[DnD] Let's Cast Magic Missile!

Originally Posted by Pangalin

Skills, if you're going to claim to insult this thing, I want to know what the hell Glock supposedly said to it to hurt its feelings. Damn.

And after all this, there totally wasn't any mention of the insult and how sad the mouther became.

(I was so much looking forward to how you'd write it up too...)

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Pangalin

I was too busy crackin' up at your wonderful magical arrow that can slowly kill its target over a period of 6-8 weeks barring any high Endurance rolls.

(snip)

Damn, the last time anybody caught a disease up in this bitch it was Argumentus. I gotta fix that.

Well, the knowledge check for Gnasc implied his self-destructing cudgel has some kind of disease rider attached to it. Had Gordy not killed him before he could do anything to us in melee...

Aw, so the arrows have no tactical use. Is okay, I can see strategic use for it (blackmail or assassination hr hr hr)

Since I'm too lazy to look it up in the sourcebooks, and I don't have compendium access, gimme stats for the disease please

FELIPE NO

FYI Pang, we're modifying the turn Order to: Glock, Gheth, Garr, Gordok, Cal

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

1 Dice Roll *What do the dice say?

My estimate is 110 hours, with a standard deviation of 29 hours!

But you know, our main striker and damage dealer must have his beauty sleep

The dice has spoken. Acer will post 77 hours from Skill's post. This will be on March 1, 2010, at 11:18 PM Acer's local time.

Originally Posted by Pangalin

GFF D&D CONTEST EVENT

WHOEVER CAN GUESS THE DAY AND THE HOUR ON WHICH ACER TAKES HIS TURN WILL WIN!!!

Quoted for preservation! Since Pang did not define "whoever", I'm sure Acer will win this contest event

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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There's nowhere I can't reach.

So Skills, whatchu gonna buy with the $33 Pang owes you?

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

That will only add insult to injury

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

Didn't he win the GFF D&D Guess When Acer Posts contest event thing?

I was speaking idiomatically.

So Pang, how much useless things can I stuff into that wagon before the wheels (and the horse) give way?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

8,000/8,818/8,960 pounds of junk? Awesome

How about the horse? How much can he drag and remain at speed? (Garr's sheet say strength of 20 = 1000 pounds, so the horse's strength of 19 drags less than a half-ton. But my physics is rusty on how much that is mitigated by the friction-reducing wheels.)

FELIPE NO

I suspect the exact definition of a 'ton' is a moot point. I'll be damned if I can even fill the wagon with a short ton-load of junk...

Exempting the heavy Player characters and their existing inventories, of course.

Though I must admit I find it strange you would consider the metric ton to be the appropriate medieval measure, compared to the Ye Olde England land gross ton...

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

Huh, so it looks like the nerf only affects Paragon to Epic-tier (ab)use of Righteous Brand then, eh? I can't imagine you'll be using at-wills at that level though, since you're bound to have some real sweet encounters and dailies by then...

I am glad I get to keep the controllerish power! What's the source of your power cards, Pang? They look completely different from the one generated by the character builder.

Originally Posted by Cadillacs

You underestimate yourself.

Cal will steal the houses themselves if he damn near has to, I'm sure.

Hush you. Pang hasn't set any limits on wagon volumes. Stealing houses would be pushing his largesse ;___;

How ya doing, buddy?

Bah, of all the players so far, only Cal's "Spitting Cobra Stance" has been well and truly crippled so far

There's nowhere I can't reach.

All it does is to ensure that all enemies are gonna stay five squares away from me. Admittedly I'd get more mileage out of it if Cal were built as a more flexible Hunter Ranger (MM2). Or if he had the ability to disengage from melee at will (Nimble Attack would do it). But changing at-wills is kinda low priority right now (I'd rather do Shadow Wasp > Disruptive Strike). I'm looking at an option that needs three feats to be completely effective - Superior Crossbow Proficiency, Speed Loader, and then Sneak of Snadows Multiclass Rogue. Still, I doubt Cal will survive that long, since there's no new feat at Level 7

'Sides, it got nerfed before the Gnasc battle. I was already strategizing about teaming up with Garr on the Murkelmor battle. He'd mark the guy and shift 1 square closer to me. Murks would either attack another and eat the penalty, or he'd have to move closer and eat my arrow, just to attack Garr... Naturally the nerf led to a change of plans.

Why'd you think I asked the question that led you to investigate Spitting Cobra Stance in the first place?

Originally Posted by Pangalin

Hey, even at level 1 you could have +5 to STR if you wanted to. And even at Epic battles can come down to At-Wills if they drag out long enough.

That'd be terribly ineffective on other fronts - he'd be sacrificing a lot of other stuff just for a teensy bit of damage. I discovered this to my chagrin when rebuilding Cal. By changing what attributes were trained and the initial array, it was actually possible to let him have the same stats he has now, with 3 points leftover in the point allocation pool... Oh well, should have done the twinking out with Character Builder before, and not after...

But I'd guess epic final battles against Orcus or Tiamat might come down to at-wills... The Tiamat module was especially brutal. Instant death at Epic tier? Wow.

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

Three questions!

1. How high up is the second storey?
2. Is there anything that bar the windows (ie grills) which would physically prevent a fastball special from succeeding?
3. Fastball special, Gheth and Cal! Acrobatics or athletics?

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

Really now, Shin. Must everything I do be optimal? Cal's intelligence is only 8, after all. He's practically the dunce of the party!

