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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 5223054" data-attributes="member: 2011">&quot;No, I don't have any ways to knock foes down other than permanently.&quot; Grys says.&quot;Oh look, there's the university.&quot; Grys points. &quot;Let's go find this professor.&quot;[sblock=OOC]Grys has only one ranged power and it is an &quot;all creatures&quot; area effect, so he can use it at range, I just have to be careful if PCs are in the area.But, 3 of his 4 area effect powers are &quot;enemies only&quot;. So for the most part, Grys just moves to the best square I can find and blasts as many foes as he can get and doesn't worry about allies being in the area. The more we bunch up the foes, the better it is for Grys' powers.Also, Grys is not technically a melee PC. So for example, Serris' Ire Strike won't work too well with Grys.But, we should be good to go with ranged attacks. kal'Tarron and Mythra both have a ranged attack. I like the Strike Team idea. Five of the PCs have a decent AC, so we can pretty much gang up 2 or 3 PCs against whomever we want to. I don't think we have to pre-determine who works with whom unless there is a specific set of power/feat combos that work real well. The random vagaries of combat will ensure that whomever we fight with changes a lot. Plus, Grys is a bit of a skirmisher. He moves all over the place and doesn't stick with the same foes too often.Grys can also sometimes hand out free flank to a PC with his familiar. Perfect in a group like this since so many of the other PCs have melee attacks. It's just a bit action costly, so Grys has a hard time trying to do it a lot.Grys also does more damage to any undamaged foes, so he also tends to attack one or more foes early on that nobody has yet attacked. But Mythra shouldn't worry about that though, if there is a group of undamaged foes and you can area effect them, go for it.[/sblock]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 5223054, member: 2011"] [COLOR=Lime]"No, I don't have any ways to knock foes down other than permanently."[/COLOR] Grys says. [COLOR=Lime]"Oh look, there's the university."[/COLOR] Grys points. [COLOR=Lime]"Let's go find this professor."[/COLOR] [sblock=OOC] Grys has only one ranged power and it is an "all creatures" area effect, so he can use it at range, I just have to be careful if PCs are in the area. But, 3 of his 4 area effect powers are "enemies only". So for the most part, Grys just moves to the best square I can find and blasts as many foes as he can get and doesn't worry about allies being in the area. The more we bunch up the foes, the better it is for Grys' powers. Also, Grys is not technically a melee PC. So for example, Serris' Ire Strike won't work too well with Grys. But, we should be good to go with ranged attacks. kal'Tarron and Mythra both have a ranged attack. I like the Strike Team idea. Five of the PCs have a decent AC, so we can pretty much gang up 2 or 3 PCs against whomever we want to. I don't think we have to pre-determine who works with whom unless there is a specific set of power/feat combos that work real well. The random vagaries of combat will ensure that whomever we fight with changes a lot. Plus, Grys is a bit of a skirmisher. He moves all over the place and doesn't stick with the same foes too often. Grys can also sometimes hand out free flank to a PC with his familiar. Perfect in a group like this since so many of the other PCs have melee attacks. It's just a bit action costly, so Grys has a hard time trying to do it a lot. Grys also does more damage to any undamaged foes, so he also tends to attack one or more foes early on that nobody has yet attacked. But Mythra shouldn't worry about that though, if there is a group of undamaged foes and you can area effect them, go for it. [/sblock] [/QUOTE]

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