[Adventure] The Paper Chase (Judge: renau1g)

[KarinsDad]

OOC: Just FYI for the healer types. If you have the Healing skill, you can use a standard action to give First Aid to an adjacent PC. That PC can use Second Wind without using an action (the helped PC does not get the defense benefit of Second Wind). The Healing check DC is 10. If we could get multiple downed PCs awake, it would be more beneficial to the group if we could get everyone conscious. Note: You can only do this if the PC has not yet used his Second Wind. Grys has not and I suspect that most of the PCs have not, but I haven't been keeping track.

 

[rb780nm]

OOC: I haven't used mine yet - I went to, but then I changed my mind

 

[raion]

Serris stabs between his allies, landing a shot on the Necromancer, and Grys wakes once more. "You're stuck back here with me" he tells the Zombie, as he pulls his bloodied spear back. It might be intimidated if it weren't the mindless undead.

[sblock=actions]standard: energizing strike (aug 1) on necro; Grys regains 3hp
Minor: Battlemind's Demand on Zom3
Energizing Strike(+1 for bloodied); Damage (1d20+8+1=28, 1d10+4=14)[/sblock]

[sblock=sheet]Serris - Male Human Ardent|Battlemind (Mantle: Elation) 4
Passive Perception: 13, Passive Insight: 13
AC:20, Fort:18, Ref:18, Will:20 -- Speed:5(6 w/ pp)
HP:15/45, Bloodied:22, Surge Value:11, Surges Left: 9/11
Power Points: 1/4, Action Points: 1, MI Daily Uses: 1, Second Wind: not used
Powers: Ire Strike, Energizing Strike, Whirling Defense
Battlemind’s Demand, Mindspike, Spectral Legion
Ardent Surge, Implanted Suggetion, Feather Step
Byeshk Spear Power
Mantle of Elation: Serris and each ally within 5 squares has +3 to damage rolls for opportunity Attacks. Each ally within 5 squares gets +2 to diplomacy and intimidate.
Conditions: None[/sblock]

 

[KarinsDad]

"What the? Are we still fighting this pest? Grys asks as he stands up, swinging his sword around at the remaining foes.

[sblock=Actions]
Move = Shift to C1 as part of a stand action, I'm assuming that MetaVoid's post from yesterday adding movement to the previous round is not going to be retconned one round back, it's one thing to retcon an illegal action, it's another to retcon an action a round backwards in time because someone didn't post it (and it would be nice if Grys actually gets to try something since he was down for 2 rounds, even if he misses).

Minor = Aegis of Shielding on the Necro (-2 to hit any PC if Grys is not included and Immediate Interupt to drop 6 damage)
Standard = Sword Burst on Necro and Zombie in that order

14 vs. Reflex Necro, 12 vs. Reflex Zombie, 9 damage

These lousy rolls keep on coming. #$&#@# Invisible Castle
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[sblock=stats]
Grys - Male Eladrin Hybrid Swordmage Wizard
Medium natural humanoid (Fey)
Advantageous Conditions:
Adverse Conditions:
Initiative: +3
Passive Insight: 13 Passive Perception: 18
Senses: Low Light Vision
HP 3/39
Bloodied 19
Surge Value 9; Surges Per-Day 2/8
AC 22 Fortitude 14 Reflex 18 Will 17 Speed 6
Saving Throws +5 vs Charm Effects
Action Points: 0
Second Wind: Not Used

Powers:
At will:
Scorching Burst
Sword Burst
Familiar Harrier
Ghost Sound
Light
Mage Hand
Presidigitation

Encounter:
Fey Step
Aegis of Shielding
Sword of Sigils
Fire Shroud

Daily:
Flaming Sphere

Trained: 8 Athletics, 8 Endurance, 8 Perception, 8 Stealth

Untrained: 3 Acrobatics, 11 Arcana, 1 Bluff, 1 Diplomacy, 3 Dungeoneering, 3 Heal, 11 History, 3 Insight, 1 Intimidate, 3 Nature, 7 Religion, 1 Streetwise, 3 Thievery

Feats:
Hybrid Talent
Arcane Familiar
White Lotus Riposte

Magic Items:
+2 Challenge-Seeking Longsword
+2 Magic CLoth Armor
Gauntlets of Arcane Might
+1 Amulet of Protection
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[MetaVoid]

PROTECTION: allies adjacent to Orsik gain DR 2

[sblock=KarinsDad]Orsik is in C1, KarinsDad, you can go to C0. I was waiting to see Serris actions, I'm down to at wills. Combat post later today.

