tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post7792365246186609685..comments2023-06-03T01:36:58.595-07:00Comments on Campaign Juvenis: The Party Gets Lucky ~ Round 6Alexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-18737066915262769642016-12-18T14:14:04.339-08:002016-12-18T14:14:04.339-08:00The next round is posted.The next round is posted.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-77613217593072453012016-12-18T13:36:42.457-08:002016-12-18T13:36:42.457-08:00I think in future, I'm going to post the rest ...I think in future, I'm going to post the rest of the party's move at the end of the round, rather than at the beginning of the next round. So I have updated this round with an image of how the party has completed their move.<br /><br />Please correct me if there is reason.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-36889035357545606442016-12-18T13:29:52.289-08:002016-12-18T13:29:52.289-08:00Lothar,
Don't forget the Critical Hits & ...Lothar,<br /><br />Don't forget the <a href="https://tao-of-dnd.wikispaces.com/Critical+Hits+%26+Fumbles" rel="nofollow">Critical Hits & Fumbles</a> rules for natural 20s.<br /><br />Won't help you in this case, since the creature had 1 hit point left - you had hit it previously for five damage. Creature is dead, though.<br /><br />I'll start getting the next round up.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-80163014107829214242016-12-18T13:16:58.766-08:002016-12-18T13:16:58.766-08:00I attack the beetle in 1210, then shift around int...I attack the beetle in 1210, then shift around into hex 1109, facing the hex I just left. Then I shout, "Group together!"<br /><br />Attack: Nat 20(!!)<br /><br />Damage: 3-1(net)=2Lothar Svenssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03195099273437009840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-31150099308059698302016-12-18T12:51:09.951-08:002016-12-18T12:51:09.951-08:00No, not throw. No incentive for that, save to thro...No, not throw. No incentive for that, save to throw it away in disgust. <br /><br />The replacement is fine. Hope we live to enjoy it. Engelhart Askjellsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12717990998654139122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-54361416081261715252016-12-18T12:11:35.791-08:002016-12-18T12:11:35.791-08:00Um, Engelhart . . . when you said "heave"...Um, Engelhart . . . when you said "heave" the hammer at the bug, did you mean "throw"?<br /><br />Also, I heard nothing about the replacement hammer. Better?Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-62447951310187637192016-12-18T11:18:19.414-08:002016-12-18T11:18:19.414-08:00My combat system does not incorporate hit location...My combat system does not incorporate hit location. Technically, you're fighting them the best way you know how, so arguably you ARE trying to flip them over and strike at the soft underbelly.<br /><br />You just suck at it.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-52684455861123843632016-12-18T11:02:24.940-08:002016-12-18T11:02:24.940-08:00Engelhart, flipping them over sounds like a good i...Engelhart, flipping them over sounds like a good idea. (Those of us with sticks and spears might have an easier time with it; I don't relish the idea of wrestling one.) Hope Rowan has info. Gudbrand Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15905563747740946496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-64386929527107416692016-12-18T10:55:33.410-08:002016-12-18T10:55:33.410-08:00@Rowan: might you have some privileged knowledge o...@Rowan: might you have some privileged knowledge of these beasties? Fire beetles could have some affinity for fire or heat, such that we may distract them and make our escape? Perhaps they can be upturned on their shells, rendering them defenseless?<br /><br />Anything, really, that might contradict the ruthless statistician logic of "their side gets double the attacks per turn, ergo, you're going to perish".Engelhart Askjellsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12717990998654139122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-89482810947889289552016-12-18T10:52:00.370-08:002016-12-18T10:52:00.370-08:00If we make it out of this one, we might want to ma...If we make it out of this one, we might want to make a pre-battle checklist!Gudbrand Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15905563747740946496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-56606588768974402362016-12-18T10:41:37.974-08:002016-12-18T10:41:37.974-08:00We are.
Are you?
Once I realized that these bee...We are. <br /><br />Are you?<br /><br />Once I realized that these beetles outclassed the mean number of AC of the party I could smell trouble. We came in woefully underprepared (no bless, party members without proficiency or impaired by illness, making little use out of our missile weaponry, the list goes on).<br /><br />We made a picnic trip out of this and the encounter went from softball to snowball to avalanche. Quite frankly, we deserve whatever we've got coming.<br /><br />I'm still having a blast, don't let the tone-deaf text fail to carry that over. ;)Engelhart Askjellsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12717990998654139122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-19538519561482974902016-12-18T10:34:13.268-08:002016-12-18T10:34:13.268-08:00Sure doesn't seem that way, huh?
