I figured lobbing grenades from a movin chariot would be hilarious no matter what we came up against to be honest. In Pang's game we never had any money for buying bombs and shit so I'm making up for it now.

Fuck defence, blowing shit up is the way forward and so many items in DnD seem basically gay and pointless. A tiny bonus to some defences compared with a bunch of landmines? No contest really.

Alright then!

Make your final choices in the game thread, and we'll start Arena level 6.

So is a boon something you can buy then?

It's got a price tag on it man, don't ask for permission

I would like to add that boons, artifacts, and intelligent items cannot be purchased (they're basically there for campaigns with very few buyable magic items - something obviously not applicable here :p).

To burn off excess cash, you can go for a tattoo if you wish though, or maybe some mount slot items or barding for the wolf...

Aww, I figured buying a boon could be rationalized as just bribing some priest to bless you. Ah well :(

Nope sorry. Not for sale, and Ebony and Ivory are just too low-leveled to warrant a god's attention or favor :(

Maybe by the time they get to Paragon level, if they survive that long anyway (hopefully their little shopping excursions get shorter the more familiar Shin gets with browsing character builder for good stuffs.)

Tattoos are hugely under-powered for the price they cost. You need to shell out hundreds of thousands for even a hint of a useful benefit.

Fuck it, we'll have horseshoes of speed, for our wolf.

<_<

>_>

I'll update the main thread and we can crack on.

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I'm getting quite good at it now I think. The statistician in me has drawn me to create, rather than the silly minotaur I was going to go with, a hilariously optimised one. I'm sure Pang could do a better job but by the time it's my go in Pang's game again (In 2020) I should have nailed the optimum build.

Being on our chariot counts as squeezing? That's a bit tight, you're taking the fun out of mounted chariot combat. :(

You're going to need a big map by the way, I plan on Ben-Huring the shit out of this fight you know.

Also, if we're mounted on a chariot, why the fuck would we escape into a forest? Big, wide open spaces would make more sense, no? :)

Did we rule on whether burst attacks are cubes or spheres in terms of hitting stuff in the air or not? Given the blast is a square, using cubes would make working things out a fuck load easier if nothing else.

Ooh, and can we run people over? And does it hurt jumping off a moving wagon?

Being on your 'chariot' is fine. Being next to it is squeezing. Though not if the square has no piece of chariot on it.

Not on that blind wolf you're not. :tpg:

Honestly though, I can't stop you. I'm not going to beautify a huge map, so you're just going to have to deal with an ugly map :)

Oh wait, I can. Rubs hands in diabolic glee. Why not give it a shot?

Logically, yes. It's just that I'm railroading you to the first encounter. What you do after that is entirely your decision! :)

Blasts and bursts are cubes, as ruled earlier when you were hiding on your roof.

There are special abilities that do let you trample people. Wolfie doesn't have them. Mechanically, we can cast this as a Bull Rush -a charge that has the effect of pushing the enemy 1 square and taking its spot.

Depending on how you present it, I may allow extra damage. For example, trying to charge down a flock of birds will probably result in pain for everybody.

DC15 Acrobatics check to avoid 1d6 falling damage. No damage for a stationary wagon. While hitched to a wagon, the wolf moves at half speed (5).

Cool.

Lurks, Ivory fights better on foot so if you want to jump off and kill the halfling hiding in the bush, I can circle around behind and we can pincer attack him then move on to the birds afterwards. I suspect the halfling will be the more annoying of the options.

Okay, but I don't want to get too separated from the chariot.

I don't believe Pang's hit either of you with a swarm, so here's some special considerations regarding them:

1. They are harder to hit - half damage from melee and ranged attacks
2. They are immune to forced movement not part of close or area attacks (you can't push, pull, or slide them)
3. They can enter your space, and do not provoke opportunity attacks at all.
4. You can enter a space occupied by a swarm (difficult terrain), but that will attract opportunity attacks.

:wrong:

http://www.saxypunch.com/missile/aswarm.png

And a swarm of rats in the first room of DoD.

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Zerg, can you pdf us up fresh character sheets please? I've not got the character builder installed on this computer. Also, have we got any Action Points? If so, I want to attack the birds before my turn ends.

Something went awry with my Acrobat 'registration'. Will the HTML files serve your purpose, Shin?

GFF D&D :: Ivory
GFF D&D Arena :: Ebony

You get 1 non-stackable action point per Encounter.

@Pang

O. How could I have forgotten that :tpg: Lurker probably won't ever.

Lurker, I'm delaying the ravens until after Ebony moves. Go ahead and take your turn.

HEY LURKER, IT'S YOUR TURN SUGARTITS.

They have aura?

FFFFFFFFFFFFF

whoever is next on the list, might as well polish up your character...

I think all swarms have aura.

But it's okay. Level 6 birds fighting against level 6 heroes with tons of money are not quite as damaging as Level 7 Bloodweb Spiders against Level 4 heroes starved of gold! You'll see!

Not ALL. The level 6 Kobold Horde doesn't, for example. But I can see why that would be weird for Ebony.

Huh. That was supposed to be the next encounter. Now I gotta change it since the surprise is ruined :(

LOL @ self for not studying monsters ahead of time - especially ones I've already picked as adversaries.

WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU DO THAT.

THOSE MY HOMIES

The same reason I was gonna pit some werewolves against you two down the line!

It's fun to see how you react!

You're horrible.