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Post by Ginger on May 2, 2011 10:36:06 GMT -5
We also learned that the flame wand can be used by anyone, which makes it a much more effective item.
Colby is at 10 HP, and has comprehend languages, unseen servant, 1 1st level spell I don't remember, web, and invisibility. After casting comprehend languages, he can use a scroll with lightning bolt, confusion, magic missile, and haste.
An abomination-style yuan-ti just opened the door. He can cast polymorph-other on segment 4, unless we hit him first. I can web him, and the whole rest of the room first. Any other good ideas?
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Post by Wolfgar on May 2, 2011 11:15:59 GMT -5
Since it threw open the doors it isn't that far away. If it is only a single creature in the room then I say we try to grapple it. By my calculation (see below) everyone should be able to charge. Epi and Colby have a high DEX and light armor. So maybe one of them can reach it and disrupt any spell before Trommer comes in and kills it.
round 1: Paavo and Epi charge
round 2: Colby casts stinking cloud on hydra. Trommer and Marcus charge.
round 5: hydra is out of cloud
round 6: hydra charges and kills Marcus
round 7: hydra eats Marcus, Colby uses Nahal's Reckless Dweomer
round 10: hydra polymorphed into fish
round 11: party advances on fish
round 12+: party kills fish
round ?: yuan-ti throws open doors.
anytime after round 12 means everyone can charge.
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Post by Ginger on May 2, 2011 11:36:25 GMT -5
Instead of charging, I can throw the dancing dagger at it.
Does the reaction adjustment from Alacrity give me a missile weapon bonus?
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Post by venger on May 2, 2011 11:44:29 GMT -5
Does the reaction adjustment from Alacrity give me a missile weapon bonus? No. |
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Post by Ginger on May 2, 2011 12:55:59 GMT -5
Throwing the dagger, I have a THAC0 of 19 (18 or 17 depending on the dagger's bonus). But I go 3 segments before our initiative, which guarantees the attack goes before any polymorph spell. Hopefully Epicaste can charge him first.
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Post by Wolfgar on May 2, 2011 16:24:57 GMT -5
You are probably 20' to 30' feet away. One segment to cover in a charge but -2 or -5 to your throw. You have a higher chance of hitting by charging but there is chance he could get the spell off.
BTW, since you were resurrected you should be 5th level now. No need to sleep. You should have an additional 1st level spell and get a percentile roll. Of course you still need to train but there is no chance reading a 3rd level spell from a scroll will fail.
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Post by Ginger on May 2, 2011 17:03:23 GMT -5
BTW, since you were resurrected you should be 5th level now. No need to sleep. You should have an additional 1st level spell and get a percentile roll. Of course you still need to train but there is no chance reading a 3rd level spell from a scroll will fail. I was dead for 8 hours. Is that like sleeping? Does the same go for Friedrich? We've seen Marcus use the dagger before. I recall that a thrown dagger doesn't hit like a thrown weapon, but instead sails to the target and then attacks it as normal. As such, the range shouldn't matter. But then my DEX bonus probably wouldn't matter, either, as it would hit as a magic user. |
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Post by Wolfgar on May 2, 2011 17:47:10 GMT -5
I don't know if there are precedents for these situations. I would say that since you were resurrected, you came back with full hit points and were completely rested (i.e. could start memorizing). Being fully rested is what you need to advance a level. I don't see why you would need an additional 8 hours to gain the level you already had the experience for. Friedrich is in a different category being at death's door. Any sleep he gets doesn't count towards leveling up. He isn't in the right state of mind and body to absorb the extra experience.
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Post by venger on May 3, 2011 9:13:42 GMT -5
I was dead for 8 hours. Is that like sleeping? Yes. Does the same go for Friedrich? No. |
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Post by Ginger on May 3, 2011 12:13:12 GMT -5
So I can make a percentage roll on Sunday? Suddenly getting an 18 DEX might be helpful.
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Post by Friedrich on May 3, 2011 14:25:09 GMT -5
Sorry I missed Sunday's game. I was sick an was hoping I would be able to man up an make it but I wasn't feeling good and an infant does not need to be around somebody with the flu. I feel much better now though.
So what happened to Friedrich? Did we not sleep for 8 hours at all? What about the session where I have to leave at 4:00? Did we sleep then?
So what is Friedrich's situation and how bad is it overall for the group?
Thanks
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Post by Ginger on May 3, 2011 14:52:03 GMT -5
We have not slept yet, so Friedrich has not leveled up. We fought a troop of 20 bugbears on the teleporter platform here in the garden. Using the flame wand, they were butchered down to 15 in 2 rounds. They fled, and Trommer got one more in the back with his arrows. We advanced to the structure we think has the fountain of life. There were harpies on the roof, and a hydra(!) chained at the door. We maneuvered around the hydra to check out the back. We then decided to charge the hydra, and the harpies attacked the non-fighters. With their charming powers and brutal attacks, they knocked out Colby. There was a 10 percent chance they'd take his body away to feast, and they did.
