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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6989168" data-attributes="member: 6787650">I.&nbsp;Yes, it was because of the held spell.In this system, 1 round = my turn = your turn = everyone's turn concurrently. There's no distinction between rounds and turns. You get one reaction per round.On round 1, Vlad's reaction goes toward Shield.On round 2, Vlad's reaction goes toward triggering his held action (on initiative count 21, although I didn't write that) when the first goblin shoots at Vlad and misses and Vlad tries to Chill Touch him and misses. A moment later (initiative count 19, as it happens), two more goblins shoot arrows at Vlad. One misses, and one hits the wagon right below Vlad's ribs. If it had hit, Vlad would be too busy casting Chill Touch to Shield.&nbsp;II.If Vlad ever casts EB in the example, whoops! Mistake on the writer's part. In real life Vlad is a Warlock 2/Necromancer 9 who was a pure Necromancer relying on Chill Touch up until level 8, but I wanted a simple example so in my head I meant to make this a fifth level Vlad with only Chill Touch. If I at some point wrote Eldritch Blast for Vlad then that was unintentional.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 6989168, member: 6787650"] [B]I. [/B] Yes, it was because of the held spell. In this system, 1 round = my turn = your turn = everyone's turn concurrently. There's no distinction between rounds and turns. You get one reaction per round. On round 1, Vlad's reaction goes toward Shield. On round 2, Vlad's reaction goes toward triggering his held action (on initiative count 21, although I didn't write that) when the first goblin shoots at Vlad and misses and Vlad tries to Chill Touch him and misses. A moment later (initiative count 19, as it happens), two more goblins shoot arrows at Vlad. One misses, and one hits the wagon right below Vlad's ribs. If it had hit, Vlad would be too busy casting Chill Touch to Shield. [B]II.[/B] If Vlad ever casts EB in the example, whoops! Mistake on the writer's part. In real life Vlad is a Warlock 2/Necromancer 9 who was a pure Necromancer relying on Chill Touch up until level 8, but I wanted a simple example so in my head I meant to make this a fifth level Vlad with only Chill Touch. If I at some point wrote Eldritch Blast for Vlad then that was unintentional. [/QUOTE]

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