Author Topic: Accross the Table (OOC Discussion) [Part 2] (Read 204439 times)

Inspectre · « **Reply #420 on:** April 07, 2015, 06:19:31 AM »

Looks like it's up to Galadren to save the day . . . . 12 more damage.

Also, I believe that all damage is maximized on a critical, including any bonus damage dice other than high crit/magic weapon dice that you only get on a crit.
So Shandien's first promise of the storm hit should have been maximized on that critical as well, putting an extra 3 damage on the wight.
So it should have taken a total of 48 damage, and now Galadren's 12, bringing it up to 60 total damage.

Please say it's dead!

Melblen_Cairn · « **Reply #421 on:** April 07, 2015, 10:01:39 PM »

Looks like a reply is going to need to wait for a bit. Not been a good day. Got in late last night and had very little sleep. Then went I went out to the parking lot this morning my passenger rear tire was complete flat. So trying to coordinate a tow to a tire place and find a tire place that is open late enough that I can also get to from the hotel I am at after the training classes I am attending. This is a nightmare.

Have a full spare under the bed of my truck but the lock is so rusted it wont lower the spare down, so cant change it myself.

VennDygrem · « **Reply #422 on:** April 08, 2015, 12:55:43 AM »

Sorry to hear that, Melblen! I hope things work out for you soon.

bhu · « **Reply #423 on:** April 08, 2015, 03:03:21 AM »

good luck!

Melblen_Cairn · « **Reply #424 on:** April 08, 2015, 07:34:09 AM »

Thanks. Now that I have had a full night's sleep I feel a little better about tackling the problem. If I can get it all fixed today, I will get a response post up this evening. I apologize for the delay, it is a little frustrating to be away from home, trying to still accomplish things for work, and have this occur without any support structure around to help.

Inspectre · « **Reply #425 on:** April 08, 2015, 07:35:43 PM »

Wow, that really sucks.

Even with a support structure in place, car troubles are a huge pain in the ass.
But while away from home on business?
Don't stress out about the game - we'll still be here when you've got the time and energy to continue.
Best of luck!

Melblen_Cairn · « **Reply #426 on:** April 10, 2015, 08:04:32 AM »

Turned out pretty good though. Was able to get it towed while I was not there (some tow companies won't if you are not present). Then the tire place determined that it could be fixed. Apparently I ran over a scissor blade. They did the work for free. So Discount Tire is the way to go when you have a flat and are far from home

If that wasn't eventful enough, last nights trip home was plagued by Tornado Warnings in every county I went through. I was a few minutes ahead of it each time EAS went off on the radio. I was like "damn I was just through that town".

bhu · « **Reply #427 on:** April 10, 2015, 04:09:52 PM »

will has my reply up after work tonight

bhu · « **Reply #428 on:** April 11, 2015, 04:49:21 PM »

they don't make skeletons like they used to

Melblen_Cairn · « **Reply #429 on:** April 12, 2015, 09:21:12 AM »

Doh, well that did not go as I hoped. Hitting the other two skeletons would have dropped them while marking the tougher one and allowing Dunor to move in behind for the flank.

Melblen_Cairn · « **Reply #430 on:** April 12, 2015, 01:20:03 PM »

Wow, the Unseen Servant hates you guys more than the sites dice roller. That is a crazy string of rolls.

Inspectre · « **Reply #431 on:** April 12, 2015, 02:11:40 PM »

Erm, if Thurnan was at 9 damage, and the boneshard skeleton's burst did 12 damage, shouldn't Thurnan be at 21 damage and probably straight up dead?

Is that field of magical energy still up around him now that the spellcaster is dead? And is that field actually solid or something that could be passed through to go grab the kid and drag him out of the line of fire?

VennDygrem · « **Reply #432 on:** April 12, 2015, 03:22:27 PM »

Well guys, it was nice knowing you!

Melblen_Cairn · « **Reply #433 on:** April 12, 2015, 07:21:42 PM »

Thurnan had 6 hit points remaining before that blast. He also had 3 temp hitpoints from Tanthalus. So he took 9 real damage. He has taken 9 before this. Another blast will likely send him over his bloodied value though. Might want to move the skeleton off or figure out how to interrupt the ritual and get the boy out.

The ritual was completed by the Wight and is still up, he was about to feed on the boy when you stormed in. Now there is no one to further drain the boy. While the field is intangible it is a necromantic ritual and likely to be bad for living flesh to contact it.

Dunor may want to back away (no one can fault you for a tactical retreat, and Dalanath wouldn't have hung about

). Shandien has surges left and has a higher AC. May want him to tank the big skeleton.

Inspectre · « **Reply #434 on:** April 16, 2015, 06:19:56 AM »

Does Shandien have his Second Wind left? He could use it to heal up and bolsters his defenses a bit before moving away and provoking an OA from the big skellie. I think he doesn't have to do anything to maintain his Mark on it, but he could always use his minor to refresh the mark. To get the skeleton at least 3 squares away from Thurnan, he'll have to go somewhere down into the southwest corner of the map, say G4 or so. After the big skeleton chases him off to down there (assuming it follows, but if it's marked I'd assume it would mindlessly go after Shandien with no one to direct it otherwise being a mindless skellie) we blow it up.

Meelblen, can we use minor actions to make Knowledge Religion/Arcana checks to figure out how to keep these skeletons from respawning, and deactivate the field of necrotic energy around Thurnan? I would assume since it's just for information it would be a minor action, rather than a standard since we're not doing anything (unlike actually using Religion/Arcana to do something, like disable a trap).

Nanshork · « **Reply #435 on:** April 16, 2015, 12:01:20 PM »

I'd also like to know about using the knowledge skill to potentially keep the respawning from happening.

Melblen_Cairn · « **Reply #436 on:** April 16, 2015, 05:21:29 PM »

Traveling home now. I will answer these questions when I get home in a few hours.

bhu · « **Reply #437 on:** April 16, 2015, 07:45:51 PM »

hours

good lord, what kind of commute do you have?

Melblen_Cairn · « **Reply #438 on:** April 17, 2015, 07:58:14 AM »

Oh, that isn't my normal commute thank goodness.

For the past two weeks I had to travel from my home in Illinois up to a small town near Madison WI. My normal commute is under 10 minutes.

So most Knowledge checks are No Action checks. You either know the information or you do not, or you either recognize a clue related to a given field of knowledge or you do not. So they can be made at virtually any time. In this instance you would need to make a Knowlegde Religion, Arcana, or Nature check to see if you know anything about the ritual you are witnessing (Which Tanthalus did with a religion check of 24 already).

The same can be done to garner information about why the skeletons keep coming back and what the circumstances of killing them and having them stay dead might be. So give me two checks from any of those skills.

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Melblen_Cairn · « **Reply #439 on:** April 19, 2015, 10:53:59 AM »

For Shandien's next turn he can either use Arcana to continue to counter the ritual or he can do what Inspectre is suggesting and use a second wind, move away from the skeletons hopefully pulling the Boneshard away without getting hacked to pieces by AoOs.

I am leaning towards Inspectre's suggesting since even if the ritual gets broken the boy cant currently move under his own power while unconscious while dying.

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Author Topic: Accross the Table (OOC Discussion) [Part 2] (Read 204439 times)