After the fighters saw they were making no progress against the hydra, and that the back group was in dire straits, they retreated to kill the remaining harpies. Friedrich and Marcus split one of his levitation potions, and they advanced up to the roof, to engage the harpies eating Colby's now dead body. A harpy has two d3 attacks and one d6. Friedrich was brought to -6 with a critical on top of multiple hits from a single harpy. He's now been healed up to -3.
Basically, we camped on the roof, since they didn't know where we were, and they couldn't get up there to find us. Ingrid slept for 4 hours, healed, slept more and memorized. We left Falchonus on the roof with Friedrich and Dinaeus while everyone else rushed the front door.
Colby hit the hydra with a stinking cloud to let us bypass it. We got caught up on the 8 bugbears and 2 yuan-ti during the 3 rounds the hydra was incapacitated. Colby used his crazy spell, Nahal's Reckless Dweomer, to polymorph the hydra into a fish, but only after it had brutalized Marcus.
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Post by venger on May 3, 2011 16:10:36 GMT -5
Basically, we camped on the roof, since they didn't know where we were, and they couldn't get up there to find us. Ingrid slept for 4 hours, healed, slept more and memorized. That's when manticores were released. You killed those as well. |
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Post by Friedrich on May 3, 2011 17:59:26 GMT -5
SO with Friedrich having gone down as far as he did, this means that, what, I can do little more than walk and rest for a week unless I recieve a full heal spell, restoration, limited wish or some uber-powerful magic that we don't seem to have access to??
Or MAYBE the healing fountain?!?!?!
Is that about right?
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Post by Ginger on May 3, 2011 18:52:20 GMT -5
SO with Friedrich having gone down as far as he did, this means that, what, I can do little more than walk and rest for a week unless I recieve a full heal spell, restoration, limited wish or some uber-powerful magic that we don't seem to have access to?? Or MAYBE the healing fountain?!?!?! Is that about right? Death's Door is a 3rd level spell, so it's not that far out of our range. The fountain is our best bet. |
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Post by Mr. Trommer on May 5, 2011 14:07:14 GMT -5
A random tought occured to me. Since I am carrying the Gauntlet of Lord Zeal, does the act of wearing the non-detection hex bag shield the gauntlet from those looking for it?
Just wondered if it works in a similar way when Dell put the criclet in the bag of holding.
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Post by Wolfgar on May 5, 2011 15:02:47 GMT -5
I would think so. Also the bastard sword Paavo gave Trommer attracts its undead owner. The sword should also be shielded. Of course I doubt anything is going to be looking for us anytime soon. And eventually we will have the Eternal King to worry about.
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Post by venger on May 8, 2011 17:14:48 GMT -5
Experience totals 5/8:
Paavo: 47135 (6th level)
--Dan: 2999
Friedrich: 46524
Trommer: 43651 (6th level)
Colby: 43849|10746 (6th level)
Ingrid: 12901/12901
Marcus: 23056
Falkonis: 12873 (4th level)
Epicaste: 9212 (4th level)
Danaus: 6895
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Post by Ginger on May 8, 2011 17:35:46 GMT -5
In 8 hours Colby will be a thief again and thus "back in the game."
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Post by Wolfgar on May 9, 2011 9:00:54 GMT -5
I think the first order of business is to secure the Well of Life to prevent the yuan-ti from using it (and to heal ourselves). Next I think we should gather up all of the bodies of the creatures we have killed in the palace and try to throw them through the teleport wall. That will prevent them from being raised. Then we can go back to exploring the lower level of the palace.
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Post by Ginger on May 9, 2011 10:14:55 GMT -5
So we go back to the healing room, ideally trapping the yuan-ti while he's in the fountain, with no way to escape. With Paavo sleeping in Dan's backpack, are Dan (and the wand), Danaus and Marcus enough of a guard?
I'd guess not, so they can guard with Friedrich, Colby and Falkonis for 8 hours. Then people will level up and switch places.
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Post by Wolfgar on May 9, 2011 12:18:38 GMT -5
It will be a race back to the fountain. The yuan-ti has a shorter distance to travel but probably more doors to go through. I think we only have a single door to go through but half of us are traveling at less than 12". But I agree we can probably catch it before it escapes the palace if in fact it is going to the fountain. We could send Falkonis, Epicaste, Danaus, Dan and Colby back quickly and then have Trommer, Friedrich, Ingrid and Marcus catch up when they can. If it doesn't have a snake head then they can grapple it until the heavy hitters arrive.
Even if we do kill it I don't know if we should start sleeping for levels. There is no telling how many more yuan-ti are out there. Though this does seem like a head honcho.
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Post by Wolfgar on May 11, 2011 7:41:54 GMT -5
Ingrid is only 100 xp from being capped in cleric because she hasn't trained for 2nd level spells. I assume she will continue to gain xp in her fighter class as if she were level capped.
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