[DnD] D&D Boot Camp - Discussion Thread

You can still act and do whatever you want, you just can't move. save ends means at the end of your turn you make a saving throw against the condition - 10 or higher, and you're no longer immobilized. less than 10, and you're still stuck.

EDIT: i fixed the mistake, DN. the thing is you picked a really complex character for your first game - most of your at-will abilies are two abilities rolled into one. Crane's wings, for example, has a movement ability as well as an attack ability. the move ability requires a move action to use, and you'd already used your move action for the turn.

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

Skills - you can't use that power when you're a truck - you can only use powers with the "beast form" keyword while transformed. in this case you rolled high enough that a melee basic attack would cut it and as such it's no biggie, but just so you know.

Philia - you have to attack the slinger with something to invoke your shrouds. they reveal weak points, they don't actually hurt things on their own.

Rychord - yeah, i would think so.

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

what the... dang. i come back and it's my turn already. i was not counting on this...

I'll hopefully get the next game post up tomorrow sometime, otherwise it'll have to wait until thursday. i've got 200 pages to read and write a four or five page report on for wednesday, and i have class all day wednesday.

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In the starting post of each battle, i list the defenses of each type of enemy. What you do is take your number (6) and add the modifier below the power on your power sheet (+3). you compare this with the number of the defense listed below the power (minion reflex = 13). So this would be a miss.

I'll also let you alter your turn since you are drawing two OAs - this post has everything you need to know about that. Zerg's post higher up the same page also explains the attack rules, if you feel like reading a whole bunch.

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yeah, i apparently totally forgot to do your turn. Go from you being where you said you were going, and the kobold i put in that spot as dead, since it makes no difference to the damage it's no biggie. sorry about that. (suggestion - use a different color for your game-related moves: the one you're using now is borderline invisible if i'm not paying really close attention (at least on my screen))

If you can get your post up before too late tonight, i can get the next post in before Thursday. I get a total of about an hour and a half to myself tomorrow between 8:30am and 8:30pm, and most of that time will be spent eating or moving between classes. I will be so happy when this New Music Festival crap is over and done with.

EDIT:
Skills - Prime’s challenge will die out if you use it when you do, because you don't engage the kobold (either attack it or end your turn next to it). Since this means you can't use it next turn, it might be a better idea to just not use the power.

Philia - You can't invoke the shrouds unless you use an attack on the kobold. It could be as simple as throwing a rock or something (improvised ranged weapon), but the shrouds can't do any damage on their own. And i'm still not sure what to do with the trash can you pulled out of nowhere, but i'm pretty sure it's not R2 in disguise.

FELIPE NO

... well, the kobold just walked across. You're probably taller than he is. Just sayin'.

How ya doing, buddy?

Yeah, it's awesome, but an Athletics check of 16 isn't going to lob a 150 lb. character quite that far. Where's the sense of growth as you level up if you can pull something like that at level 1? You can, however, land at AI13 and book it from there.

Use an Acrobatics check to vault off your hands where you land and jump the remaining distance - you'd only need a 5 3 oh forget it just do it. +5 to your attack on arrival for being a total badass with the help of the robot.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

why, yes, yes you do (everyone except Prime anyway). I thought it was every three encounters for some silly reason. A word of advice - You guys may want to keep an eye on Zeno, since even if he burns all of his remaining healing surges he won't be getting back to full health. DN, you may want to stand back and spam Energy Strobe until you've taken a nap, since Zeno is such a juicy target. It's hard for me not to attack the party member with the lowest AC, especially when they're standing right there.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

The next battle will begin as soon as i have time to get everything set up. Which is to say it might happen before Friday. Maybe. stupid school grumble grumble whine complain yada yada yada

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

Just so everyone knows, i'm going to Florida for spring break, so i may or may not have internet access depending on travel and whatever. I'm pretty sure the hotel has wifi, but i'll still be away from the computer more than usual.

