Accross the Table (OOC Discussion) [Part 2]

[Inspectre]

Hmmm . . . getting away won't be the hard part unless Sinruth has threatening reach.
The hard part will be getting away without kiting him into all of our ranged guys.
And since Tanthalus didn't heal Galadren, I'm not feeling too good about his ability to continue tanking the big, angry action point mob. 

....Yeah, Galadren needs to gtfo - one of you other ranged guys can have fun tanking him this next turn.

[VennDygrem]

I can certainly get him, but I need to get next to him without taking too much damage from the other guys. I really want one of my attacks to bloody Sinruth, too, so I get to actually use my daily power.

[Nanshork]

I'm out of Healing Words.  All I've got left is "grant some temp hp" and "heal everybody who is bloodied around me".

[Inspectre]

Didn't we take a short rest while talking with Sertanian?
I was operating under the assumption that we had taken a short rest. 

[VennDygrem]

Didn't we take a short rest while talking with Sertanian?
I was operating under the assumption that we had taken a short rest. 

This. Melblen let us spend healing surges after the last battle, so I assume we took a short rest as well.

[Melblen_Cairn]

Yes there was a short rest. I believe I called it out at the end of the last encounter in a spoiler block. If I'd did not then I apologise.

[Inspectre]

If Tanthalus does heal Galadren then, I will alter my post a little to have him continue to tank Sinruth for another round I suppose.
Although this time I think I'm going to use my Immediate Reaction to skiddle out of the there after his first swing at me.

[Nanshork]

Apparently I missed that.  I'll throw out a heal.

Edit: There, you're at full health again.   

[Inspectre]

Okay!
Well in that case . . .

Throw out the Move action and the comment about "catch me if you can!".  Galadren is going to replace that part by reloading and turning his Move action into a minor to activate his weapon's daily power - Free Ranged basic attack.  And he's shooting Sinruth in the gut.  Attack and damage rolls in the dice rolling thread - sorry for all the retcons!

He will also trigger his Immediate Reaction if Sinruth attacks and hits him again - preferably after he's spent his move action to shift closer?
Galadren will shift 4 as an Immediate Reaction and gain a +2 power bonus to his AC (doesn't stack sadly) after Sinruth's 1st attack resolves and if it successfully hits him (has to hit to trigger the Reaction).

[Melblen_Cairn]

Worked on the post this morning but forgot I also had to include Shandien's turn next so I will finish that up after work and get it all posted.

[Melblen_Cairn]

Will wait till this evening for Shadow to post for Theo or I will post to keep us moving.

Since we seem to be in a burn em if you have em mode on Sinruth. I have a pretty good plan for Theo. Howling Tempest daily which would do damage and slide Sinruth up to 4 squares. I will slide him into the pillar square next to Shandien. Then as a move action move the zone it creates to overlap the swarm of bats. So now he gives a combat advantage as well due to that zone. Then spend an action point to use whirlwind which will do damage and knock him prone. Then when it is Sinruth's turn, he takes damage from the howling tempest and the pillar plus he has to spend an action to stand up  and has his move reduced by the bat swarm's difficult terrain.

Of course that is alot to assume since the howling tempest would have to hit first hehe.

[Shadowhunter]

Will wait till this evening for Shadow to post for Theo or I will post to keep us moving.

Since we seem to be in a burn em if you have em mode on Sinruth. I have a pretty good plan for Theo. Howling Tempest daily which would do damage and slide Sinruth up to 4 squares. I will slide him into the pillar square next to Shandien. Then as a move action move the zone it creates to overlap the swarm of bats. So now he gives a combat advantage as well due to that zone. Then spend an action point to use whirlwind which will do damage and knock him prone. Then when it is Sinruth's turn, he takes damage from the howling tempest and the pillar plus he has to spend an action to stand up  and has his move reduced by the bat swarm's difficult terrain.

Of course that is alot to assume since the howling tempest would have to hit first hehe.

You know, I must say I like that plan 
*yoink*

[Melblen_Cairn]

I was rather proud of it. Everything kinda lined up nicely for it.

Will have to check if the second attack hits or not. It does not look like you included the CA bonus you would get by first moving sinruth back into the cloud of bats but I don't recall what his fort is so it may not have helped any.

[bhu]

did i go yet?

[VennDygrem]

did i go yet?

Yes; your post is just after mine for the round. Since any of us can technically go in between NPC turns, I decided to post then as I had the time free to do so.

[VennDygrem]

Guess this battle goes to show I can't rely on being able to be the one who bloodies any enemy, and my daily is yet again useless in most cases. Seems that I'm gonna have to retrain it yet again next level... -_-

I might as well swap tactics from striker to defender and try to get Sinruth marked. I just don't really have any single-target fighter powers since I'm more focused on multi-target stickiness.

This character build really does seem to work in a lot of situations, but being versatile apparently isn't worth the hassle. :\

[Melblen_Cairn]

I don't know, you seem to be doing quite well. You have dished out quite a bit of damage this fight, you really only just missed bloodying Sinruth by 3 points. That power is very situational though and with as many strikers and striker hybrids as we have in the group it will be very hard to be the one that bloodies someone.

Shandien is pretty good with single target while you handle multiples well. I think overall, the group has been successful because of our unique mix of classes.

[VennDygrem]

Yeah, sorry, I was whining a bit. 

I will most likely swap that daily out again at next level-up (however long that takes). I know there are alternatives that will be more generally applicable and probably more useful to the group as a whole.

Besides, this build is far more viable as a Defender/Striker hybrid since picking up Vigilante Justice style. Attack me, shame on you. Attack my friends? You know what, still shame on you.

[Inspectre]

I suspect it's not meant to be great against solos and elites, and more as a way to drop normal monsters in one round.
Sneak up to one, shiv it, action point it, Press the Advantage to kill it.
Which, yeah, may go against Dunor's intent of getting in the bad guys' faces and stopping them from hitting us . . . although dead enemies do no damage to anyone either! 

[Melblen_Cairn]

DPR = Healing