[DnD] D&D Arena Signups and Discussion

Yes, of course

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

It's quite late in the day, but Beegraks' sheet is up.

GFF D&D Arena :: Smothas Beegraks

Von Brandt is also up, but only the Quick Sheet and Feats section are correct (because Pang doesn't need it and also I'm lazy).

GFF D&D :: Cyrus Von Brandt

Jam it back in, in the dark.

On a second look, you're right. Nowhere does it indicate there's a -2 to attack rolls. On the other hand, that's pretty much standard issue for marks, and Divine Sanction is supposed to be a less-restrictive version of Divine Challenge...

I'm not so sure now

Also, I reflavored three of your powers. Hope you don't mind

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Before you folks make your choice, please note that I have made changes to the hazard as well as the alternative. You now get eight, and not four fire blastpatches, and activating the hazard is now a Standard Action.

How ya doing, buddy?

You know, I'm kinda wondering why Von Brandt didn't glass up the arena. Truly I am. 1 standard action per 6 seconds with an at-will means 10 squares per minute, and 50 squares during the entire short rest.

I am of course asking this only now, because it's too late for you to actually go ahead and do it...

Also, he'll be risking two OAs. So choose carefully

Spoiler:

None actually, if he shifts then charges. But a coup de grace with a melee basic attack? Meh.

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Pffft, no. I'd totally allow it. I'll probably just give rollerblades to the monsters!

Why else would I hint at it in the previous battle narration?

On second thought, maybe I just suck at hinting. Look where those hints about the bone worms being trainable mount candidates via skill challenge led us

I was speaking idiomatically.

It is an auto-critical, not an auto-hit

I must admit I am not very sure what the second part about slaying outright means. It's never come up in Pang's game since his monsters never become helpless. I figure you'd need to expend dailies or be a terribly damaging striker (like Shin's minotaur), to actually inflict damage equal to half the poor sap's health?

COUP DE GRACE: STANDARD ACTION
Helpless Target: You can deliver a coup de grace
against a helpless enemy adjacent to you. Use any
attack power you could normally use against the
enemy, including a basic attack.
Hit: You score a critical hit.
Slaying the Target Outright: If you deal damage
greater than or equal to the target’s bloodied value,
the target dies.

Let's calculate!

10 (Ardent Strike) + 2 (combat advantage) + 1 (charging bonus) + 6 (roll) = 19 < 21 miss.

Of course, you could fix it with token use. If you want to. Cuz I'll totally let you.

Though if you do not want, I understand. You only got 3 left. Save some for a rainier day?

Additional Spam:
By the way, the closest I can put you to Von Brandt and have a legal charge is J15.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Why yes, he should!

Oh god. He's bloodied. 15 ongoing, 6 necrotic, 9 melee basic attack

Forgot. Yell at me when I forget.

FELIPE NO

Heh. Wizards get all the fun. I suppose no other class can deal out the unconscious status at level 1, huh.

How ya doing, buddy?

Seems a bit strange that something that's sleeping won't wake up when you hit it.

But eh, rules as written. What can you do

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Do tabletop fights take that long to do? I mean, it should only take 2 minutes tops for one guy to take his turn, right? With six combatants (assuming solo dragon), that's 12 minutes a round.

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There's nowhere I can't reach.

I thought you already drank it!

But anyway, I'll let you do it as a ranged basic attack against reflex (+4) as a minor action. If it hits, the target grants combat advantage for one round. And also gains vulnerable 5 to fire and lightning, save ends.

If you threw the bottle (basically a melee ranged attack with an improvised weapon), and depending on the way you flavor it, I may allow the ongoing damage Hawkeye described

P.S. No worries about that belt thing. You don't need to apologize or anything

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

Rychord, it's just drinking wine. It's not going to burst into flames just because you make a little spark with your flint and steel. I don't think you're going to get any kind of burning effect either, even if you spat out high-octane jet fuel.

You're trying to make yourself a Flask of the Dragon's Breath on the cheap, aren't you? Confess

Anyhow, spitting in someone's face seems scarcely a move that should attract opportunity attacks, so here goes.

Wine Vomit
Minor Action • Close Burst 3
Target: 1 creature in burst
Requirement: You can only perform this attack if you have a mouthful of wine in your mouth.
Attack: Dexterity vs. Reflex.
Hit: Target grants combat advantage until the start of your next turn and gains vulnerable 3 to fire and lightning (save ends).

Wine Throw
Standard Action • Ranged 5/10
Target: 1 creature
Requirement: You must have a bottle of wine in your hand.
Attack: Make a ranged basic attack with an improvised weapon (Dexterity vs AC)
Hit: 1d4 + dexterity modifier damage, and target gains vulnerable 3 to fire and lightning (save ends). Any fire or lightning attack that hits while the vulnerability is active will cause the target to take 5 ongoing fire damage. Single save ends vulnerability and ongoing damage.