For movement confirmed see this post - I added the comment before anyone except Mythra acted and he wasn't affected by the move.

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Orsik swings his maul, but the wounds and the weight of the weapon are showing as he slams the weapon in the floor again.

[sblock=Actions]
Standard: Word of Diminishment vs necro AC (1d20+10=15, 2d6+6+2=18) - well, how many times can I miss? I missed with every enc power, or if I hit the moster died so there was no benefit

if this somehow hits, necro is at -3 to damage rolls TENT
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[sblock=Orsik]
Initiative +3; Senses Passive Insight 21, Passive Perception 14
HP 8/43 Bloodied 21, Surge Value 10, Surges 5/10
AC 20; Fortitude 18, Reflex 14, Will 18
0/1 AP
Speed 6 (5)

Word of Binding
Word of Dimishment


Stone's Endurance
Rune of Mending
Rune of Mending
Divine Rune of Thunder
Symbol of the Wrath Reversed


Rune of Endless Fire
Endure Pain



Vengeful Maul
Amulet of Life

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[KarinsDad]

[sblock=KarinsDad]Orsik is in C1, KarinsDad, you can go to C0. I was waiting to see Serris actions, I'm down to at wills. Combat post later today.[/sblock]

[sblock=MetaVoid]
Well, the way you posted it, you posted it as an action for LAST round, after the DM already posted NPC actions and not as an action for this round.

First, I don't think we should be posting actions retroactively.

Second, if you meant it for this round, then you also have to post the rest of your actions with it (including any readied actions) right away. The concept of posting some of your actions and waiting for other players to post doesn't work in PBP (it doesn't work in a table game either).

So, I'm asking Antithetist for a DM ruling that you did not either a) retroactively post it after the NPC actions for last round, or b) post only some of your actions for this round.

The last two rounds took 10 days as it is. If we constantly retcon things, it takes even longer. I personally think that we should almost never retcon things, only in the case that an action is illegal. There probably should be an LEB proposal for that. Retcon slows things up too much and makes things too confusing.
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[raion]

[Sblock=karinsdad]calm down and play on. Not worth that much sweat.[/sblock]

 

[Antithetist]

GM: I accepted the change to Orsik's actions for last round because in this instance it didn't hold anything up or cause any difficulties. I take that kind of thing on a case by case basis. The slow posting is a separate issue, which I take some responsibility for - I haven't been as proactive as I should have been in chivvying non-posting players along or NPCing their characters where necessary. Potentially, Orsik could just shift to C0 after his attack - he has a spare move action - and allow Grys to get off his Burst 1 attack. Or if you'd prefer to change your action, KD, that's fine too. Would be nice to get an update done this evening, so let me know ASAP.

 

[MetaVoid]

I can shift, but that leaves the protection of his adjacency limited to only grys. I'd rather not do it, especially because KarinsDad posted after DM clearly approved of the move. That said, if that is something that will keep the tempers down, consider it done.

As for slow posting, I accept full blame, I should have announced it instead on relying on various unstable network accesses while on board.

 

[KarinsDad]

[Sblock=karinsdad]calm down and play on. Not worth that much sweat.[/sblock]

[sblock=raion]
I haven't actually gotten to play for the last 10 days, so yes, I am a tiny bit frustrated that a player would even ask the DM to retcon an action for a previous round and that the DM would actually say yes.

But, Antithetist made his ruling, so we move on.
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