[DnD] Let's Cast Magic Missile!

Given the general level of schadenfreude in this group I think watching you deliberately get yourself pinned under a boulder will be fun for everyone!

ACER STOP CAUSING TEMPORAL PARADOXES

I WON'T HELP YOU COVER IT UP MAN DON'T EVEN ASK

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Originally Posted by Zephyrin

Question: Deft strike says I can move 2 squares before attack. Does that mean I can move, perform a minor action, move 2 squares again, then attack?

Yeah, that's exactly it, it lets you move 2 spaces during your attack action even if you've already taken your move action.

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My first strike (and sneak attack), does that have to be declared?
And in this situation, do I have to use it in the very first round? Or can I use it any round before the enemies act?

Your first strike will work against any enemy who hasn't yet acted. You never have to declare it, I'll just add the appropriate bonus when necessary.

You can only use sneak attack once per round; however, since you only have 1 attack per round right now anyway you generally won't need to declare that either. Just keep an eye on who you have advantage against (anyone during First Strike, anyone that's been flanked, dizzied, slowed, etc)

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Originally Posted by CetteHamsterLa

How are stats being determined for this? Are they selected or rolled?

You can do it either way.

1: Roll 4d6, throw away the lowest, repeat 5 times

2: Take the numbers 16, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10 and assign them as you like

3: Point buy: Rather then explain this, I'll just link to you this calculator. Just keep raising your stats until the "Points" counter reads 22.

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Also is there a comprehensive list somewhere of gods that a cleric can select from or is it just generic and you add your own flavour from there?

Avandra, goddess of change, freedom and trade
Bahamut, god of justice, nobility, and honor
Corellon, god of spring, beauty, and the arts
Erathis, goddess of cities, law, and invention
Ioun, goddess of skill, knowledge, and prophecy
Kord, god of storms, strength, and battle
Melora, goddess of wilderness and the sea
Moradin, god of creation and craftsmanship
Pelor, god of time, agriculture, summer, and the sun
The Raven Queen, goddess of death and winter
Sehanine: Goddess of love, trickery, autumn, and the moon

If you want to be a Cleric of Anubis or something instead I won't stop you, but the gods on the list have special abilities tied to them.


Yeah, I just put the PHB up last night, don't stress it

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

After a careful examination, it seems like he might have been at the south, but he gave his combat orders as if he was coming from the north so I kind of split the difference and gave him an extra square of movement.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Yeah, the spacing was a little vague because I committed the Classic Blunder of not actually putting a battle grid over the battle, but I'll be correcting for that henceforth.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Your turn, Brady.

Incidentally, I just want to remind everyone that your at-will powers have unlimited uses. You should be using them instead of basic weapon strikes. The unenhanced weapon attacks are only there for use when you get a free attack on someone else's turn.

I mean, unless you're actively trying to get killed in which case EXCELLENT WORK

Also, added a blank character sheet to the OP now that everybody's gettin' all homebrew on me.

FELIPE NO

Oh, but you doooooooo.

Shurikens are Light Blades so they're compatible with all 3 of your At-Wills.

edit: wait, Piercing Strike is melee only, but the other two work.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

BRADY: Your surge value is how much HP you get from using a healing surge (as a standard action). That your surge value and your current HP are identical is just a coincidence. This would be a good time to use one, though!

ZEPH: It applies to both.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Alright, I've moved knk again. I don't want to get into this habit of skipping ahead without people too often, though. If I wanted to run a bunch of NPCs with the party I would have done it in the first place. I'm not blasting anybody for being busy, just counseling patience for the rest of us.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

It damages anybody who passes through it, but it's only 3 damage.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by AniMechanic

I just realized there have been no descriptions of light sources since the first room.

Originally Posted by Shin

Picking up my staff, I raised my fingers to the tip and uttered the cantrip "Illuminos".

Originally Posted by Zephyrin

I lit my sunrod and muddled up the stairs with the rest of the group of mostly halfwits.

Originally Posted by Player's Handbook, page 221

Sunrod: This minor magic item sheds bright light to
a radius of 20 squares for 4 hours before burning out.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

The light cantrip only has a 4-square radius, so if they run out of rods they'll just have to cluster tightly around Bob like the meatshields they are.

Originally Posted by BEARD

We're on Argumentus now, right?

Indeed so!

The dwarf roared in pain as the fire engulfed him. The flames blistered his skin, singed his beard and heated his armour.



I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Zephyrin

Damage via misadventure? How's that work?

Read as: "as a direct consequence of being dumb as fuck". Knives, axe, boot to the head.

I have to mix it up a little, since the smart thing for the goblins to do would be just to sit on the other end of the room and spit javelins at you all day. Boring.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

HELLO THERE, VARIOUS LURKERS

FELIPE NO

Well, having a Cleric who's unable to speak puts a crimp on a few things; a lot of the cleric powers involve spoken prayers. If you can work around that limitation I don't see a problem with it; if we can deal with a fighter with no weapons, we can accept a cleric who can't pray.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Alright, that battle's finally over. Sorry it took so long, the dice just seemed intent on drawing out the clean-up as long as possible. Kill, Kill, Kill, FUCK THIS BUG IS INVINCIBLE

Originally Posted by AniMechanic

Anyways, how does one determine passive insight and passive perception? The page the character sheet chapter refers to just talks about how passive checks work. Are they both just 10 plus any applicable modifiers?

Yeah, your Passives are just 10 + whatever your total bonus to that skill is. 2 points in Insight yields a Passive Insight of 12, etc.

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That's strange, it's working perfect over here. Are you using Adobe Reader 8?

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Originally Posted by Zephyrin

does anybody know if it's going to substantially differ from the rules we are playing with, and if I should even bother?

It's probably not worth the time. Enough of the rules have changed since 3.5 that it's only going to confuse you if anything.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Shin

Pang, I think Knk's last post was a forward instruction for his turn, move forward 5 spaces, which makes it the other Dire rat's turn.

That will all happen just as soon as Deni's taken his turn

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

He didn't pick a name at all.

He had to have one assigned to him.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by AniMechanic

And even then you gave him such an ordinary name?

His name is Grass Deadmoney, what do you want from me

Originally Posted by wikipedia

Fescue may also cause a type of cancer in the colon of the horse which will result in a slow painful death for the horse.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I don't want to alarm anyone but this seems like it might be a good time for those of you near the top of the reserve list to finalize your character concepts!

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Zephyrin

Can I leap over tables, or are they difficult terrain?

The answer to both of these questions is yes.


ALSO: updated the class/race selection to include Warforged and Artificers

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

No, but I just added the separate pdfs for those options into the OP (they're about 10 pages apiece)

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Sadly thanks to 4E revisions puny weapons are in fact now able to harm them

There's nowhere I can't reach.