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

DN, the room is lit. There's torches all over the place. Throw an orb or something similarly helpful. On an entirely unrelated note, circumstances surrounding "only one computer on the wifi at a time" mean i can't use my own computer, so any chances i had to move things forward are severely damaged. I might be able to find some time, but it doesn't sound like i'll have a whole lot of down time. We'll play things by ear for now.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Waiting is not the term, i didn't access the internet at all for the entire last week. We were a little too busy - a journal entry with pictures will come when i'm not sitting in Pearson International Airport and am actually home. I haven't checked the game thread yet, but i'll let you guys know if there's anything else amiss (though i trust Zerg to know the rules better than i do - i always miss anything that got changed since the first PHB, since that's the one i always check)

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Sorry again guys, this is getting ridiculous. Just because i'm the GM doesn't mean i get immunity from the three strikes thing (well actually it does, but it doesn't mean you guys can't criticize me for holding up the game like i have been).

I noticed Thia's surprise round move was missing, so i'll give Philia until tomorrow night to put it up. Hopefully my system will stop hating me for not sleeping enough soon so that i can get back to doing homework and trying to murder you guys' alternate personalities.

FELIPE NO

Nope, you got out of it on account of it wasn't your turn. In the first couple of battles i would have hinted that you might want to change your move, but i'm going to stop doing that for things you guys should have figured out already. Can't leave the training wheels on forever.

That said, Zeno should really try to stay back for this fight. He's the squishiest member of the party, so moving him into the fray is really just asking for trouble. Plus you can't heal anymore as you're out of surges. Just sayin', since as much as i act like i'm trying to kill you guys i'd really rather not have a death so early. I can't not try, though, because that would just be depressing.

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

Because you're a Monk/Sorceror, so you can't wear armor without slowing yourself down / impacting your hit chances. I'm pretty sure you can take a feat to remedy that at some point, or a feat to boost your AC another way. I've never played either a Monk or Sorceror before, so i'm not sure.

Yes - diagonals count for being adjacent. You can also move on a diagonal for one movement.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Oh right. Oops. sorry, i was in a hurry. (yaaaay 4 damage)

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Prime killed the kobold, so don't bother with that one any more.

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

to be fair, you've got some really confusing powers.

Energy Strobe has +3 vs. Reflex. so your roll (9) + 3 needs to be greater than or equal to the target's reflex defense (14), so that attack's a miss.

If you had landed the hit, Energy strobe needs two more rolls - one to determine damage type (roll 1d6, look at the chart on the power card), and one to determine damage (1d10, then add 7).

Also, a friendly reminder - if you do hit something in melee, remember to use Stone Fist Flurry of Blows - it's a free action, and an automatic hit for 3 extra damage (or a free minion kill if they're around). It's probably best for you to stay out of the way for now, but it's something to keep in mind.

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

yeah, he's toast.

sorry about the impropmtu hiatus guys, i got really badly swamped by homework and promptly left all my other obligations to rot in a corner. after next week (choir tour, so the only time i'll have guaranteed internet access is tuesday night when i'm at home) things should get back to normal. I want to thank you for not giving me heck, but i'd rather you give me heck than let the game go through that again. so next time, give me heck.

I was speaking idiomatically.

All right, i'm going to go out on a limb and call this thing officially dead in the water. I'm sorry everyone, but my life has been really turbulent of late (not in a bad way, but in a i-don't-have-consistent-internet-and-free-time-at-the-same-time way). i haven't had a lot of time to look at GFF, and i have no guarantee of internet in the coming weeks, so.

The original plan was to help some newbies understand 4th edition D&D well enough to play in Pang's games, but as he's planning on changing game systems after this dungeon it's kind of a moot point. I might consider running a game again sometime if people ask for it, but for the time being it's just not working. This could be as early as next fall if i find things stabilizing by then, but for the summer at least i think this game is going to be done.

That said, if you guys still really want to play, let me know and i'll keep trying. I just don't know my living arrangements for after this week, so i'm loathe to make promises regarding such things.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?