[DnD] Let's Cast Magic Missile!

I have a stupid question for Mr. Pang.

Virtually all of the attacks (except Shin's spells and Daunting Light), go against "AC". What is this AC - accuracy or acrobatics?

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That sounds rather plausible. I guess the lot is screwed, since most of their attacks will strike against this Armor Class. So much for Pangalin's sage advice

Originally Posted by Pangalin

And so our friend the ogre is making good use of this second interpretation. His actual Reflex defense is relatively poor as you'd expect. It's all a question of puzzling out a given monster's strengths and weaknesses. An ogre, inherently, is hardy and durable but also sluggish and stupid. So it's down to making attacks against the proper defenses.

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Stupid question. Are the battle mechanics different for player characters than for monsters? I refer specifically to killing, since it seems monsters die the moment their HP reach 0, while players die after their HP is less than negative one-half of their maximum HP.

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One moar question. Suppose you roll a 20 for hit, but AC is greater. Does that mean an automatic critical hit, or does it miss?

Edit: Scratch that question. You guys made 4 posts while I wasn't looking ._.

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Nah, give it up. I'm sure it's worth less than that 500 GP reward!

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Isn't it permitted for you ranged attackers to keep using them each turn, and using your move actions to back up the number of squares the zombies shamble forward?

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

knk, I thought players have 1 standard action (his frying pan), 1 minor action (shift to T9), and 1 move action (move to U10) per turn?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Oh ok, I thought a move action can count as a minor action.

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What did your vastly more complicated plan to save Bob's hide entail, Pang? For curiosity's sake?

You can tell me after Shin makes his move, so as not to prematurely save his character's hide for him.

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You're shifting down-left diagonally, but isn't there a bar counter in the way?

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Might not be as far off though. If Argumentus fails enough saves from Cemetery Rot, he's gonna kick the bucket and get zombified right?

How ya doing, buddy?

Eight preemptively killed? What kind of weak-ass zombie rotters are you rolling up?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I thought that's how you select monsters, by rolling some dice and doing some math.

You know, just like the way you do everything else in this game...

FELIPE NO

5 Dice Rolls Will Bob survive

New toy. Must play.

Dangit, that female elf's assured of survival

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5 Dice Rolls Can I put in decimals?

I see possibilities! Like having a mooncake festival dice game!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Pangalin

Diseases depend on the subject failing Endurance checks. Endurance is Arg's highest skill. Before Cemetery Rot kills you, it slowly eats away at your Fortitude, so he'd have to fail about 10 checks in a row before he finally cacked it.

Quick question about diseases, with Cemetery Rot in particular.

The 4e Open Grave Supplement Manual says this about the disease:

Level 11 Disease : Cemetery Rot
Attack: +14 vs. Fortitude
Endurance improve 22, maintain DC 17, worsen DC 16 or lower

You perform checks in order to determine whether you improve, maintain, or deteriorate, right?. So, when do you exactly perform these checks? Automatically after your turn, or do you have to sacrifice a Major/Minor action to do it?

How is it actually checked - do you roll a d20 and add the result to Endurance? Or is it just based on the Endurance stat?

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Oh, extended rest.

Hahaha, Argumentus is screwed

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Why don't you lot just jump those catterwyrmlike thingies like the trigger-happy goons you are Initiative and stuff, last like what you did to Pang's poor troll.

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Originally Posted by Pangalin

In fairness it was a pretty high-level hole in the ground

I mean it nearly killed bob

Not really. Bob's a wuss with so little HP

I was speaking idiomatically.

What a silly question. Everyone knows there's no dirt in a hole

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Pangalin

Zerg, you have made an enemy today

Don't be hatering! Besides, kinky answered it all by himself without reading this thread

Oh, just for the sake of curiosity, what were you planning to do if someone actually answered 9,000 cubic feet?

FELIPE NO

Hay guise. Burn or chop those two children-shaped squirming web-wrapped bundles into tiny pieces. Otherwise they'll totally hatch and eat you all up!

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Do those web sacks first!

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye

Zerg, you're not supposed to be giving them advice. We don't necessarily want them to die, but that doesn't mean that we should help them live any longer than necessary.

I'm not helping them live longer. Promise!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

A bunch of spiders are stronger than a juvenile dragon. Who would have thought

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