put out a distress call for a new GM?

[Talomyr]

It doesn't matter to me. If wanna try for another GM we can, or we can just call this one a loss, I'll go with whatever everyone else wants.

[Issak Rialathel]

I'm in a couple other games, so I don't mind just calling this.

[John Woodford]

I'm not, but there'll be other chances. One question, if you don't mind--all my PbP experience was several years pre-Paizo, on a yahoo group that some friends had set up so we could continue to game even though we were in different cities. How typical is it to have the ref just drop out of communication like this?

[Talomyr]

John Woodford wrote:

I'm not, but there'll be other chances. One question, if you don't mind--all my PbP experience was several years pre-Paizo, on a yahoo group that some friends had set up so we could continue to game even though we were in different cities. How typical is it to have the ref just drop out of communication like this?

Not too often in my experience. Usually there is some sort of communication if a game is going to die. It's a roll of the dice so to speak when you are dealing with a DM without an established track record on the boards. There are some very good, and very reliable DM's here such as Alexander Kilcoyne, Lucendar, and Berwick to name a few. I will count myself as a reliable DM, though I will leave judgement of my abilities to my players.

[Black Fang]

I wouldn't mind stepping up and running RotR. If you like, just let me know and give me some time to get things ready.

[John Woodford]

Black Fang wrote:

I wouldn't mind stepping up and running RotR. If you like, just let me know and give me some time to get things ready.

Thank you much, and I'm definitely interested.

[Jedech Crell]

John Woodford wrote:

Black Fang wrote:

I wouldn't mind stepping up and running RotR. If you like, just let me know and give me some time to get things ready.

Thank you much, and I'm definitely interested.

ditto

[Vil-hatarn]

Make that three interested.

[Black Fang]

I should be ready to rumble by Monday, if folks are still interested.

[Calathes Neverion]

Cool. Anything different you are wanting us to do in terms of character creation?

Thanks for offering to take over.

[Black Fang]

Calathes Neverion wrote:

Cool. Anything different you are wanting us to do in terms of character creation?

Thanks for offering to take over.

Nope, keep everything the same. If/when Austin returns, I'll hand the game back over.

[John Woodford]

Black Fang wrote:

I should be ready to rumble by Monday, if folks are still interested.

Outstanding. It looks like we have four checked in (Norhalo, Jedech, Calathes, and Issak); still missing Jaxom, though. Unusual party mix....

[Vil-hatarn]

John Woodford wrote:

Black Fang wrote:

I should be ready to rumble by Monday, if folks are still interested.

Outstanding. It looks like we have four checked in (Norhalo, Jedech, Calathes, and Issak); still missing Jaxom, though. Unusual party mix....

Not much stranger than it was to begin with, really. Issak will just need to focus more on keeping enemies away from the other three. Which, with Combat Reflexes and reach, is very possible.

[Jaxom Cambourne]

I'm still here.

[Black Fang]

And Jaed will be sticking around, but mostly in the background of the group.

[Black Fang]

Okay folks.

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