[DnD] Let's Cast Magic Missile!

WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY EXACTLY

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

Seriously Brady, is there some kind of problem? You're being all passive-aggressive and it makes Pang a sad Pang.

If something's wrong with the game, say so. You don't have to play if you don't want to.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Just a heads-up: I've been running initiative like an idiot.

As it turns out I'm only supposed to roll initiative once per encounter, and then everyone just cycles in that order until the end of the combat.

Therefore, when you delay from now on please indicate whose turn will be the last one you delay for (and you'll know, because turn order will become predictable).

I'll still give you the initiative sequence in each update just so you don't have to check back to the beginning of the fight constantly. So if the initiative is Gabe, Bob, Fescue, Argumentus, Soggy, Enemies the initiative at the end of Gabe's turn will be

Bob, Fes, Arg, Sog, Enemy, Gabe

And at the end of Bob's turn it'll be

Fes, Arg, Sog, Enemy, Gabe, Bob

and so on.

After Bob's turn, let's say Fescue chooses to delay until after Gabe's next move. The initiative would then be

Arg, Sog, Enemy, Gabe, Fescue, Bob

and will remain that way until the end of combat; if you delay, you permanently give up your position in initiative for the new one.

This should allow you to engage in more tactical decisions and better plan ahead. I absolutely apologize for the fuckup. For the rest of the current fight I'll just use the order sequence I rolled most recently.

In other news I'm sure you all realize that you'll be leveling up after this fight (except of course Fescue), so do have in mind what you're looking to gain.

Anyone who objects to the new character being slotted in already at Level 2, speak up.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Two minor notes: Gabriel's speed was reduced to 4 due to his decision to wear chainmail, should have noticed that earlier but I don't think it's been relevant. Also, I'll be keeping track of Bob's ritual components henceforth so keep in mind that he has no reagents at the moment to cast Comprehend Languages.

At level 2 you gain:

Additional HP

Improved Ability Modifiers

1 Utility Power

1 Feat

I'll distribute updated charsheets once we get through the selection process.

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SCARY BOB

Scary Bob gains 4 HP; his total HP is now 23 and he is bloodied at 11.

Scary Bob gains +1 to his initiative, to each ability modifier, each defense, and each skill.

Scary Bob gains 1 utility spell and 1 feat.

Scary Bob may choose to replace a single feat, power, or trained skill selection made at Level 1.

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MOTSOGNIR THE SUBGENIUS

Motsognir gains 5 HP; his total HP is now 30 and he is bloodied at 15.

Motsognir gains +1 to his initiative, to each ability modifier, each non-AC defense, and each skill.

Motsognir gains 1 utility exploit and 1 feat.

Motsognir may choose to replace a single feat, power, or trained skill selection made at Level 1.

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GABRIEL SLEDGEHAMMER

Gabriel gains 6 HP; his total HP is now 36 and he is bloodied at 18.

Gabriel gains +1 to his initiative, to each ability modifier, each non-AC defense, and each skill.

Gabriel gains 1 utility prayer and 1 feat.

Gabriel may choose to replace a single feat, power, or trained skill selection made at Level 1.


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ARGUMENTUS OF HAMFIST

Argumentus gains 6 HP; his total HP is now 39 and he is bloodied at 19.

Argumentus gains +1 to his initiative, to each ability modifier, each non-AC defense, and each skill.

Argumentus gains 1 utility exploit and 1 feat.

Argumentus may choose to replace a single feat, power, or trained skill selection made at Level 1.

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Heroic Tier Feats:

Level 2 Utility Wizard Spells: Expeditious Retreat

Expeditious Retreat Wizard Utility 2

Your form blurs as you hastily withdraw from the battlefield.

Daily ✦ Arcane

Move Action Personal

Effect: Shift up to twice your speed.

, Feather Fall

Feather Fall Wizard Utility 2

You or a creature you choose falls gently, like a feather.

Daily ✦ Arcane

Free Action Ranged 10

Trigger: You or one creature in range falls

Effect: You or the creature takes no damage from the fall,

regardless of its distance, and does not fall prone at the

end of the fall.

, Jump

Jump Wizard Utility 2

You or another creature you choose can suddenly leap great

distances.

