[DnD] Let's Cast Magic Missile!

Two acres of land sounds nice. It could be our first base of operations.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

What is that, Geneforge?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

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

We might as well make our way to the cemetery now to assess the situation. See what's out and about or what have you.

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

Locking doors keeps zombies from entering the house because they'll shamble around on the street looking for signs of human life. Without any sign of life they just keep shuffling around.

Also, if we drew all of them into one building we'd probably break a lot of stuff and ruin some townie's day. They might try and weasel out of their payment, which is why we should recon in force.

I was speaking idiomatically.

You know it's day out, right? We could go to the cemetery and not have to deal with anything terrible.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Zombies aren't a big deal, it's the stuff we'd have to face in the mausoleum that's the problem. We could just let the zombies come to us and thin them out if everybody wants to do that, though. (Pang's already rendered the Inn I'd hate for that to go to waste now )

FELIPE NO

This isn't just some crab cave down here, it's a freaking cavern. The fact that there's a rendering for the Inn probably means that it'll lead to the Mausoleum, and we can save ourselves the trouble of dealing with those zombies. We probably couldn't enter the mausoleum directly anyways if the log is any indication.

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On the other hand if you all were a bunch of roleplaying queermos, I guess your characters don't even know about the cavern and the dwarf and I are gonna get ourselves killed. =(

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

If the undead can come up through the cavern it won't matter how well defended we are.

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I'm down for Undead Alamo.

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haha I'm not down with that plan, though, you're just gonna split us up and get us all killed.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I've played too much L4D to be comfortable with somebody splitting off from the group when facing hordes of enemies.

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

We have no snipers. There is no one-shot-one-kill in this game unless you can coup-de-gras past the bloodied level. People who split off would be surrounded and mauled to death by zombies.

e: or unless we're facing hordes of minions I guess

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

My main concern with this kind of "tactical" planning is that D&D isn't a tactical game. We're playing Command & Conquer, not Jagged Alliance, and often times the best way to deal with enemies is to focus fire and whittle them down. The problem I see is if we split up we're not focused as a group, and as a result we might weaken a couple zombies where we could have at least killed one.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Shin

That's very true although we've only got three ranged weapons between us including Bob's magic and Bob is fuck all use in a fight against a single, large enemy anyway as a rule. If we stick together in the main room we can back each other up and cover both potential entrances and if we block the entrances well enough, those attacking the zombies outside can backup and help the others without the zombies actually getting in. As I see it, if we keep them pinned together close enough we only ever have to fight a maximum of one each at a time and with enemies like that, it's the numbers that makes them dangerous. With Gabe blocking the stairs, Arg blocking the front door and the others shooting shit, I reckon we could hold out fairly indefinitely against run of the mill zombies. Gabe held off a fucking ogre for about 5 turns on his own after all.

We'd have to create a single-space corridor and funnel them through, but only one person could melee at a time, because otherwise they can just walk around you at the end of the corridor. We can try it your way if you want, but I say we just barricade the cellar and focus on the zombies walking around outside instead of splitting up, even if it is just a room away.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

GOD FINE

FELIPE NO

Men of Freeport stop your dreaming
Can't you see their claw points gleaming
See their undead pennants streaming
To this battlefield
Men of Freeport stand ye steady
It cannot be ever said ye
For the battle were not ready
Freemen never yield
From the hills rebounding
Let these war cries sounding
Summon all at Melora's call
The mighty force surrounding
Men of Freeport on to glory
This will ever be your story
Keep these burning words before ye
Freemen will not yield

How ya doing, buddy?

I thought those other stairs just led up to the raised stage in the bar room.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Hey Shin, what possessed you to get that far out ahead in the first place?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Miss does half strength damage, pang =V

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

Turn Undead is probably going to make our moves irrelevant if it hits.

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

It's not powerful enough to kill everything outright, but it'll probably throw them back a space or two.

I was speaking idiomatically.

So hey Lurk, what are ya doin way over there?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I got the green zombie handled, btw, everybody else concentrate on dat purp zombie.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by a lurker

edit: I figure I'm going to try out that dragonbreath trick if I can. Since fire seems to be these guys' weakness and I think we should exploit their weaknesses wherever possible.

Zombies are only weak to radiant damage (the kind you put out with Turn Undead). Shin just got lucky on one of his attack rolls.

Zombies get owned with all criticals.

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

hey Shin we're actually fighting three zombies and there's no guarantee that the next wave will break through this round, but that's ok.

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If you get more criticals, though, that'd be fuckin sweet

Jam it back in, in the dark.