Age of Ruin OOC: Tempting Fate

[NobleSavage]

That would be conceivable if we had, you know, fireballers instead of fauxfireballers. Fauxerballers. Liars. Do we have any fireballers?

[knewsom]

Oh, Runa can fireball. She may be a fake, but she's a VERY GOOD fake. Hell, she can even magic missile.

[Ozzy_G]

so in the scheme of things, they're still behind the ship? About how far from it?

By now, about 100 feet. The ship goes along much quicker than it goes up or down.

[knewsom]

Ohhhhhh. I was under the impression that they were descending from above, which is why I didn't just attack the balloon, for fear they'd crush and disable our ship.

Lemme check something.

[knewsom]

once it's within 70', Runa can fireball it, unless there are better ideas about how to destroy or disable it, say, via lightning, perhaps.

Know arcana to see if runa know how to disable he ship, or destroy it easily

(1d20+11)[21]

Spot to see if there are magic sigils protecting the balloon from anything.

(1d20+7)[21]

And another know arc to know what, if anything. (1d20+11)[23]

[Toliudar]

Well, Dion is all about fire and lightning, in her finite "only a cleric" way, so I'm pretty sure she can help with the lack of structural integrity.

[knewsom]

Well, Dion is all about fire and lightning, in her finite "only a cleric" way, so I'm pretty sure she can help with the lack of structural integrity.

I'm SO glad you're a cleric of Calamesh, as Runa seldom prepares spells of that nature.

...seriously how often do you need to cast "fireball"???? (in life, not DnD )

[Toliudar]

I'll start off with the obvious answer to that question: "If you do it right, only once."

[Lycar]

Suddenly I'm double as happy that Verlyn can swim!

At least let him cut up a few pirates before you shoot down the blimp (or is it more like a Zeppelin? Does it have an inner structure?).

Lycar

[Ozzy_G]

At least let him cut up a few pirates before you shoot down the blimp (or is it more like a Zeppelin? Does it have an inner structure?).

It's a Zeppelin.

Know arcana to see if runa know how to disable he ship, or destroy it easily

Blow the balloon apart, or kill everyone in the compartment underneath.

Spot to see if there are magic sigils protecting the balloon from anything.

Nope.

[Ozzy_G]

Okay, let's have 4 more attack and damage rolls from Reyhan. Did you find out if the bite was x1 or x1.5 strength? If it's x1, so's power attack, if it's x1.5 then power attack is x2.
Is Runa fireballing?
The zeppelin will still go overhead probably. Verlyn will be able to jump up at it if he wants.

Anything else other people want to do? Dion's busy shooting darkfire at the balloon and its struts.

Let's try and do this quickly, so Skenardo gets to do some stuff as well!

[knewsom]

Depends. Looks to me like Dion's probably got it covered, except... Wait, is she targeting the undercarriage? Once Runa sees what she's attacking, she'll tell her her efforts would be better focused on the balloon.

I really only have a couple fireballs, but have plenty of magic missiles... How many attacks can I make?

[Ozzy_G]

Well, you have 4 rounds to attack before it's directly above you.

[Toliudar]

Her intent was to attack the balloon. I realized that I specified an aft section, but if the skyship is still approaching us, a foreward section is a much easier target. I don't think it matters that much.

[NobleSavage]

Didn't find anything WoTC, but I'm pretty sure it isn't 1.5 damage. Which is find. Here's 4 rounds worth of attacks, but if he finds he isn't being effective (hardness of +5ish, which is a two-handed hafted weapon) he'll move on to some other tactic.

Talons Attack (1d20+4)[8] (1d20+4)[18]
Damage (1d4+8)[12] (1d4+8)[11]
Bite Attack (1d20-1)[18]
Damage (1d6+8)[9]

Talons Attack (1d20+4)[7] (1d20+4)[16]
Damage (1d4+8)[10] (1d4+8)[11]
Bite Attack (1d20-1)[15]
Damage (1d6+8)[12]

Talons Attack (1d20+4)[11] (1d20+4)[9]
Damage (1d4+8)[10] (1d4+8)[12]
Bite Attack (1d20-1)[10]
Damage (1d6+8)[10]

Talons Attack (1d20+4)[14] (1d20+4)[14]
Damage (1d4+8)[9] (1d4+8)[10]
Bite Attack (1d20-1)[0]
Damage (1d6+8)[11]

[Ozzy_G]

Okay, does anyone else have anything to do before the ship is directly above you?

[knewsom]

I'll magic missile the balloon as well.