Encounter ✦ Arcane

Move Action Ranged 10

Target: You or one creature

Effect: The target makes an Athletics check to jump with a

+10 power bonus, and the target does not have to move

to make a running jump.

, Shield

Shield Wizard Utility 2

You throw up your hand, and a shield of arcane energy springs

into existence, protecting you against imminent attacks.

Encounter ✦ Arcane, Force

Immediate Interrupt Personal

Trigger: You are hit by an attack

Effect: You gain a +4 power bonus to AC and Reflex defense

until the end of your next turn.

, Phantasmal Terrain

Phantasmal Terrain Wizard Utility 2

You make already treacherous terrain even more difficult

for your enemies to traverse.

Daily ✦ arcane, illusion, implement, zone

standard action area burst 2 within 10 squares

effect: Until the end of the encounter, difficult terrain

in the designated area costs 2 extra squares of move-

ment instead of the normal 1 extra square for your

enemies. Additionally, hazards and traps within the

area gain a bonus to attack rolls equal to your Intel-

ligence modifier against your enemies.

Level 2 Utility Warlord Exploits: Aid The Injured

Aid the Injured Warlord Utility 2

Your presence is both a comfort and an inspiration.

Encounter ✦ Healing, Martial

Standard Action Melee touch

Target: You or one adjacent ally

Effect: The target can spend a healing surge.

, Crescendo of Violence

Crescendo of Violence Warlord Utility 2

A timely critical hit affords you the opportunity to rally a wound-

ed ally.

Encounter ✦ Martial

Immediate Reaction Ranged 5

Trigger: An ally within range scores a critical hit

Effect: The ally gains temporary hit points equal to your

Charisma modifier.

, Knight's Move

Knight’s Move Warlord Utility 2

With a sharp wave of your arm, you direct one of your allies to a

more tactically advantageous position.

Encounter ✦ Martial

Move Action Ranged 10

Target: One ally

Effect: The target takes a move action as a free action.

, Shake It Off

Shake It Off Warlord Utility 2

You convince yourself or an ally to shake off a debilitating effect.

Encounter ✦ Martial

Minor Action Ranged 10

Target: You or one ally

Effect: The target makes a saving throw with a power bonus

equal to your Charisma modifier.

Level 2 Utility Paladin Prayers: Astral Speech

Astral Speech Paladin Utility 2

You speak with such compelling conviction that others find it dif-

ficult to refute your beliefs and claims.

Daily ✦ Divine

Minor Action Personal

Effect: You gain a +4 power bonus to Diplomacy checks

until the end of the encounter.

, Martyr's Blessing

Martyr’s Blessing Paladin Utility 2

You step into an attack made against an adjacent ally to save

your comrade.

Daily ✦ Divine

Immediate Interrupt Close burst 1

Trigger: An adjacent ally is hit by a melee or a ranged attack

Effect: You are hit by the attack instead.

, Sacred Circle

Sacred Circle Paladin Utility 2

You trace a circle around you with your hand, and it quickly

expands into a wide circle of faintly glowing runes that glows

brightly and protects you and your close allies.

Daily ✦ Divine, Implement, Zone

Standard Action Close burst 3

Effect: The burst creates a zone that, until the end of the

encounter, gives you and allies within it a +1 power bonus

to AC.

Level 2 Utility Fighter Exploits: Boundless Endurance

Boundless Endurance Fighter Utility 2

You shake off the worst of your wounds.

Daily ✦ Healing, Martial, Stance

Minor Action Personal

Effect: You gain regeneration 2 + your Constitution modifier

when you are bloodied.

, Get Over Here

Get Over Here Fighter Utility 2

You pull one of your allies into a more advantageous position.

Encounter ✦ Martial

Move Action Melee 1

Target: One willing adjacent ally

Effect: You slide the target 2 squares to a square that is ad-

jacent to you.

, No Opening

No Opening Fighter Utility 2

You raise your weapon or shield to block an opening in your

defenses.

Encounter ✦ Martial

Immediate Interrupt Personal

Trigger: An enemy attacks you and has combat advantage

against you

Effect: Cancel the combat advantage you were about to

grant to the attack.

, Unstoppable

Unstoppable Fighter Utility 2

You let your adrenaline surge carry you through the battle.

Daily ✦ Healing, Martial

Minor Action Personal

Effect: You gain temporary hit points equal to 2d6 + your

Constitution modifier.

