I'll do another mid-round pause to let Elyra, Grokk, and Sivan review the battlefield before they act. A check of the IC this morning showed that we have posts from Talashia, Taran, and Tac, so all the pieces are in place for me to do the combat post. Today, however, is my twins' birthday and I still have some baking to do this afternoon after work. I was up until 3 am last night, making lemon cheesecake and all other manner of cake confections and thus don't think I'll be staying up very late at all tonight.
Up-shot: might not be until tomorrow for a DM post from me. I'll try for this afternoon, but a third cake (don't ask) and a nap are looking like they'll be in order.
I ordered Pathfinder for purposes other than this game, so if you guys aren't buying the book, it's absolutely no sweat.
I really do prefer for folks not to have to spend money to play D&D and thus have no problem keeping this game with the free beta ruleset that we're currently using. Only reason I brought up the hardcover was because I figured there was a -small- chance that everyone here was buying the book, in which case it would be silly to continue on with the beta.
I'm good with converting "up" to the final rules. It'd be good to help keep things straight, and from what I've seen so far, the final rules seem more...polished.
Oh, awesome! I shouldn't have a problem converting, then, since this is available. And it doesn't look like Tac's going to change that much anyway. He'll lose the random weapon proficiency (for a weapon he doesn't even own), Get the new Trapfinding bonus (which is quite nice, I think, and probably a better way to make Rogues better at trapfinding than the arbitrary DC cap for non-rogues), and doesn't have to declare Dodge is in effect. I'm all for it.
I'm home this afternoon and will see about prepping and posting a DM combat post for our IC.
I have yet to receive my pre-order of the PF hardcover from amazon.com. When I checked my account at amazon this afternoon, I saw a shipping estimate for the PF book of August 24.
Round 2 combat post is up. Again, I've paused mid-round to let Elyra, Grokk, and Sivan assess the battlefield before declaring their Round 2 actions.
The goblin commando, goblin dog, and goblin2 are dropped. Goblin 4 is running away, south. Goblin1 is engaged in melee behind the house with Grokk. Goblin3 is untouched and is busy poking the human nobleman with its dogslicer.
I owe you guys XP. Look for it in the RG sometime early this week--when I post it, I'll provide a link here in the OOC.
Has anyone seen Merlin's Shadow lately? I'm wondering if he will return to post for Grokk. Possible explanations for his recent absence might include frustration with the ENWorld server issues (I note his last activity was July 15), or with the July/August slow pace of this particular game (though, you'll all remember, please, that I did make it clear up front that this game would entertain lulls in activity). Let me know if anyone has news of Merlin's Shadow, please.
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Round 2 has been updated. One goblin is running away, one is behind a house engaged in melee with Grokk, and one has just been intimidated by Sivan.
We're now on Round 3. For those of you who declared actions for Round 3 before I posted Round 2 results for Elyra, Grokk, and Sivan, you're welcome to re-declare for Round 3 via edit or new post if you so choose.
I started a brand new 3.5 game here at home, and half the crew is new to D&D and doesn't currently possess a PHB. We're sharing and that's fine for the moment, but I'd like to get my hands on a pair of used but serviceable 3.5 PHB. A check of e-bay revealed only two for sale, both overpriced (not sure what's going on there, it used to be that you could find a used PHB for cheap at every turn).
Do any of you have a 3.5 PHB or two sitting around that you're interested in selling? I'm interested in buying what you have.
For those of you who declared actions for Round 3 before I posted Round 2 results for Elyra, Grokk, and Sivan, you're welcome to re-declare for Round 3 via edit or new post if you so choose.
I'm content with my declared actions as they are.
So, anyone have a decent ranged attack with which to shoot the fleeing goblin?
I'll be out of town Friday evening through Sunday. Catch up with ya'll on Monday afternoon. Before I head out tonight I'll look in the IC to see if posts for Talashia and Taran have appeared, meriting a DM response.
I thought I posted...doing a magnificent 2 points of damage...
Was that last turn?
Argh. *holds head*
I'll go check.
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Round three actions have all been posted for Talashia, Taran and Tac. We're waiting on the results and the goblins' actions to proceed.
Eh. Scheisse.
I seem to be the victim of my own strategy to update mid-round; forgot to scroll up to look for posts...for the last couple of days I've only been seeing jkason's post for Tac.
Shayuri, I'm rolling damage for everyone. You can stop providing links to damage rolls.
Apologies for the delay. Here is the completed combat post. Map forthcoming.
Grokk and Talashia have been wounded, Grokk badly so. All foes (save for the fleeing Goblin4) are dead, and nothing is spotted at hand. If someone wants to track down Goblin4, let me know and we'll handle that come Monday after I return home. The goblin has a big head start on you, but it's not out of the realm of possibility.
As I mentioned in my IC post, Sanstone intends to give chase on the fleeing goblin right after the harrying goblin was dispatched. I'll post IC to that effect.
The distance isn't so much that a decent bow or crossbow shot could dispatch it though; Sandstone just doesn't happen to carry ranged weapons.
Advance to W9 and attack goblin 3 if it remains alive, charging if possible; Melee bite +4 (1d6+4). If it's been felled then double move instead to V16 to pursue goblin 4.
I read that as Sandstone would attack Goblin3, and would only pursue Goblin4 if Goblin3 had been taken care of (it hadn't yet). Now that Goblin3's been felled, we can have Sandstone give chase after Goblin4 (but, again, gotta wait 'til Monday when I get back).
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The distance isn't so much that a decent bow or crossbow shot could dispatch it though; Sandstone just doesn't happen to carry ranged weapons.
Excepting, of course, any twists in the byway and/or the the possibility that the creature turns between buildings.
Excepting, of course, any twists in the byway and/or the the possibility that the creature turns between buildings.
It might certainly do that eventually but there seems to be a solid wall of buildings along the east side of the thoroughfare along which the goblin is fleeing; all the way past the cathedral facade. So during the rest of round three at least and probably into round four it'd seem that anyone stepping around the corner building would have a clear shot at the fleeing creature. If it slows down to round corners then all the better; it'll make it that much easier to catch up.
XP has been posted. I ended up waiting until the last of the goblins in the most recent encounter had been dispatched before tallying and posting XP, which is why I'm posting XP today vice early last week.
Please double check the treasure log in the post to which I've linked above. I believe the log is accurate, reflecting items searched for and taken from the encounter at the bonfire with the warchanter and her minions. I don't believe anyone had time to search for and take any other treasure--the pace early on kept everyone hopping. If I'm wrong, let me know.
In attending my husband's 20th high school reunion this weekend, I seem to have caught a rather unpleasant cold. I need to rest for a bit around lunch but will try my best to post a continuation in the IC this afternoon.
I sent an e-mail last week to Merlin's Shadow, to the address he registered on EN World, but have yet to receive a response. He disappeared from posting around the time the server went down in July, but his "Last Seen" status registers as 17 August 2009. I'll add his name to the thread title, indicating we're paging him. If he doesn't respond within three days, I'll NPC him to a stopping point and we'll make other arrangements for the role of party healer at that time.
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