UMD DC = 20

use magic device (1d20+14)[18] damage (3d4+3)[13]

use magic device (1d20+14)[29] damage (3d4+3)[11]

use magic device (1d20+14)[17] damage (3d4+3)[9]

use magic device (1d20+14)[23] damage (3d4+3)[14]

[Lycar]

Okay, does anyone else have anything to do before the ship is directly above you?

Verlyn waits for his chance to board the airship. He doesn't really want to draw attention until he starts carving up pirates.

Lycar

[Toliudar]

He doesn't really want to draw attention

I just wanted to provide a bit of underlining for this sentence, just in case it doesn't come up again for the rest of the campaign.

[Lycar]

Ah but you see: There is a right kind of attention (like that of admiring fans and followers) and a wrong kind of attention (like that of bloodthirsty pirates)

Verlyn likes to attract the first and avoid the second.

Lycar

[Ozzy_G]

Okay, I'm just making a list of who has done what damage to what.

You guys all should feel free to describe your characters attacking on the IC thread, whether attacking the Zeppelin or the struts.
The struts incidentally, have hardness 5 and 20 hit points each, as they're very thick but still only made of wood.
The zeppelin balloon itself has hardness 2, but that doesn't apply of course against magic attacks, which instead do full, half, or a quarter damage depending on what sort of damage they do (full for acid or sonic, half for fire, lightning and force, quarter for cold).

Okay, so Dion has done 33 damage to the zeppelin ballon itself.
Runa has done another 12.
So that's 45 damage to the balloon.

Reyhan has ripped apart 4 struts in a flail of attacks.

[Ozzy_G]

Okay, you guys should probably roll initiative now.
Is Verlyn still going to try and jump into the airship?

Jackel will need to take a move action this go to get onto the deck, then he will get a standard or move action, but not a full action.
And of course, he doesn't know the fire is illusionary.

[The Great Skenardo]

Is there some kind of a will save involved?

[Lycar]

Okay, you guys should probably roll initiative now.
Is Verlyn still going to try and jump into the airship?

Hell yes! If these guys are tied to ropes, he could have fun cutting those of the people trying to rapple down.

Also, Init: (1d20+3)[8]

Also, jump check: (1d20+22)[23] (includes bonus from stance)

Since the Sudden Leap is a swift action, Verlyn could easily put his Claw at the Moon strike at the end of it (themeatically fitting even). Or he could even start full-attacking, if he gets close to eligible targets in a jump.

Of course, if he can't reach a fighting position with a swift jump, he'll just do a normal jump and get into position the regualr way.

Lycar

[Ozzy_G]

Is there some kind of a will save involved?

No, just react appropriately.

Knewsom, what are the stats on the Sentinel's aoo?

Okay, initiative list.
Runa is at 14
Reyhan is at 9
Verlyn is at 8
Dion is at 7

Can I have initiative for Jackel please?

Some nice initiative rolls so far guys!

[knewsom]

After some googling on the spell (PHBII conveniently left such info out of the full description), I've found that it's 1d8+1/2 caster level (so 1d8+3), and att bonus is caster level, 6. Haven't found anything that says whether they can make NORMAL attacks or not though, just people saying "yes they should" and "no they shouldn't". The book says they can make 1 aoo per round, and that's ALL the book says. As for whether or not they can actually attack, I think I'll leave that up to you.

I rolled for init in a spoiler IC, result was 14.

[NobleSavage]

Ok, heres a quick Init (1d20+6)[9]

And a claw attack (or two, if it fits next round) for them ropes.

Attack (1d20+8)[17]
Damage (1d4+4)[8]

Round 2...
Attack (1d20+8)[26]
Damage (1d4+4)[5]

Jumping from his position, hawk-Reyhan will fly down to attack the ropes the boarders hope to use to descend with, even if they've not yet jumped.

Guess I could use a hide roll, too, to stay out of sight? More of keep something between himself and the pirate's line of sight more than anything else. Not sure when the penalties apply, but he'll move his normal speed to the rope, making use of the hide function at that time, then attack, also wanting to hide, but not so intent upon that.

(1d20+15)[17] -5 if applied during movement, -20 during attack.

Edit: Haha, lousy rolls. There is a penalty to spot/listens during a battle, no?

[Ozzy_G]

Skenardo, can I have initiative for Jackel please?

Runa initiative (d20+3)[14]
Kreznaz initiative (d20+1)[4]
Oathsworn initiative (d20+5)[22]
Mokai initiative (d20+1)[5]
Zahn initiative (d20+2)[12]
Zahn captain (d20+4)[16]
Zahn other (d20+2)[22]

[The Great Skenardo]

Sure thing.
(1d20+6)[11]

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