[DnD4E] OOC Dungeon Delve: "Do you like items?"

Denada

Nature and Perception checks. (1d20+11=14, 1d20+11=17)

Blah. Dulran sees rocks. Some of those rocks are stacked on top of each other, in a tower-like formation.

Arivia

Bok Choi wrote: »

I think I follow.

What happens if you smash open a magical endless bottle of Stolichnaya? Everflowing soli fountain?

I don't know, other than a man called Molotov tried it first.

I just edited initiative into my last post.

Arivia

As an aside, I generally do my status just by keeping open a text file with the last update in it and editing in there. Then when I go to post I can just copy it over, because I can read the file with some basic BBCode just fine on my own.

May or may not be helpful if you're doing it my way.

Edit: Okay folks, let's talk strategy a bit. Having a fence that high that I can't shoot over is a big problem for Tiriara; she can't really send Sundamar ahead while she hangs back. Which implies I should send him ahead, but I'm worried about him getting focus-fired and beaten down while she's helpless. Thoughts? What else are people planning on this map?

Also, kuhlmeye, would it be possible for Tiriara to climb to the top of the fence and sit on it?

kuhlmeye

That makes sense. I was hoping to just have an excel sheet with columns and titles that I could just paste over to here, but all the formatting was lost when I pasted it, and the numbers weren't lined up with their respective titles. Annoying, but I'll figure it out.

Also, Denada, I don't have a token for Dulran. Did you want me to just randomly pick a picture, or did you want to provide one?

Denada

Same as the one on the MW sheet.

kuhlmeye

Don't know why I didn't see that. Ok, good to go then.

Bok Choi

I should probably know this, but can my spirit companion can be used with a standard action the same turn I call it. I am almost 100% that it can, but I might have missed some summoning rule or something.

e: starting Gissur outside the fence and plopping the companion down inside is more or less my plan.

Denada

Calling your spirit companion is a minor action, so I don't see why you couldn't use your standard with it in the same turn. Nothing in the power text indicates otherwise.

Tactics:
I'm going last, so I'll stick myself wherever. I'm thinking we can get those with the better ACs (and the spirit companion, the minions won't be able to do enough damage to it in one attack to dispel it) to take the front so that those of us with ranged abilities can pick off the minions from the back row. Try to get the minions grouped around the stairs, that way I can get some minions with Flame Seed and discourage the stronger kobolds from joining the fight right away. We should also try to stay clustered so that the kobolds can't flank.

kuhlmeye

Just looked at it and yeah, you can use the Spirit Companion the same turn you summon it, as its a minor to summon. It doesn't have a standard action of its own, as that comes from your powers with the Spirit keyword.

Also, you can just say which square you are starting in when you make your first IC post.

Arivia

Right, I missed that we could start inside. Can Tiriara sit on the fence or is that a no-no?

kuhlmeye

It will require fairly high Athletics checks every turn, as well as every time you are hit by an attack, but yeah, you can try it. :P

And the starting squares are just outside the fence, to clarify.

interrobang

Wouldn't sitting on the fence be Acrobatics, since she'd be balancing on it?

kuhlmeye

Yes, interrobang is right, and I am wrong.

Denada

More like crazybatics. Right? Right?

Yeaaaaaaah. 8-)

Arivia

Oh, that border's the fence, not the actual black border. Okay, I can just start her off in the difficult terrain then.

kuhlmeye

Yeah, its both a blessing and a curse to have the WotC maps. Sometimes the maps they make are really hard to discern and figure out whats going on. I'll try to make it more clear in the future.

Arivia

Hopefully that buys us a little space. I'm a bit at a loss as for what to do with Sundamar in a situation like this - I'll eventually move him around to give people CA when appropriate.

Bok Choi

So I am assuming we can see through the fence then, or did Tiriara just fire two arrows blindly?

kuhlmeye

There are plenty of gaps to see through the fence. Also, the fence stops at the rough terrain. I guess they assumed that the rough terrain was just as hard to cross as the fence.

Arivia

I thought Tiriara had line of sight and effect from where she started, too.

kuhlmeye

Yup, you were fine.

kuhlmeye

Bok Choi, you can use your spirit's OA power, KM8 moved past you on its turn.

Bok Choi

Whoops.
Totally missed that.

e:actually spirits dont get OA, but they can trigger one for Gissur. I can't use my basic melee attack though, so it's a moot point.

kuhlmeye

Look at the Spirit's Shield power.

Bok Choi

Whoops, that's not an OA though. I thought you were implying that the spirit companion could use a melee attack against the kobold.
I'll spread the healing love in the IC thread, just let me look at the HP totals

Just so no one misses it:
Tanir +4HP

kuhlmeye

I thought it did some minor damage as well. Perhaps I was wrong.

3cl1ps3

Bok Choi wrote: »

Whoops, that's not an OA though. I thought you were implying that the spirit companion could use a melee attack against the kobold.
I'll spread the healing love in the IC thread, just let me look at the HP totals

Just so no one misses it:
Tanir +4HP

Yaaayyy!

Also, I am so disappointed in my last turn.

Arivia

Wow, can someone with a bit more of an eye for numbers look at Tiriara's sheet? I realized that her at-will is totally useless and I'm wondering if I should retrain/fix anything else.

3cl1ps3

Arivia wrote: »

Wow, can someone with a bit more of an eye for numbers look at Tiriara's sheet? I realized that her at-will is totally useless and I'm wondering if I should retrain/fix anything else.

Are you talking about Twin Strike or Predator's Strike?

I would go with Twin Strike/Hit and Run, personally.

3cl1ps3

Bok_Choi, you attacked KM8 but said KM1 is dead...silly =P

All kobolds fall down! We're out of initiative now, yes?

Just trying to decide what I should do next.

Bok Choi

Blehhh.
I know I was going to do that.

I blame the heat here in Boston. I just want to sit in my underpants and now move at all.

kuhlmeye

Fences are not a 4' high dwarf's best friend, I suppose.

We are now out of initiative. There is a dug out hole with a rope ladder that goes down. Also, in the northwest corner of the pit there are a couple boxes stacked up.

Bok Choi

I guess I didn't need a perception check. Someone go open those boxes!

kuhlmeye

There is a good possibility of presents being in those boxes. Not to prod you or anything. :P

kuhlmeye

So, I have a question. Would you all rather receive gold with parcels, or not worry about shopping and just get the golds worth of items?

Arivia

I'd just take the items unless you want to push us towards, say, Hlondeth for some reason.

kuhlmeye

Point to note, I don't think Hlondeth technically exists any more.

But thats beside the point. I don't expect you guys to honestly spend too much time in towns. Let's keep in mind the name of the game I'm running.

3cl1ps3

Items are always nice.

kuhlmeye

You all are gonna be getting so many items. Be prepared to replace all of your stuff very quickly.

Arivia

Stuff like that makes me miss the old Realms. But it could still be there! There's only ruins for Innarlith listed, Vanity's Brood blah blah blah.