Shipwrecked! Quest: Piggy Hunt

[Zombie pixe]

Initiative: (1d20+0)[20]

*I touch my squid belt for luck, then draw my Morningstar and wait for the boars charge*

I wait in the clearing, taking a ready action of charge when I see the creature

[Grey_Wolf_c]

Ovias "Grey" Greybeard - Dwarven mason, smith and engineer journeyman

Confused about the direction the new pig is coming from, Ovias grabs his club and goes into defence position, looking in all directions, whilst walking as fast as he can through the undergrowth towards the game trail.

OOC:

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I assume I'm way too far to participate in the first round of combat, unless it is coming through the brush, but nonetheless Initiative - (1d20-1)[10]. My action is "defensive stance": +2 AC, -4 Hit and move-equivalent towards the trail and the others

[Shademan]

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could zavulon bravely join the fray as well?

[Yeril]

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could zavulon bravely join the fray as well?

No, your still wounded from the squid aren't you?

[Grey_Wolf_c]

No, your still wounded from the squid aren't you?

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No, he is not. A week has passed, give or take a day, from the shipwreck. We regain 1 Hp a night. He only lost 4 HP, so he's scarred but healthy by now. And that is not even counting that Mara is taking "Long term care" of him, which I believe doubles healing rate?

A more likely reason for him not to participate is that there may be 8 of us already (haven't counted - we must be 7 or 8). If he's ninth, he cannot without DM fiat. Sorry, Shademan - I'm farly sure we are about to need you. Maybe when someone gets their guts strewn along 10 yards of path you can come in as replacement.

Grey Wolf

Edit: i have counted now. Shademan's 9th. Sorry.

[Shademan]

OOC: lemme know then, im eager to help.

[Lonna]

Mara Herbswife


Knowing she is essentially useless in a fight, Mara seeks the closest easily climbable tree and tries to get out of everyone's way.

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Initiative - (1d20-1)[17]
Climb - (1d20-1)[6]

Failing this, she keeps a lookout for the new threat, hoping she can at least shout warning to the others when it appears.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

Mara Herbswife


Knowing she is essentially useless in a fight, Mara seeks the closest easily climbable tree and tries to get out of everyone's way.

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Failing this, she keeps a lookout for the new threat, hoping she can at least shout warning to the others when it appears.

Seeing her attempting to climb a tree, Ovias calls to her <Mara, as much as I want you out of harm's way, I fear we may soon need you close to the action. Remain behind me, I will protect you as best I can and send or bring to you anyone needing your help, but you will have to be on the ground if fast action is needed>

[jagadaishio]

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Initiative - (1d20+2)[22]
She tries to climb into a tree as quickly as she can, taking 10 for an 11. She pulls herself up onto the low branches of a nearby tree, then again into the branches one level above those, continuing until she's at least six feet up.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

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She tries to climb into a tree as quickly as she can, taking 10 for an 11. She pulls herself up onto the low branches of a nearby tree, then again into the branches one level above those, continuing until she's at least six feet up.

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I don't think you can take 10 in combat conditions.

[jagadaishio]

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I don't think you can take 10 in combat conditions.

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You can take 10 as long as your square isn't being threatened.

[lawful_evil]

{{ I think some of this will have to fall to the GM. The book says, "When your charcter is not being threatened or distracted" and "Distractions or threats(such as combat) make it impossible to Take 10". I'm not sure if we fall into 'combat' yet, or what. In any case the DC for climb tree is 15, but the description makes it seem like you climbing the trunk of the tree and not using the branches as rungs. I had Epswitch select a tree ahead of time that he could climb, so hopefully I'll get a bonus or something seeing as taking a 10 doesn't get me 15 and my roll sucked. }}

{{ Are we supposed to just post another round of actions? I was kind of waiting for the GM to respond to our first before posting another. }}

[Lonna]

Seeing her attempting to climb a tree, Ovias calls to her <Mara, as much as I want you out of harm's way, I fear we may soon need you close to the action. Remain behind me, I will protect you as best I can and send or bring to you anyone needing your help, but you will have to be on the ground if fast action is needed>

Mara Herbswife

After only a split second of hesitation, Mara nodded, putting her back to the tree and drawing her dagger.

[storyteller]

A large female boar (no tusks) moves fast towards you from the northeast, along the trail. It sees Maria next to its dead offspring, her hands blood-stained. It emits a shriek and gallops towards Maria. (Taking double move; no attack this turn)

Init order:
Maria: ready action to toss spear - miss!
Eric: cannot ready a charge, it's a full round action
Mara: draws a dagger
Female boar: double move- now adjacent to Maria
Ovias: moves closer, cannot fight defensively when not attacking
Joseph: your action?
Epswitch: attacks and hit for 1 damage
Gil: your action?
Tano: Init?

OOC: You cannot take 10 when distracted. You'd call a murderous boar a distraction, wouldn't you?

The DC to climb a tree is 15. I think none of you succeeded, but I'm not going to roll falling damage even if you failed by 5 or more. This time.

