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Old 01-21-2012, 06:51 AM   Top  -  End  -  #121
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Guess CTP and I had better wrap this up, then, so we can skip through the night and y'all can do stuff.
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Old 01-21-2012, 04:47 PM   Top  -  End  -  #122
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Melchia will of course explain the situation to whomever has next watch when they awake to find a stranger sleeping nearby.
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Old 01-21-2012, 06:14 PM   Top  -  End  -  #123
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Elves: we be good watchmen.
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Old 01-21-2012, 06:19 PM   Top  -  End  -  #124
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Elves: we be good watchmen.
Not to mention good hosts.
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Old 01-21-2012, 06:41 PM   Top  -  End  -  #125
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I'm sorry sir, you must be thinking of the wrong elf. I'm just as likely to run you through and beat you with my shield as give you tea.
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Old 01-21-2012, 09:45 PM   Top  -  End  -  #126
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I'm sorry sir, you must be thinking of the wrong elf. I'm just as likely to run you through and beat you with my shield as give you tea.
Making reference to my backstory.
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Old 01-22-2012, 12:04 AM   Top  -  End  -  #127
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I figured as much. Let's hope I can wake up. Lord knows Melchia is going to need all the help he can get.
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Old 01-22-2012, 01:28 AM   Top  -  End  -  #128
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Ooh yeah. Well, if he shouts, you're guaranteed to wake up. Remember you'll be prone at the start of your turn.
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Old 01-22-2012, 02:20 AM   Top  -  End  -  #129
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Maybe I should have invested in that skill trick that helps with being prone.
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Old 01-22-2012, 02:29 AM   Top  -  End  -  #130
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Well, the wolves are not in melee range. Yet. They are at about 40 feet.
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Old 01-22-2012, 05:27 AM   Top  -  End  -  #131
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Well, this is hilarious. Selia doesn't hear Melchia shouting, but she does hear him fire his crossbow.

Oh, by the way, how long have we been asleep now?
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Old 01-22-2012, 06:33 AM   Top  -  End  -  #132
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@ mucco: I had Improved Init thanks to Enhanced Conjuration, which I gave up in deference to your preference (the upshot of this was that Improved Initiative was replaced with Scribe Scroll), though you did not ask me to do so. Drop me in the order until after Wolf 1.

@ PersonMan: well, we haven't been awake long enough to even think about preparing spells, so even if spells refreshed you'd be left with just bard spells. Also, if the casters do anything stressful, such as engage in combat, and their spells haven't refreshed, the counter restarts. Don't you love midnight ambushes?
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Old 01-22-2012, 08:51 AM   Top  -  End  -  #133
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@ PersonMan: well, we haven't been awake long enough to even think about preparing spells, so even if spells refreshed you'd be left with just bard spells. Also, if the casters do anything stressful, such as engage in combat, and their spells haven't refreshed, the counter restarts. Don't you love midnight ambushes?
I know that my spells won't be ready yet (Melchia is still on watch). I know that I have to rest to regain my spells.
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Old 01-22-2012, 09:09 AM   Top  -  End  -  #134
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Say a couple hours after you went to sleep.

To CTP's question about free action vs. move action: shouting is different than speaking, which is the reason it takes more than one free action to do and the DC to hear is lower than 0.

Fixing Initiative; looks like Rubido is up.
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Old 01-22-2012, 12:11 PM   Top  -  End  -  #135
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@ PersonMan: well, we haven't been awake long enough to even think about preparing spells, so even if spells refreshed you'd be left with just bard spells. Also, if the casters do anything stressful, such as engage in combat, and their spells haven't refreshed, the counter restarts. Don't you love midnight ambushes?
Not sure if it's the same for spells, but it doesn't necessarily reset the counter: each interruption adds an extra hour on the time we need to rest to regain spells/powers, and any spells/power points spent within the last 8 hours from when we regain them count against our daily limit.
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Old 01-23-2012, 06:12 AM   Top  -  End  -  #136
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Not sure if it's the same for spells, but it doesn't necessarily reset the counter: each interruption adds an extra hour on the time we need to rest to regain spells/powers, and any spells/power points spent within the last 8 hours from when we regain them count against our daily limit.
It seems you're correct.

