[DnD] Let's Cast Magic Missile!

So now that she's dazed is she helpless?

Edit: I guess not.

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

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Originally Posted by Denicalis

Divine mettle on Dopple.

That don't make no sense none at all

knk, did you ever actually select a power to store in your Chainmail of Exploits?

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FFFF it's the Orc Incident all over again

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Hey Shin. Might want to use Sleep to knock either the irritating poison fiend off, or maybe the Druegar mage thing. I'd lean towards poison boy, though magic can hit some knots of people. Like us. Around the dopple.

So whichever.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Hey Pang what gameworld setting has this campaign been in anyways?

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Originally Posted by Pangalin

EDIT:
knk, did you ever actually select a power to store in your Chainmail of Exploits?

No

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

Knk you're terrible at this. Try again. I'll start you off.

I sure did Pang, it's... okay now you take over.

I was speaking idiomatically.

BUT THAT'S CHEATING

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Cheating is an invaluable part of any P&P RPG! That's why DM screens were invented!

FELIPE NO

Yes, so knk tricks pang into blessing him with the power to turn bugbears into gravy. That sure is some fancy chain mail you got there, guy.

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

Originally Posted by AcerBandit

Yes, so knk tricks pang into blessing him with the power to turn bugbears into gravy. That sure is some fancy chain mail you got there, guy.

"Once per turn, my chainmail can kill anything bad in the room and completely refill my health."

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Okay knk but if you live through this fight please remember to pick one then okay

Originally Posted by Denicalis

Hey Shin. Might want to use Sleep

He already blew his Daily spell use on Acid Arrow against the elves, though.

Originally Posted by Bradylama

Hey Pang what gameworld setting has this campaign been in anyways?

In terms of the extremely-scanty "storyline" it's in the systemless Freeport setting. As far as setting-specific races/feats/pantheons/monsters go it's entirely a grab bag, although I have made specific reference to a couple of Forgotten-Realms-specific locations here and there. So I guess it's FR but on some distant island which doesn't have to deal with FR's shitty backstory and drama. If Bob ends up becoming a War Wizard of Cormyr without ever having actually been to Cormyr that's just fine with me.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Pangalin

If Bob ends up becoming a War Wizard of Cormyr without ever having actually been to Cormyr that's just fine with me.

Is that something that's likely to happen at level four?

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

In the sense that level four is one level closer to 11 than level 3 is, it's 13% more likely!

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

WooHoo!

Is there a limit to how far apart the targets can be for Bob's Icy Rays spell? I couldn't find the card anywhere with the full description on. Ideally I'd like the Halfling to be the second target but if it's too far away I guess the well insulated Bugbear will have to do.

I was speaking idiomatically.

So long as they're both within 10 squares of you it doesn't matter how close they are to each other.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Top stuff. I've been reading a bit of the players' handbook (Possibly a foolish move I know) and can you explain this preparing spells business to me? As I understand it, you basically cast the spell into your spell book rather than out loud, meaning that you can use it direct from there, rather than as a daily right? So if Bob had a couple of days spare, he could cast Sleep and Acid Arrow into his book then theoretically use three daily spells in one fight.

Also, am I right in thinking I can use Shield once per fight as it's an encounter spell but Expeditious Retreat only once a day and then only if I've not cast another daily spell?

FELIPE NO

Okay, well. It's a bit convoluted.

The idea of spell preparation isn't that you "cast them into the book" but rather that all your spells are already in the book. However, obviously, it's not practical to read directly out of the spellbook during a fight, nor is it plausible to simultaneously memorize every spell in the book. So how it works (on a fluff level) is that on the beginning of each day you go through your book and memorize particular spells (according to your level, etc).

That's why the Wizard gets two Utility or Daily powers whenever the other classes get one. Ostensibly you pick one each at the beginning of every day, and this gives you a certain degree of flexibility; you don't bother memorizing Sleep if you expect to be fighting golems, or whatever.

For the most part I've just sidestepped this for the sake of maintaining pace and just declared ex post facto that whatever one you cast first is what you "chose" that day, but we can do it as by the book if you prefer. Maybe it would be easier to keep track of that way.

So after each extended rest, you'd select one of the Level 1 Daily Spells, and one of the Level 2 Utility Spells out of the two each that are in your book. Today (again, ex post facto), you selected Acid Arrow and Shield respectively.




Since Expeditious Retreat is a Utility spell you can use it even when you've already used a Daily spell (even though it's "daily", it's not a "Daily Power"). You are right in that Shield is an encounter spell so I had checked that off in error.

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

Ah, that makes more sense then. So I choose in advance which daily spell I'm taking for that day, out of the ones I know and if I pick Shield, I can then use it once per encounter for the duration of that day?

I think it would be easier to keep track of that way, even if it does limit Bob's tactical options a little. I was sort of skim-reading all the stuff about getting extra spells at higher levels and didn't really understand the whole concept properly.

I must say I applaud your steady introduction of the rules so far though. A lack of really knowing what we're doing has made it so much more of a roleplaying thing and less of an exercise it stat manipulation and now we're fighting things that are likely to kill us, we're all getting a bit more of an idea of what we're doing and being (Slightly) more tactical in our approach, having had a bit of time to develop character quirks that override sensible options from time to time.

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Lurker, didn't you want to attack the halfling rather than the dwarf?

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Originally Posted by Elfstar

Lurker, didn't you want to attack the halfling rather than the dwarf?

I thought this too. I was all excited for a little people fight.



There's nowhere I can't reach.

I did. Well, I meant to. I thought 'druegar' was the halfling's profession, since the other guy is, well, a dwarf. Okay so I don't know what a druegar is.

LITTLE PEOPLE FIGHT IS STILL A GO

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

I'll admit I only worked it out through a process of elimination. I thought a druegar was the goblin bear thing at first.

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

This is the second abused dwarf we've had to fight, freed from the basement of Pang's brain.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Pang secretly hankers after a midget butler.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Or a tiny version of Deni.

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That dwarf is good... he hit a random wall, yet he managed to knock down the part of the second floor that would only hurt his enemies. If Gabe tried that, he'd be the one on the floor.

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