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

You guys are right. Retract that notice, yeah =(

You're sorted, Deni. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Swank Frank

Example: For level 2 you require 1000 experience, for level 3 you require 3000, for level 4 6000, etc. Savy?

Not so much.

0 1st
1,000 2nd
2,250 3rd
3,750 4th
5,500 5th
7,500 6th
10,000 7th
13,000 8th
16,500 9th
20,500 10th

How ya doing, buddy?

Brady, here's your up-to-date charsheet and your Unstoppable reference card.

Deni, your sheet, your Radiant Smite card, and your Sacred Circle card.

knk, your sheet and your Shake It Off card.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Well yes, it'd be cheap enough if there were any, you know, merchants about.

You can't just go about swapping rituals willy-nilly since, strictly speaking, your ritual book is part of your inventory and not your character per se (though your class does give you free rituals; it's a bit convoluted). Which is to say there's nothing stopping you just finding a new ritual.

There aren't really any rituals that do what you've described anyway. If rituals were any good in a fight they wouldn't be rituals.

Anyway, here's your updated charsheet and Shield reference card.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Well, now that Fescue's squared away...

Lurker, I should be able to arbitrarily insert your character into what passes for a plot around here during the next day or two. Here's your character packet; take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with your options and ask any questions you might have.

EDIT: Updated as of 10 AM friday with you know uh a bunch of previously-missing abilities oh hee hee hee

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Lurk's character is Lv2. Whatchu talkin' about, Zerg?

Originally Posted by AcerBandit

knk and Brady are adorable =)

I am beginning to think Motsognir will never get any gear unless I have a monster throw it directly at him. "They're gaining on us! Throw the magic rings at them! Aim for the eyes!"

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

Originally Posted by Animechanic

It would appear Pang updated all of her stats to level 2 except the "1" in the level box.

awright awright, reuploaded if it's that important

buncha galoots can't even edit a numeral without help

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Originally Posted by a lurker

Just to clarify, an 'encounter' ability is something I can use once per encounter, and 'daily' is once per day, right?

Yup.

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Can I improvise sling bullets?

I don't see any rational reason why not.

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The ritual Animal Messenger seems really useless to me. How did you pick it, do you have some use in mind for it?

Honestly, most of the 1st level rituals are pretty useless. If you want to swap it for something else before you start, though, here are your options:

Amanuensis

You capture the writing from one source (a book, scroll,

or tablet) and cause it to appear onto a special prepared paper, parchment, book, or some other similar item. This ritual copies up to 250 words of text, enough to fill one page with text. A copied illustration counts as a number

of words proportional to the amount of the page the illustration requires.

This ritual can be used to copy a ritual scroll, even if you have not mastered the ritual on the original scroll. Creating a ritual scroll in this manner takes twice as long as creating a ritual book but has the same cost (in addition to the component cost of this ritual).

Arcane Mark

You set your personal arcane mark on an object. It

manifests as a unique sigil of your devising. After the first moment, it is invisible and can be seen only by a creature using Arcana to detect magic. Ritual casters use arcane marks to identify their property and sometimes to designate places of great import.

Banish Vermin

You ward a single zone, up to burst 5, to be unpleasant to all kinds of unwanted rodents and insects of size Tiny or smaller, even if they are part of a swarm. Any vermin that are in the burst must leave by the most expedient means possible, and none enter the affected area for a period determined by your Nature check result.

Brew Potion

You create a potion or an elixir (see page 255) of your level or lower. The ritual’s component cost is equal to the price of the potion or the elixir you create.

Comprehend Language

When beginning the ritual, choose a language you have heard or a piece of writing you have seen within the past

24 hours. Using this ritual on a language you have heard allows you to understand it when spoken for the next 24 hours and, if your Arcana check result is 35 or higher, to speak the language fluently for the duration. Using this ritual on a language you have seen as a piece of writing allows you to read the language for the next 24 hours and, if your Arcana check result is 35 or higher, to write the language in its native script or in any other script

you know for the duration.

Fastidiousness

You or a creature within 2 squares of you is warded against becoming dirty. No matter what the target does, touches, walks through, or experiences, the target’s person, clothes, and carried possessions are not soiled. If the target is in any way soiled when the ritual is

completed, that filth is immediately shed. Attacks or other effects that involve dirtying the character work as normal but leave no lasting waste or residue.

