[DnD] Let's Cast Magic Missile!

Last time my character died it was the result of taking a downed ally who I had no chance of healing and riding his body down the steep side of a mountain like a sled. I was really hoping for a Temple of Doom raft ride sequence but alas my dwarf bard was no Indiana Jones. Anyway, I thought it was stylish.

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Originally Posted by Acerbandit

Last time my character died it was the result of taking a downed ally who I had no chance of healing and riding his body down the steep side of a mountain like a sled. I was really hoping for a Temple of Doom raft ride sequence but alas my dwarf bard was no Indiana Jones. Anyway, I thought it was stylish.

Ok. We all know I now have to kill Zeph and ride him down a hallway like a crazy carpet, right?

Failing that becoming an option, Gabriel might do it to Fescue, instead.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

AniMechanic trust me on this, it's exactly as fun as it looks.

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By which you mean it's really really super fun right

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

Originally Posted by Pangalin

By which you mean it's really really super fun right

SUPER FUN.

D&D thread nao plz. I can't post until that fucking dwarf runs away some more, and I need to get up early to check on the brewhouse, and I can't abandon the team with my turn up next, and my dad can totally whip your dad.

Actually, I have to say, next to apparently wrecking the CH with my brain, this is the most fun to be had on GFF.

How ya doing, buddy?

*Pang doesn't do anything out of spite*

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

That or he's too busy making a forum for the SAUS, because he's sick of them cluttering up his forum.

FELIPE NO

OKAY I DID IT GOD OKAY ARE YOU HAPPY NOW

NAG NAG NAG

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STOP NAGGING PANG, I FINALLY DECIDED HOW I WANTED TO PRETEND I WAS SOMEONE ON THE INERNET.

What are Eladrin, I googled it but only found some refugees from the 80s.

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They are (effectively) another kind of elf, except Elves get all the "we live in the woods and love nature" qualities and Eladrin get the prancing magical fancy-lad qualities.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by AniMechanic

Just wait and see what Pang says. I do not wish to annoy him by backseat DMing

So do you, or do you not? You're that player who brings fucking spreadsheets.

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

Hmm... considering that a DnD character sheet is a spreadsheet. Yes, yes I do. As do all players of DnD.

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Stop all this fighting I will not have dramas in my internet rpg

I was speaking idiomatically.

Am I still allowed to make "DIE Zeph DIE!" comments?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Why yes killing Zeph is an idea which no one could object to and as such causes no drama.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Pangalin

They are (effectively) another kind of elf, except Elves get all the "we live in the woods and love nature" qualities and Eladrin get the prancing magical fancy-lad qualities.

really? fuck that, I don't want to be a gay person in an internet roleplaying game. What's a good backwoods race? I'm looking for real Appalacian Blue People here.

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

You would have to try very hard to be gayer than Shin's character.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by a lurker

What's a good backwoods race? I'm looking for real Appalachian Blue People here.

Halflings are probably your best choice in that case, then.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I would've told her to be a half-orc redneck (that's what I wanted to do next), but apparently they removed that from 3.5 into 4E.

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

Hey Shin, try and be less of a non-factor in this fight and start masturbating in plain sight of the Halfling.

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

While he's at it he should also try to search for traps.

I was speaking idiomatically.

nobody ever search for traps

nobody ever search for secret door

everybody search for treasure only

but they will learn

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Don't worry, Pang. I can guarantee that even with massive repeated failures my Halfling Warlock will search for both traps and secret doors as I don't give a shit about treasure and often give it over to companions. Be it dungeon, flower field, or inn I will try to find these traps and doors.

FELIPE NO

So I just finished reading the full combat chapter. I suggest everybody who hasn't already go do so, and make particular note to action points, and probably readying actions and movement.

I'll pretend I already spent my action point this encounter since I made an illegal move earlier.

Pang, could you do a rules corner on bluff checks? The player's guide isn't very descriptive.

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

Yeah, I was going to bring up action points the next time they became relevant (at the end of the fight after this one, soooo not for a while). You guys don't have any right now since you lose them when you take an extended rest, but admittedly you should have had some during the slime fight.

I'm trying to bring things in gradually since not everyone wants to read the books. I insert things whenever I see the opportunity, which is why Argumentus just tripped over a rock earlier instead of falling in a pit like I originally put on the map.

Bluff Checks (and this applies to Intimidate, as well):

We'll use Shin's attempt as an example. What we do with a Bluff attempt is roll a Bluff check (1d20 + your Bluff modifier) and compare that to the target's Insight check (1d20 + their Insight modifier).

Of course, most enemies don't have an explicit Insight modifier and it's derived from their Wisdom score.

So, using Shin's example, he made a Bluff attempt even though he has precisely 0 points in Bluff. He rolls a 4, and so does the halfing, but: the halfling has a good Wisdom score and gets a +1 to her Insight check, giving her a total of 5. This allows her to see through Bob's bluff easily and ignore him.

With Intimidate it's your Intimidate modifier vs the enemy's Will modifier, but otherwise it's the same process.

tl;dr let Fescue do the Bluffing, the rest of you blow at it

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