Note to self: remember to prepare 4 spells tomorrow, unless we deign to rest a further eight hours from this attack.
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Old 01-23-2012, 06:24 AM   Top  -  End  -  #137
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I calculated that you'll rest 8 more, since the Psion still hasn't rested at all and he needs 8 hours like the others.

It's really annoying having to remember that rule.
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Old 01-23-2012, 09:06 AM   Top  -  End  -  #138
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It's really annoying having to remember that rule.
So why have us ambushed in the night, then?
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Old 01-23-2012, 09:17 AM   Top  -  End  -  #139
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So why have us ambushed in the night, then?
A number of possible reasons spring to mind. He could want to justify us reaching the caravan later in the day than we had planned without handwaving in a sudden, unprovoked increase in speed on their part. He could want our characters to bond in combat in lieu of another "threaten to murder the new guy" scene.

But apparently he's logged in, and is perfectly capable of explaining himself.
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Old 01-23-2012, 09:17 AM   Top  -  End  -  #140
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Because nighttime ambushes are fun for the DM! Plus, I don't want to give you the easy challenge of only one CR-appropriate encounter per day, and you don't want to have an over-CRed fight at level 2.

I just made sure that you wouldn't have to remember that rule by having it happen at the start of the night. Plus, it makes sense for reasons unknown to you that it happens now.

EDIT: oh yeah also what Z said! I want to see you two's reaction of waking up to a thornwolf assault and a random dude casting spells next to you, so far, with no clear side (I mean, Obscuring Mist is a defensive buff for you and the wolves too - nothing is telling you that he is on your side...)

Ok now I'm just sowing discord.

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Old 01-23-2012, 10:52 AM   Top  -  End  -  #141
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EDIT: oh yeah also what Z said! I want to see you two's reaction of waking up to a thornwolf assault and a random dude casting spells next to you ... nothing is telling you that he is on your side...)
Yeah, Selia is going to be unhappy with this.
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Old 01-23-2012, 11:17 AM   Top  -  End  -  #142
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Yeah, Selia is going to be unhappy with this.
*yawn* Guess I'd better get myself killed, then. Save y'all the trouble. Perhaps the gypsy crusader you rescue from dark elves will be more trustworthy...

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Old 01-23-2012, 11:21 AM   Top  -  End  -  #143
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Eh, for those gypsies I'm going to draw some inspiration from my friend's campaign. Set in Ravenloft. Love those Vistani, totally trustworthy and stuff.

In unrelated news, OotS just hit a new high for me. Things are getting SO epic right now.
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Old 01-23-2012, 10:18 PM   Top  -  End  -  #144
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Looks like that Sapphire Nightmare blade is missing a Concentration check, and a miss chance roll...
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Old 01-23-2012, 10:52 PM   Top  -  End  -  #145
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That attack roll was the concentration check, I just didn't label it as such since it replaces the attack roll.

As for the miss chance...

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Old 01-23-2012, 10:56 PM   Top  -  End  -  #146
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That attack roll was the concentration check, I just didn't label it as such since it replaces the attack roll.

As for the miss chance...

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From how I understand it, you roll a Concentration check against the target's AC, and if that succeeds, then you make an attack roll against their flat-footed AC. If you fail the Concentration check, you still make an attack roll, but at a -2 penalty and no bonus damage dice.
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Old 01-24-2012, 05:40 AM   Top  -  End  -  #147
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CTP is correct.

Attack roll: (1d20+4)[8] (crit: (1d20+4)[22])
Miss chance (1-80 hit): (1d100)[26] miss

Rerolling the miss chance because I prefer to write simultaneously what the success range is to avoid confusion.

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Old 01-24-2012, 06:14 AM   Top  -  End  -  #148
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Ironic. Rubido made the miss chance twice, and the Concentration check, only to be stopped by the attack against touch AC.
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Old 01-24-2012, 06:16 AM   Top  -  End  -  #149
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Yep, and not even the Inspiration point will save that roll.
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Ouch. I think I'm just going to be fighting defensively from now on.
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