If we get TP...Sure doesn't seem that way, huh?<br /><br />If we get TPK'd here I think I'll play a fire beetle.Gudbrand Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15905563747740946496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-79313640062309683962016-12-18T10:27:58.545-08:002016-12-18T10:27:58.545-08:00Are you guys using d20s for your attack rolls?Are you guys using d20s for your attack rolls?Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-32962595769431800562016-12-18T10:16:54.669-08:002016-12-18T10:16:54.669-08:00I doubt it matters but the damage roll was 2 + 1 =...I doubt it matters but the damage roll was 2 + 1 = 3.Gudbrand Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15905563747740946496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-78820804835836945232016-12-18T10:10:35.503-08:002016-12-18T10:10:35.503-08:00Alright then. "My lucky hand axe" added ...Alright then. "My lucky hand axe" added to my sheet. Move as follows:<br /><br />2 AP: stick sling in belt<br />1 AP: draw my hand axe<br />2 AP: attack the beetle in 1007<br /><br />d20 roll: 2 + 1 (Str) + 1 (high ground) = 4<br /><br />Uuugh.Gudbrand Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15905563747740946496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-58604377225122404352016-12-18T10:03:15.044-08:002016-12-18T10:03:15.044-08:00Yeah. I find a lot of players seem to have that i...Yeah. I find a lot of players seem to have that impression. Compelling the enemy to attack requires that the defender . . . defend. If you're casting a spell, you're not defending, therefore you have effectively dropped your guard and reduced yourself to an AC of 20.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-78660577898696226882016-12-18T09:53:23.711-08:002016-12-18T09:53:23.711-08:00Uhm, okay. I was under the impression that we had ...Uhm, okay. I was under the impression that we had to be struck by an actual attack to disrupt our casting.<br /><br />There goes that plan.<br /><br />I'll be blowing on my dice and praying, then.Engelhart Askjellsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12717990998654139122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-22962341283718970842016-12-18T09:47:25.620-08:002016-12-18T09:47:25.620-08:00Rowan and Engelhart, remember my spell rules. You...Rowan and Engelhart, remember my spell rules. You have to spend a round casting, then discharge the round after. A spell counts as an attack, so you can't attack with a weapon and a spell in the same round. If you're in a melee hex at any time prior to the spell being discharged, you're automatically jostled and your spell is ruined.<br /><br />So to cast a spell, you have to move to a place where you won't be attacked or even engaged . . . with all these beetles moving around, that will be quite a trick.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-39796928312882361882016-12-18T09:42:49.068-08:002016-12-18T09:42:49.068-08:00Lothar's damage output is pretty narrowed down...Lothar's damage output is pretty narrowed down, so his only viable target is the already wounded beetle.<br /><br />For everyone else, if a spell selection can save us, now is kind of the time. I've Bless (useless at the present), Cure Light Wounds (still saving it for an emergency) and Sanctuary.<br /><br />Sanctuary gives me time to hoist two of you in safety, saving us some rounds; We could've some rounds of pelting these mothers from down the hole for added bite so missile-worthy folks ought to go first.<br /><br />On the other hand, standing on top of the tomb still gives us some small advantage (attacking and defending), keeping the party cohese is also of the essence, since our foes can crowd at 2 to an hex, things will get very hairy (chitinous...) for whoever is left in the cold. And flank/rear attacks will be the death of us. <br /><br />All in all, I'll be playing with an eye to shoulder-to-shoulder cohesion plus denying attacks to some of the beetles by keeping them at arms length.<br /><br />But, yes, either we start getting some solid hits in or all the best laid plans will amount to nothing.<br /><br />The stunning rules are also pretty brutal at this level of play, by my reckoning we're but an unlucky round away from a no-frills TPK.Engelhart Askjellsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12717990998654139122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-79455788752452174472016-12-18T09:15:49.041-08:002016-12-18T09:15:49.041-08:00Well, maybe Gudbrand and Lothar might hit somethin...Well, maybe Gudbrand and Lothar might hit something.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-71049637609005007132016-12-18T09:14:43.447-08:002016-12-18T09:14:43.447-08:00Three rounds a person, Aleksandra: climbing takes ...Three rounds a person, Aleksandra: climbing takes longer than descending. But you could save time by one person hoisting another, so that the climbing person only had to climb five feet after the hoist (so in that case, yes, two rounds).<br /><br />Everyone misses. Wow.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-99038325254587172016-12-18T09:12:23.139-08:002016-12-18T09:12:23.139-08:00Gudbrand,
What, what, what am I going to do with ...Gudbrand,<br /><br />What, what, what am I going to do with players?<br /><br />I don't want an argument here: just accept it and move on, so that we can get this done.<br /><br />YOU HAVE AN AXE.<br /><br />There, problem solved. NO, I'm not going to take off the x.p. Now please stop equivocating and just play the damn game.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-56203835494089517142016-12-18T08:52:28.377-08:002016-12-18T08:52:28.377-08:00Thank you, Rowan!
I catch the spear, move to 1110...Thank you, Rowan!<br /><br />I catch the spear, move to 1110, and attack that stupid beetle in 1210: 14-2+1=13 to-hit, 3 damage.<br /><br />Running away is sounding better and better... It's two rounds per-person, since the twine isn't rated to carry more than one of us at a time.Embla Strandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07637213677781541500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-70453271052951636722016-12-18T06:46:23.167-08:002016-12-18T06:46:23.167-08:00Since I've got a hand free, I'll pick up m...Since I've got a hand free, I'll pick up my spear and toss it to Aleksandra in 1010. I believe that's 2AP, so with the remaining two I'll squash me a bug.<br /><br />Bug in 1008.<br /><br />To-Hit: 3<br />Damage: 6<br /><br />...<br /><br />So, in the event that I decide I'm incapable of landing a blow, would we still get XP for damage on Entangled foes?Pandredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03917809464727878157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-17011693457838760982016-12-18T04:56:07.749-08:002016-12-18T04:56:07.749-08:00I pick up my hammer and heave it the nearest bug (...I pick up my hammer and heave it the nearest bug (1108). <br /><br />Attack roll: 5.<br /><br />Damage roll: 2.<br /><br />If I've enough AP left, I'll shift myself back to 0909. My mind's already on an exit mindset.Engelhart Askjellsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12717990998654139122noreply@blogger.com