Also, please note that Reynold's little dance does not invalidate your own ability to make the same little dance.

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

Well, I'm offering you a +1 to all attack rolls for being drunk. If of course you decide the defense penalty is worth it

Realistically though, Beegraks is not built for accuracy. You can fix that later on level-up, if you survive the fight. Easiest way to get +2 is to change to a higher-proficiency weapon like a heavy blade (100% resale means there's no economic penalty) and take an expertise feat.

I was speaking idiomatically.

There are four conditions that end the drunk condition. Most likely you'll be knocked sober (bloodied) before you get knocked out

Also, I'm changing the -2 penalty to all out granting combat advantage. Mostly so it wouldn't stack with it.
And partly so I can smack you with the assassin's 2d6 bonus for combat advantage.

How ya doing, buddy?

Just cuz people (okay, one people) been asking, and because I like talking to myself, I've done a timeline of the current (except Hawk's training game) games. No hard and fast continuity in the arena games - we can zip into the past, present, or future with subsequent parties.

If Hawk's running KotS, it segues right into ThunderSpire (perhaps the successor party was the one that 'killed' Murkelmor.) Yeah, maybe. Comic geeks and continuity, heh.

GFF | Campaigns Timeline | Obsidian Portal

The timeline is basically anchored on a single date given by Pang - the death of doorman orc.

How ya doing, buddy?

Yeah, only 1479 is completely accurate. I basically just took the date of your post (November 2009) to anchor it on. I don't think the month is really critical though

Anyhow, you do give other timeline hints. According to Bob's archon, roughly ten weeks has passed between the start of Dungeon of Doom and the time he was spirited away in Secret Cow Level. A few weeks passed between Magnum Innominadum and the next adventure. Trips to Veltalar take five days or so; Freeport to Hargast is three days (etc.)

But hey, it's a wiki! Anyone can edit and update it in case of inconsistencies

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

The last Assassin is dead, and so is the Wizard. Just sayin' in the likely event it will affect Rychord's turn.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

10 HP left, but why quibble over it? Tweak to your heart's desire.

The third battle with the worms were supposed to be the one where you get to tame them and ride 'em as mounts. But I wasn't very clear on that. Sooooo, you're getting free mounts which I'm going to drop into the next day at some point in time.

Choose from:

Vicious Dire Wolf

Elephant

Rhinoceros

How ya doing, buddy?

Fair warning. The attacks with a "mount" keyword - Pack Hunter, Trampling Charge, and Crushing Charge - can't be used unless you take the "Mounted Combat" feat. All attack rolls your mount makes when you're sitting on it also take a -2 penalty until you get that feat.

There's actually two other level 8 mounts in the game (Dragonhawk - a flying monster; and a Riding Shark). I don't want to deal with 3-dimensional combat at this point using Maptools, so

I'm going to ignore the rules that penalize mounts for being in enclosed spaces, as you don't have any choice in the matter

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

Because of real-life commitments that will need a lot of time investment, I regret to say the Arena will be put on hold for about a month.

In the interim, please feel free to incorporate any of the elements that will be introduced in the upcoming November 15 character builder revision.

I'll message you both once I'm ready to resume, so you can finalize your characters presumably in the cloud.

I apologize for the inconvenience.

P.S. Rychord, there aren't really rules on mounts detailed in the Player's Handbook, if I recall correctly. There's a writeup in Adventurer's Vault 1, as well mounted combat mechanics in the first Dungeon Master's Guide if you want to consult them.

Actually there's lots of information in the Essentials Rules Compendium, starting at page 252!

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Pang, Rychord.

Any last-minute changes to your characters before I process the level up and proceed with Arena Episode 4?

@Rychord, as I'm currently too miserly to pay for DDI, I'd actually prefer if we continue to use Character Builder. Needless to say I'll be ignoring any future errata until someone finds a way to patch the offline Character Builder with updates

I was speaking idiomatically.

No one's claimed the item reward (Battle Standard), so I'm putting it with Von Brandt.

Pang, the file you provided did not say so, but did you intend to retrain an at-will (Acid Orb --> Ensorcelled Blade)?

Episode 4 will start within a day. In the interim, the first post of the Arena thread has been updated for the level up, as well as the online quick reference sheets. Please check for any errors, since I use that as my primary reference.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Nah, you're just prone. Sleeping and such. There's absolutely nothing wrong with Beegraks

Naturally the paranoid one should logically be a light sleeper, right?

How ya doing, buddy?

So uh, I obviously decided I want to try a hand at DM-ing stuff other than pure combat encounters. Hope you don't mind!

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