Magic Mouth

You bind a message into a surface you touch. When conditions you set are met, the surface manifests a mouth and conveys your message, discharging the ritual. The mouthappears to be made out of the same material as the surface, but you otherwise decide the mouth’s appearance.

Make Whole

A single object that can fit in a 10-foot cube is completely repaired. The component cost is 20 percent of the item’s cost. In cases where you attempt to repair an item not on any price list, the DM determines the cost.

Secret Page

You ward writings so others cannot read them. Use of

this ritual protects one page (maximum 250 words). You make the page appear not to exist, causing anyone other than you to ignore it; the page’s presence is blocked from a reader’s mind. You can choose instead to obscure the page with false writings, which you produce before performing the ritual. Other readers see the false text rather than the real text.

Silence

You ward a single room (or a burst 4 area), against eavesdropping. Creatures attempting to listen to something in the warded area from outside the area take a –10 penalty to their Perception checks.

Tenser's Floating Disk

You create a slightly concave, circular plane of force that

floats a foot off the ground and can carry what you lay upon it. The disk is 3 feet in diameter and 1 inch deep at its center. It remains stationary unless you move more than 5 squares away from it, in which case it moves with your base speed once per round until it is within 5 squares of you. You can command the disk to move up to your speed as a move action. If you are more than 5 squares from the disk for 2 consecutive rounds, the disk

disappears, dropping whatever it was carrying.

Wizard's Curtain

You draw a curtain or several curtains from nowhere to ensure your visual privacy. The curtain is nearly opaque and appears in any pattern or colors your desire. The ritual obscures all sight lines into a single room (or a burst 4 area), applying a –10 penalty to Perception checks to see anything inside the warded area.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by a lurker

Oh, also, what sort of penalty do you get if your character is old?

There aren't any mechanical penalties that I can find, so go ahead and be venerable at whim.

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

Sorry for leaving you guys standing around engaging in character development. My DSL's been ridiculously spotty the entire weekend.

Originally Posted by Shin

As a matter of interest, what's the vial of alchemist's fire that Bob's carrying around do?

Scorching Burst in-a-can, more or less.

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Also, am I right in thinking that the shield spell I just cast in combat at any time then it triggers if Bob gets hit?

The way I'm reading it, it looks like you don't need to actively cast it at all. It just automatically kicks in the first time you get hit in a fight.

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

Bob hasn't put any skill points into Craft

I was speaking idiomatically.

I did give you a sling

I mean

it's not much, but

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

That's all right, they won't need to be filled in for ages at this rate.

FELIPE NO

Yeah, bows are generally DEX. You did only spend 18 points out of your 22-point buy, though.

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

Ok, I think I mistakenly assumed you'd already applied your CON bonus to your stats, so you're actually only two points short. We can drop those points into your DEX to bring it up to 16, then add your +2 to CON, which would give you:


STR 11
CON 15
DEX 16
INT 12
WIS 15
CHA 8

and this is why I generally just do these things myself

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Zergrinch

As a matter of curiosity, what monster manual edition are you using, Pang?

This one.



There's nowhere I can't reach.

You will get

NOTHING

Also, WoTC released rules for Gnoll PCs today so that's on the table for anybody who wants to be a fucking furry but doesn't care for scales

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

They're still trying to find a way to make Gnomes seem like something other than miniature dwarves with a gadget fetish, mostly. (of course, they just recreated the problem with the elf/eladrin thing but that's a separate issue). Gnomes will probably be around in PHBII with the Barbarians and Druids and so on.

Drow are usually evil too, these things aren't set in stone.

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

Terribly fun!












no, nearly all the official setting work is crap, I'll gladly cop to that

Gygax was a creepy old beard and Greenwood is even worse

I was speaking idiomatically.

Allies don't interfere with line of sight, so feel free to just hurl rocks right past them at dangerous speeds

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by a lurker

My speed is 4, does that mean I can move four squares

Actually, that's supposed to be a 5. Sorry about that, no idea why I put 4 down.

But it is your maximum squares/turn (provided you don't sprint), and doesn't relate directly to your initiative.

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This...

this occurred in an alternate history which...


ffffffft okay fixing

edit: and fixed!

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