Remember that ranged attacks suffer a -4 penalty when shooting into melee (as long as at least one of you is adjacent to the boar). Trees and other characters also grant +4 to the boar's AC. These are cumulative.

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[Grey_Wolf_c]

Ovias: moves closer, cannot fight defensively when not attacking

Then Ovias is in full defence mode for the time being, +4 AC, shielding Mara.

[lawful_evil]

Epswitch

Stupid Tree. It seemed easy enough to climb when I practiced.

Epswitch tries again to climb the tree. Not too high, just 6 or so feet off the ground where the boar wouldn't be able to reach him. Whether he makes it or not, he uses the sling to hurl a bullet at the boar. If he fails, he'll take a 5 foot step to move around to the far side of the tree, attempting to keep the tree inbetween him and the boar until he is ready to fire again.

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[roll="Climb"]1d20+2[/climb]
"Attack" - (1d20+3)[23]
"Damage" - (1d3-1)[0] Sling Bullet this time

FYI : Initiative (from round 1) = 2

{{ Hmm.. growing up, I always found trees far easier to climb than a rope(knotted or otherwise). I always thought that 15 for tree was climbing the bare trunk without any branches to use. }}

{{ It seems I have no chance to hit this boar... 16+4, then -4 to me... I can't roll a 24 with only a +3 to hit. }}

[lawful_evil]

Epswitch

Yippie! I seem to have a possible crit again...

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Try again on the Climb tag...
"Climb - (1d20+2)[9]

"Crit Confirm" - (1d20+3)[23]
"Second Damage Die" - (1d3-1)[1] (min of 1 once the damage is added)

[Grey_Wolf_c]

Epswitch

Yippie! I seem to have a possible crit again...

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Try again on the Climb tag...
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[roll2] (min of 1 once the damage is added)

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Bloody hell, 4 20s in a row when attacking? How did you bribe the RNG, L_E? Promised more RAM?

[Yeril]

Init order:
Maria: your action?
Eric: cannot ready a charge, it's a full round action
Mara: draws a dagger
Female boar: double move- now adjacent to Maria
Ovias: moves closer, cannot fight defensively when not attacking
Joseph: ready action to toss spear - miss!
Epswitch: attacks and hit for 1 damage
Gil: your action?
Tano: Init?

Fixed that for you.

I'll have a battle map up for us in a few minutes.

OOC: I wonder if Epswitch gets to roll again for instadeath, the boars skull shattering from such a lucky shot.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

OOC: I wonder if Epswitch gets to roll again for instadeath, the boars skull shattering from such a lucky shot.

OOC: It would be nice, but since he needs natural 20s to hit, he cannot crit. I'm just glad he did not brain Maria with this shot. I'm sure that she wouldn't have appreciated loosing a third of her life to "friendly" fire.

[Yeril]

I hope this makes everything abit clearer.

[storyteller]

It takes a move action to load a sling. Thus, you cannot climb, load and shoot in the same round. I'll let it slide this time but next time don't forget to load.

[storyteller]

Thanks Yeril! Yes it does help a lot!

Btw, swap Mara and Maria! Maria is the huntress, Mara is the healer

[Yeril]

Thanks Yeril! Yes it does help a lot!

Btw, swap Mara and Maria! Maria is the huntress, Mara is the healer

Eep, I knew that, I must of got the names mixed up, I got the colours right though .

I'll change em over next round when I update the map.

[Daryk]

Tano

Giving up on his fruitless effort to climb a tree, Tano tried to maneuver to get a clear shot at the boar.

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Since I don't have a BAB of +1, this round will be manuever and readying the bow only. Tano moves to square 3F if he can, as far as he can in that direction if he can't.

Initiative: (1d20+1)[8]

[Zombie pixe]

((How easy is it to move through the bushes?))

[storyteller]

Difficult terrain, i.e. moving costs 2x, diagonal moves count as 3 squares. Also, you cannot charge through difficult terrain.

[Zombie pixe]

((im not going to charge, but i might try to flank it...))

i move to E5 in a diagonal line (30ft total)

[jagadaishio]

Maria takes a five foot step to F6 and tries to climb the tree in F5.

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[Grey_Wolf_c]

Maria takes a five foot step to F6 and tries to climb the tree in F5.

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You cannot take a 5-step if you are also going to take a move action (link): "You can’t take more than one 5-foot step in a round, and you can’t take a 5-foot step in the same round when you move any distance."

What you want is to perform "withdrawal", full action that doesn't draw an attack of opportunity. That way you can safely get a broken leg from attempting to climb a tree. Seriously, did someone come here early and grease those things?

Edit: Initiatives:
jagadaishio (Maria) - 22
Zombie Pixie (Eric) - 20
Lonna (Mara) - 17
Boar - 10 (10+0)
Grey Wolf (Ovias)- 10 (11-1)
Daryk (Tano) - 8
Yeril (Joseph) - 3
Ipswitch and Gil - Haven't found them. Have you rolled? (I'll edit again if I find them)

Grey Wolf

Edit: Not sure how draws are handled, but in case the one with the better modifier ends on top, I've put the boar first. In case we roll again to choose amongst the ones having drawed, [roll]1d20-1[/roll]