Not at all. I wanted to see how Pang will play the NPC reactions! In all honesty I was expecting another encounter, not a social skill challenge!

From a story-telling point of view, the priest only became a slithering monstrosity after he met us. So for all the girl knows, his faith saved him.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Ah well, as far as rape is concerned, Cal is probably not the one she should be wary of. Cal's totally 100% consensual, baby

And we were totally doing her a favor by cleaning up the town of monsters. Kids these days, so ungrateful~~~

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Nope. I just thought that since we're tracking down this bard, and all indications point to the performance of the play catalyzing all the unfortunate transformations, anything that can make Cal temporarily unable to hear would be beneficial!

I mean, I all but detailed my strategy with the reference to Odysseus and the sirens

Most amazing jew boots

YES WHAT OF IT At least I didn't hand over a couple of kids to an evil demon!

Totally need material for more augmenting whetstones so I increase my to-hit with Careful Attack to +15, and its damage to +9.

Besides I think she is off her rocker and needs to be forcibly evacuated to the nearest town. I'm generally bad at reading between the lines, so hence the in-game knowledge check

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

Originally Posted by Lady STD KILLA

Do you not think she's maybe just drunk? And that there are more relevant things in the house than the larder to be searching for?

I still reckon you should use her as a meat shield.

Yes, the thought did cross my mind. Hence the knowledge check to be sure. Given the check result, I figure Pang will leave me in the dark though.

Definitely there are more relevant things to look for, for example, a copy of the play which Lasilaran might conceivably have left lying around in her study or something. But, eh. Let Gordok or Gheth do something for a change. Callace just be stealing what he can get his grubby hands on, like some paintings and stuff

The meat shield idea ain't happening. Not while we have a bleeding heart cleric of Avandra in the party... (Not a knock on Skex's role-playing, I think it adds a nice little wrinkle and enhances the roleplay dynamic.)

Next stop after food, the library and/or study where I might be able to lift some valuable antique books!

Which reminds me, Pang. Is there a schematic of sorts for the manor?

Originally Posted by Denicalis

Fuck you, Gabe was the best Paladin ever.

Wasn't Gabe that struck that deal. In fact, Gabe felt bad when it happened. You yourself wrote as much

Jam it back in, in the dark.

My impression of Gheth is that of a well-intentioned but bumbling physician wannabe, a Dr. Zoidberg type to complement the Bender vibe Skills is obviously going for. Though his moments at altruism and righteousness seems to be at odds to be purely a Zoidberg.

It's hard to pin down Gordok, though he seems to live for combat. Acer did lay down Gordok's motivations in this thread, but I don't see them playing out in a significant way yet.

I'd agree that Garr exudes the no-nonsense manner of a jaded adventurer. After all, he's the most senior among us.

Glock? I'd actually pin the sex maniac bit on Pang. I believe his flavoring of Helga's Wave of Despair catalyzed the horny robot and Cal's hermaphroditic sexual preferences. But hey, it's fun. The DM takes what we do or say and flips it back on us in the most hilarious possible way. No reason for the opposite to not happen!

At least my character race allows me a lot of leeway for a bunch of personalities. I was planning initially to make Cal really schizophrenic, with a lot of mental disorders - a different set every game day. It also involved giving him a different set of interactions with the rest of the party: kid Cal loves robots, but starts disliking them as he grew older; teenage Cal thinks humans are stupid and racist while grizzled adventurer Cal is deathly afraid of them - that sort of stuff. The plan fell apart when I realized I simply don't have the wherewithal to make entertaining dialogue. Playing it straight, deadpan style with full sincerity, seems to be the best option to compensate for my lack of wit.

As for your desire to have an arsonist in the group. Well, with his love for molotov cocktails, gunpowder, handmade grenades, a ready torch, and plus his checking the flammability of the alcohol which he incidentally forgot to take, I'd argue that Glock is very much a potential firebug!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Oh, so that's what Project Revenant is all about, huh?

I coulda swore he went to the good place, not the bad.

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

Well, next in line is Zeph. He could conceivably be the fire genasi. There's an eladrin between him and you anyway

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Originally Posted by Pangalin

Oh also! New houserule, wanna encourage ritual use a little bit: instead of spending components on ritual casting, you can pay a ritual's component cost by expending a healing surge. Save a little money, take a little risk.

Obviously this offer doesn't apply to matters where it would be massively unbalancing, like Enchant Weapon or any other ritual with a sliding cost.

Will you extend that to Gheth's Alchemy, assuming he finally gets around to actually messing around with it?

Also, can I still finagle a discount with Enchant Weapon equivalent to the most expensive non-creation ritual we have (Eavesdropper's Foil - 80gp)?

Skills, time for Glock to perform that Sending ritual to someone in Lamid. Warn them about what happened to Hallowfield. Surely a well-traveled bard knows someone from there...

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

I suspect that in this case, we're the dramatic cavalry, riding in to save the day at Lamid.

Still, I'm convinced there's something else in the house that bears searching for. Heck, if we can find a copy of the play, the quest is over, Lamid be damned.
Right Skex?

EDIT:

My EYES, do they deceive me? The entire party posted, one after the other, in less than half a day???

This is amazing. Saints be praised, we have a miracle!

I was speaking idiomatically.

Nope. Pang is a kind DM and extinguishes any torches we put in our packs (like the burning torch Glock swiped from Murkelmor's house)

How ya doing, buddy?