(OOC) Scourge of Daggerford (Full)

[FitzTheRuke]

Sorry that took so long gang, I was trying to give @gargoyleking a chance to post for Dandin. As you can see, to keep myself caught up, I tried resolving your posts one or two at-a-time, which worked well (some of you might remember that it's how I used to do it. I prefer to do it that way, but I've been so behind lately that it's been hard to keep up with. It's actually slower (or it takes me longer; or at least feels like it does) to resolve a whole round at once, rather than broken up into bits, so I'll try to keep doing it that way going forward. Who knows? I may be able to do it, or maybe not.

Thanks for hanging in there. Let's finish these orcs off so we can move on!

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Whew! Sorry that fight took so long. At least it was suitably epic. I didn't think it was worth making us do one more round with all the orcs in single-digit hit points.

Here's Viarar's new pike:

Shatterpike: Weapon (pike), rare (requires attunement): You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls you make with this magic weapon. If it hits an object, the hit is automatically a critical hit, and it can deal bludgeoning or piercing damage to the object (your choice). Further, damage from nonmagical sources can’t harm this weapon.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Okay, let's take a quick break before heading back into the manor. By which I mean two things: Take a Short Rest, and Level-Up to LEVEL SIX!

(I'm playing a little fast-and-loose with the rest - I don't think any of you really had a full hour of down-time, but let's just ignore that here. Fluff-wise, feel free to roleplay it as being an exhausting experience, but it'll be more fun if you have some character resources to work with. Anything you get as a level-up is "fresh", and anything you used you can regain that recharges on a short rest.

 

[jmucchiello]

Short rest, should we spend HD to heal before leveling up? And should we add the new hp to both "current" and "max"?

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Short rest, should we spend HD to heal before leveling up? And should we add the new hp to both "current" and "max"?

Yes and yes.

 

[Kobold Stew]

Tommi used three dice: +17 points. Currently at 34/39 (level 6).
Took expertise in Stealth and Athletics, which are the two checks he's made most of.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Tommi used three dice: +17 points. Currently at 34/39 (level 6).
Took expertise in Stealth and Athletics, which are the two checks he's made most of.

I was just looking at Tommi (and wondering which skills you'd pick) and I had a thought: He's a great example of a phenomenon that I've noticed in real life - the ability of people to be very bad in one aspect of an area that they are otherwise very good at.

In Tommi's case, I mean Wisdom. Tommi can act in ways that would make people call him unwise. (The 'poke the bear' part of his personality). But he's very extremely insightful, observant, perceptive, and practical - all things that people generally credit to wisdom (some of them are even skills!)

So he is naturally wise, he's just prone to the occasional bout of questionable judgement! (A good character is more than the sum of their parts.)

I'm very fond of Tommi.

 

[jmucchiello]

Are Tasha's changes to leveling up applicable? For example, there's a new Sorcerer 5th level feature: Magical Guidance. Does Escella get it?

 

[jmucchiello]

Escella
AC 14 HP 32/33 HD 1/1d8 2/5d6 PP18 SS 4/4 1/3 2/2 SP 5/5

Hit Dice for healing: 2D6 = [1, 3] = 4
Hit Dice for healing: 1D6 = [4] = 4

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Are Tasha's changes to leveling up applicable? For example, there's a new Sorcerer 5th level feature: Magical Guidance. Does Escella get it?

Sure.

Tommi and Lionel can use this, too:

Steady Aim​

3rd-level rogue feature

As a bonus action, you give yourself advantage on your next attack roll on the current turn. You can use this bonus action only if you haven’t moved during this turn, and after you use the bonus action, your speed is 0 until the end of the current turn.

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...And Angis can swap out the Ranger Features for Tasha's ones. I'm not sure off the top of my head if there's anything good for Vairar. I'll look.... Looks like Vairar can trade a channel divinity for a level 2 spell slot.