[DnD] Let's Cast Magic Missile!

Done and done, although retroactively having had the shield wasn't enough to maintain your neck integrity.

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

Die, milkface!

He hates these tables! Stay away from the tables!

I was speaking idiomatically.

Standard action, unfortunately. Pretty much any skill check in combat is Standard except for knowledge checks (which are free)

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Well, I wouldn't normally min-max like that but without any kind of weapon I wanted to add what little bonuses to his damage that I could.

When Argy's done more than 8 that was probably Brute Strike, which is 3[W], or the table-tossing which is an improvised heavy thrown weapon and bypasses his unarmed strike expression entirely. Critical hits just do max damage in 4E, so that still wouldn't normally take him over 8. There is a passing attack in the rat battle with more damage than I can account for, but it's only 2 points.

Originally Posted by Bradylama

This seems to be the gist of it. I was hoping we'd have found a club or a mace by this point since Argumentus likes bashin things as much as punching them but no dice.

All these tables you've been wrecking have table legs attached to them, you know. Hell, just grab a skeleton bone. Improvised weapons are usually d8s

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by AniMechanic

Edit: How do you determine improvised weapon damage? The Player handbook just says anything from 1-5 lbs should be a 1d4 and doesn't go into any further detail, at least I haven't found it if it's in there somewhere.

Well, it (pg. 219) suggests 1d8 for a two-handed improv weapon, and I'm treating light shields as bucklers* (and therefore not occupying a hand) so I don't know why he wouldn't swing for the fences.

He does gain a +1 to hit from one-handed weapons, though, so it's kind of a tradeoff.

*this is admittedly just a house rule but I think it's a nice way to make light shields seem not-completely-inferior

How ya doing, buddy?

^Yeah, but at least you get the healing. Nice thing about dailies, they always do something.

It seems to me that clubbing people with a rotting leg wouldn't be significantly more damaging than a punch, what with all the squishy flesh and all (plus, clumsy)

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I already let you pick up adjacent tables, so picking up adjacent table parts is fine.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

NECROTIC DAMAGE DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY

(also, there's literally fucking nothing in the Monster Manual that's especially vulnerable to Necrotic, so)

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

That would be psychic damage obviously

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

Originally Posted by Zephyrin

I cannot even fathom how I managed to deal 27 damage

[2W] + Sneak Attack + Backstabber feat + Brutal Scoundrel bonuses = rape city

I was speaking idiomatically.

YES

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Rogues do it from behind, dawg

And now your character is dying; what can you do about it? Let's find out, in another edition of RULES CORNER.

If a character is reduced to 0 or less hit points, they become unconscious. Now, that in itself is no reason to panic! An unconsciousness character won't necessarily die.

First, any other character can heal you. If you're healed to 1 HP or higher, you're conscious again! But remember that you'll wake up prone, so you'll need to take a Move action to stand up.

But let's say that nobody wants to heal you, because you have an ugly habit of abandoning the party during fights.

Every round, an unconscious character makes a saving throw (d20 roll) to see if he gets closer to death. 50% of the time, he will! If a character gets this result on his saving throw three times before the end of the battle, he dies. 45% of the time, he remains stable. 5% of the time, a miraculous recovery occurs. This restores you to 0 hit points, then allows you to spend a healing surge and regain consciousness.

If an unconscious character's HP is reduced to a negative expression of his bloodied value, he dies right then and there. (If you have 30 HP, you're bloodied at 15 HP and dead at -15 HP.)

Unconscious characters (and unconscious or otherwise helpless enemies) are subject to a coup de grace attack, which guarantees a critical hit.

You're only at -4 so Gabriel will probably save you in time but hey, just in case it comes up later

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Bradylama

Can I get some stats for my sweet new table leg? I want to put it in my character sheet. =)

Also, put that Monster Manual down, you cheating cheater.

Originally Posted by Shin

If an attack has splash damage (Like an acid arrow for example), is that just immediately adjacent squares or diagonals too? Also, how likely would the splashback be to hit a prone and rather unconcious ally?

Diagonals are considered adjacent, and it would almost certainly hit anybody unconscious since unconscious people have shitty reflexes.

Originally Posted by Zephyrin

Also, you told Brady standing up from prone is a minor action. Then you told me it was a move action.

Ok, this is my fault so I'll let it slide this time. Standing up is a move action. Going prone is minor. Sorry.

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

Bluff check

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by AniMechanic

Perhaps someday one of you will actually manage to die so I can use him.

I'M TRYING MY BEST ;_;

There's nowhere I can't reach.

He shoulda died

fleeing past three hostiles

fuckin' lucky

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

Originally Posted by a lurker

Hey, what sort of races are there? I'm still wanting to be some sort of healer.

I posted a race/class chart in the first post, but:

Dragonborn

Dwarf

Eladrin

Elf

Half-Elf

Halfling

Human

Tiefling

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RELAX

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by AniMechanic

I apologize to everyone but Zeph.

This is almost always the correct course of action.

Fuck you, Zeph

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

By which you mean it's really really super fun right

FELIPE NO

OKAY I DID IT GOD OKAY ARE YOU HAPPY NOW

NAG NAG NAG

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They are (effectively) another kind of elf, except Elves get all the "we live in the woods and love nature" qualities and Eladrin get the prancing magical fancy-lad qualities.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Stop all this fighting I will not have dramas in my internet rpg

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Why yes killing Zeph is an idea which no one could object to and as such causes no drama.

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

Originally Posted by a lurker

What's a good backwoods race? I'm looking for real Appalachian Blue People here.

Halflings are probably your best choice in that case, then.

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