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Sure he can. But he has to say so explicitly. And it has to be the same skill (diplomacy).

Though! The offer to give power bonus if food is a component of your diplomacy check, still stands.

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

Yes. Being subtle is not my strong suit

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

Re: Skill Challenges

You and Ebony can make any number of primary skill checks. Non-primary checks might count depending on plausibiity. So I'm afraid I'm not convinced by the use of Arcana and Diplomacy

Re: Feat

You can always ride mounts, no problem. What the Mounted Combat feat does is to let you to access the special abilities of your mount, and use your Athletics, Acrobatics, Endurance, and Stealth scores instead of its own if yours are higher.

In your case, the mechanical benefits of taking the feat are:
1. No need to take -2 penalty if it makes an attack roll
2. Ivory can take advantage of the dire wolf's "Pack Hunter"

Rider gains combat advantage against an enemy that

has one ally other than the wolf adjacent to the enemy.

ability

As for the chariot, sure, why not. It's just a repurposed wagon, so cost of 20 GP and carrying capacity of 1 short ton.

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Yeah, it's one action each for Ebony and Ivory/RRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWGGHH. Perception is a free action though, so any particular place on the map you want to explore?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Well lurks, all the stealth in the world will not help you when you can be seen in plain sight. I'm implementing fog of war here because the enemy's just sneaking around the corner

Note to self, next time use enemies that can go invisible!

No problem with redacting it, Shin. I didn't exactly specify it outright that I'm keeping count on the first post before. To answer your question, you and your wolf get a full set of actions (standard, move, minor) in one round. if you dismount it (a standard action), you get your own actions, and I assume control of the wolf

The only way for you to get separate actions is if you were a beast ranger and RRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWGGHH were your beast companion (and even then it'd take you a minor to command it).

FELIPE NO

Ivory is still immobilized by the garrote, and if RRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWGGHH shifts west, he becomes immobilized and prone.

Consider this a one-time courtesy reminder

Also, regarding wolf's combat actions, here's its stat card:



It has only one attack, Bite. Until you get the "Mounted Combat" feat, all attacks made by the wolf are made with a -2 penalty. Its Pack Hunter specal ability is also not accessible until then.

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

Good question!

Um... It's a really long rope?

Okay, I'll allow Rrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwgghh to break the grip, but he also takes the same -4 penalty to the attempt. Escaping is a move action, a skill check that pits Athletics vs. the Strangler's Fortitude, or Acrobatics vs. Reflex. Choice is yours.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Sorry, traveling again.

When Ivory gets attacked and you activate your Avenging Charge, you attack the triggering enemy before his own attack finishes.

The answer is "Yes" to the first and last question. You don't need to do a straight line charge. Anything within 2 to 7 squares is legal, crooked or what have you.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Yes, right you are. Forgot to add up the wolf damage

(Also, action points are for escaping, aren't they )

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

Originally Posted by a_lurker

Zerg, is burning a healing surge a standard, minor, or free action? The rest of my turn is on hold until I find out.

Free action to recipient (only Second Wind is a standard). You don't need to specify that you're burning surges when Shin heals you - I'll consider it done automatically.

I'm kinda curious why Shin waited so long to heal Ebony. And also kinda sad I didn't get a K.O. this time around. Dang nabbit

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

Monster Manual 3 is out? Sweet

I'm not trying to kill them yet. Just make 'em swoon.

I was speaking idiomatically.

You can either bull rush an adjacent foe, or tack it on at the end of a charge. But yeah, you did it correctly.

Dammit, an attack against Fortitude. Now I'll never get to use the strangler's encounter power

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by a_lurker

I'm stuck in a bad spot

Am I mobilized again from Shin's save?

Yes. You're free~~~~

Strangler's now at L11, by the way. Shin's wolf is at J10:K11.

FELIPE NO

Cuz A is a minion with 1 HP. Almost messed up the deception by rolling initiative separately

Basically I just about used up the experience quota for a "moderately difficult fight" with those two bugbears, but needed an extra body so I can choke you guys[ longer.

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

No worries.

I have been missing some replies lately. Normally, I have VBulletin immediately e-mail me any replies to the threads I subscribe to. But this notification has been flaky as of late.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

You can if you use an action point.

BTW, Gaze of Defiance has a range of 5. Gotta move closer

There's nowhere I can't reach.

With one healing surge left, Ebony can't surge to full. You can either choose to reserve this during the next encounter, or have Ivory expend a Healing Word (which carries extra 1d6+5 healing) - which means he'll only have 1 Healing Word in the next encounter.

Personally I'd wait until he's in negative digits, since surging from there resets HP to zero, and then applies the healing.

But that's just me, of course.

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You need a surge for healing potions too (and they only heal 10 HP). Surgeless healing is rather rare, and are usually cleric powers (like healing strike, astral seal, and consecrated ground).

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The wolf can fight of its own accord, drawing from the same pool of standard, minor, and move actions, as if you two are a single creature.

Yeah, totally contradicting myself, but I guess I was wrong before

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Unfortunately, Ebony is a "small" sized character, and must use the spear one-handed. Because you are deadliest with a weapon on each hand, I'd advise against picking it up. Pang pretty much optimized your weapon types, so the only thing you want to upgrade is the type of enchantment. It'd be different if Ebony weren't small though - you could have upgraded the shortsword to a longsword (1d8 damage instead of 1d6) for instance.

Just between the two of us, it's actually for Ivory.

No one (aside from the wolf) will have any problem charging out the door. It can still do so, but will be squeezing (and will take the usual penalties so long as it stands there).

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Deni is right. And you should basically use up every single daily on this battle, otherwise it's a crying shame.

By the way, do you wish to start the next battle with the spear, or with your crossbow?

FELIPE NO

Readying an attack is a form of "turn delay", allowing you to get a full round in.

But since you're aiming for a surprise attack (one action only), that's what you'll get before we roll initiative.

Readying an attack is a Standard Action. If triggered, it is an immediate interrupt, so you only get one of these per round. If the readied attack isn't triggered, nothing happens and you wasted your standard. If it is triggered, your turn is moved to right before it is triggered, and the round continues as normal.

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

Shin, your daily is a close blast 3, so basically a 3x3 area of effect that starts next to you like so:

-------- -------- --------
XXX----- --XXX--- ----XXX-
XXX----- --XXX--- ----XXX-
XXX----- --XXX--- ----XXX-
---O---- ---O---- ---O----

_ = terrain | O = You | X = area of effect

Having it be a close burst would've been something, huh? Whew.

-----------
--XXXXXXX--
--XXXXXXX--
--XXXXXXX--
--XXXOXXX--
--XXXXXXX--
--XXXXXXX--
--XXXXXXX--
-----------

So, you'll have to decide the exact placement of the area.

Shall I assume Ebony's delaying?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Yeah, you slaughtered the A & C minions. Your hit/damage rolls stand, but against minions, damage is irrelevant

Wolf can move 8 squares. 10 if running.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Yes, afraid so.

Offhand I'd say your best bet is Scything Blow, which allows you to shift 2 squares before an attack. Then shifty away from Opportunity Attacks, trade move for minor to take out your Alchemist's Fire, and action point to throw it where you were at.

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