[DnD] D&D Arena Signups and Discussion

Yeah you might want to do more than a 2 man party. But you can balance it by not only doing one fight but maybe like a series of five fights or something, or a little mini-dungeon, or something like that. Obviously there will be kinks that need to be ironed out.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I'll play with Shin's idea of the two-man challenge against crazy hard enemies.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Fuck yes. Shin I am so down. I'll be K-dawg, wiggering this the fuck out, ya feel me?

PEACE

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Originally Posted by Pangalin

Do either of you two actually have any idea how to generate a character though?

Of course not.

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

Originally Posted by Zergrinch

Okay then. You chose a ranger, currently my specialty. There are four types: guy who's purely bow and arrows, a guy who dual-wields swords, a cross between the first two, and a guy who uses an animal companion in battle. Which one would you rather be? (Or do you want to be surprised? Your choice of kobold with its dexterity bonus is better suited for long-range attacks)

Or, you could always let Pang outfit you. That's cool too.

Ebony (Kobold Ranger), played by a lurker

Ebony K-dawg gon' be thug. Gimme dual-wield.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I can't wait to cradle your broken body in my arms, promising that I'll tell your wife that you love her, and finally peeling back the childish fronts that I've put up in order to protect my heart from breaking.

ONLY THREE DAYS AWAY FROM RETIREMENT

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I'm down with that. I'm stronger in that one anyway.

FELIPE NO

Wait I'm confused. Is Shin just being old and cranky or is he really dying already?

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

I have no idea if I did any of that right. Can you please tell me if I did? The big thing I was confused on was that I have a +11 attack on my short sword, AND I have 19 strength, does this mean I'm always going to be able to hit the captain? Because his AC is only 20.

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Originally Posted by Zergrinch

Ah, mechanics. The 19 strength on your abilities list translates to a strength modifier of +4. Add half your level rounded down (5/2 = 2), and you get a strength check of 6.

Your +11 to hit with short sword already takes this into account. To be more precise, it is composed of +4 strength mod, +3 proficiency bonus, +2 item enchantment, and half your level rounded down +2.

You don't add strength to attack rolls though. So your dice roll of 4 is added to your to-hit of 11, for a total of 15. This is against the appropriate defense (in our case AC 20, so you missed.)

You have very specific bonuses to your attack rolls1. If you move 2 or more squares as part of any attack, there's a +1 bonus. If the attack is a charge, another +1. There's a +1 bonus for at-wills against bloodied enemies. Shin, of course, can give you extra bonuses with a few of his powers. Which is why Pang said if Ebony misses, one of you are doing something wrong

You did the damage rolls correctly. 1d6 for damage, then 1d6 for the quarry (your sword's extra 1d6 damage only applies when you hit an enemy who's at full HP). You just add the dice rolls to your +8 damage to calculate the total. (The +8 already takes into account the +4 strength mod, +2 wisdom mod, and +2 item enhancement.) You also have a bunch of very situational damage bonuses: +2 if you alternate range and melee on the same enemy, +1d6 against undamaged enemies if you hit them with your sword, and of course your 1d6 quarry damage applicable once per round.

So if you had hit with the attack roll (a roll of 9+), you'd be dishing out 6+8+2=16 damage.

Recap!

To determine whether you hit, add the appropriate attack bonus to your dice roll, and apply any additional bonuses or penalties.2
To determine damage, add the damage bonus to your dice roll, and apply any additional bonuses or penalties3.

1 - It is so specific that I might, with great probability, forget it entirely. So do yell in this thread if this happens.
2 - In addition to what I listed, bonuses might include combat advantage

(+2), while penalties might include running before attacking (-5), and enemy having cover (-2) or superior cover (-5) which are mostly applicable to ranged attacks only. PHB pg 279 has a list.
3 - The only penalty I can think of here is if you're weakened, which divides your total damage by 2 and rounds down.

can you just do my rolls, then?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Zergrinch

Man, I wonder how Ebony plays in a real live tabletop game.

"I used Throw and Stab, with Marauder's Rush attached to the charge. Let's see, I rolled a 7. +1 charge bonus with +1 from running attack..."

"Wait, is enemy bloodied? That's another +1 to the rush..."

Wait, are you telling me I can use two attacks in a round? Why in the fuck didn't you TELL ME THIS YESTERDAY

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

Why am I not doing that EVERY SINGLE ROUND THEN.

what other tricks does Ebony have? It looks like Hurling Charge does the same thing w/r/t giving me a free charge, but the rest of it is greek to me.

How ya doing, buddy?

wait I was supposed to be attacking the dudes that he was glarin' at?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Wrecking shit? Ebony can wreck the fuck out of shit. F'real.

Additional Spam:

Originally Posted by Zergrinch

You may not be able to do that every single round because in order to charge, you must move by at least 2 squares. Plus the initial throw is a ranged attack, so you eat up an opportunity attack if you try it with an enemy right next to you (which is rather likely if you charged the previous round).

If you want to maximize damage per round, you'd do quarry, then Throw and Stab, then Marauder's Rush. And you still have a move action left.

So again I'm confused, cause I want to do this. So what I'm hearing from this is that I need to chuck an axe at somebody, and then charge somebody that is at least 2 squares away from me (but this doesn't count as a move), and then I can move?

What is the range for axe-chuckin' and what is the range for chargin'?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

A puddle is considered difficult terrain? That ain't shit, that's just old man Ivory's diaper leaking again.

Additional Spam:
Also, if I'm currently on difficult terrain, can I shift onto another difficult square?

FELIPE NO

I refuse to be held down by the establishment of normal characters.

BRING ON THE WARFORGED BARDS

OH WAIT.

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

No, we've already had one of those.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

thanks for the heal Shin, been busy the last few days so I couldn't post anyway.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Noted. I'll readdress my move tonight.

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

Yes, please tweak. Zerg hasn't said nothin yet but I get the feeling that he wishes Shin and I weren't utter dunces about dice.

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

NO I DON'T CARE

JUST DO IT FOR ME

I was speaking idiomatically.

are corpses always difficult?

what if I corral a guy onto a corpse of another guy, then kill him there; is that square now double difficult?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Quote:

His double-move takes him past a corner of Ivory's hut, and out of Ebony's sight.

Does this imply that the captain converted a major action into a move action? or does this imply that the captain burned an action point for his second move action?

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I want to get all up on the captain's ass, but I can't see where he went nor will I be able to determine where he's gone after the extent of my first move (7 squares). Can I just say that I want to get as close to his faggot-ass as I can, since I"ll be able to see where he is midway my second move action?

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

yes, I want to be in column 20. I don't know why I typed 7.

Jam it back in, in the dark.