Dragonslayers [Aftermath]

[RedSwan78]

Spot check 13+3 = 16 yeah you can see it
feat of strength lasts for the full round.

I love the suprises - they are my fav part of playing games. I eventually did think of something that Glitterscale would want. Some humans to climbing to the top of a volcano to cast a large number of continual flame spells around the rim, all in order to impress a female dragon.
Climbing, fighting minions and traps, hoping that she didn't come back and catch you doing it ...
as a gold would be seriously beyond your abilities. It just doesn't seem immediate enough though.

Dude.. rock! It's on! hehe

Ah and so we find out Mr. Lizard has a name. It's a little too late now with us having tried to kill him and all.. lol Yeah, Grim would have gone for that quest.. and if we would have gotten caught by the female dragon, we'd just explain to her what it was all about and see if she needed anything done. Hell, the game could have changed from Dragonslayers to Dragonlackeys! LOL!

Edit- oh yeah, SuperGirl, try not to electrocute Grim lol

 

[Evilhalfling]

so would using shocking grasp to electrify the water the dragon is swimming in even be possible?

Yes ... you can choose to discharge it into the water but 10'-15' range would be the most you could expect, and if more than your hand is in the water ...

 

[Evilhalfling]

Well that post was slightly out of order, but Im hoping to get in another round before Az and Ferrix vanish for the weekend. Since I already mentioned its name OOC I thought it might as well try a soliquie Grim didn't get a charge (water impeaded movement) and then he took a -2 from using a slashing weapon underwater CRP! I forgot the 1/2 damage I need to go edit the damage. There were a lot of possible modifiers on the Bullrush, so I deceided they canceled out.
I wont believe Grim is actually crazy unless it turns out he does'nt have a back up plan to stop himself from drownding.

Lareth: [Sblock]You got kinda screwed for posting promptly, so you will get a reroll next round [/sblock]

 

[Super Girl]

Kylala's problem is that now that her hands are electrified, all that she can really do is ready actions to tuch attack the Dragon if it gets into range. Her weakness is that she is not even slightly a ranged fighter, and the dragon really cannot get into her range at all for long enough for her to hurt it. Being on a Boat is our big problem, we cannot get in close, and all it has to do is go underwater, or fly 10 feet off the side and only 2 party members can actually hurt it.

 

[Mithran]

I will be unable to post to the game again until late monday or tuesday.

 

[Evilhalfling]

Kylala's problem is that now that her hands are electrified, all that she can really do is ready actions to tuch attack the Dragon if it gets into range.

You did hit it twice with Acid splash. But this dragon really prefer to use range, unless he is losing that sort of battle.
To clarify are you willing to take a 5' step (prolly losing the sneak attack) or just hoping for it to get that close? You are currently occupying the same space as the barrel on the map.

 

[Super Girl]

I didn't think the 5 foot step would loose the sneak attack, but yea, if I have to lose it to hit, fine. We just are in a bad place to engage, we are all relatively stationary, the Dragon has a lot greater tactical position, I think its losing currently, due to coming in and playing to our strengths, at least in the begining it was. Going under water was a great strategy, and it caused the ork to commit suicide to fight back. At this point, all it has to do is stay at range and breath and there is no much we can do. Although with our archer back we are much better off for range. Heck, it could just decide to fly away and it'll be able to escape with little further injury.

EDIT: To be clear, they dragon is being played very well, its just getting a boost beyond what it's CR would be because of our inability to fully engage to our best effort.

 

[RedSwan78]

I wont believe Grim is actually crazy unless it turns out he does'nt have a back up plan to stop himself from drownding.

Well, ok.. Grim *is* stupid, but... wise somehow too lol! Of course he has a plan to not drown - Grim *does* want to live and all!

ARRRGGGHHH! Hindsight is 20/20! hehe.. It didn't even occur to me (and therefore *certainly* not to Grim) that the Dragon couldn't actually breathe underwater! Had I known that, Grim would have cast WaterBreathing and then jumped overboard and grappled the Dragon, taking him down to the depths and killing it by suffocation! LOL! Wouldn't that have been crappy? hehe. (assuming of course, that Grim could successfully have grappled the thing.. oh well.. lol!)

Kylala- I definately hear what you are talking about, THOSE are the reasons that Grim didn't want to fight it at first, there's only really 2 out of the party with real ranged capabilities, and we are in a *very* limited space being on the boat. Having said that, Grim does have a few more options than you do, but look at what even he was forced to do just to hurt the dragon ONCE! I'm actually pretty suprised that we are doing this good. Hey, Dragons are suppossed to be the *cream of the crop* monster to fight - VERY intelligent beings. It's going to do everything it can to it's advantage, and I think EvilHalfling is doing a pretty good job at having it do that.

EvilHalfling - I'm a bit confused as to the posting schedule now. Are we onto the next round, or no? Basically, when should I post Grim's next actions? You said that everyone except for Grim and Lareth can react to the dragon's surfacing.. so are you going to post the results of *their* actions first, and THEN we'll be on to the next round, or? I'll just tell you now, that Grim's next action is to cast WaterWalk on himself. As per the spell, if cast underwater, the subjects are borne towards the surface at 60 feet per round until they can stand on it. Once on the surface he'll yell out for someone to throw a rope over the side so he can climb back up into the ship. Just let me know when to post this action In Character. (and I bet, looking over Grim's spell list, you can see what his next action will be after that before he climbs back into the ship )

Edit- oh yeah, I like how nobody even reacted in character to Grim plunging off the side of the ship This makes Grim cry internally.. lol!

 

[Evilhalfling]

Well Im glad you are appreciating the dragon, even if this fight must be somewhat frustrating for those of you without missle weapons. (and who arent crazy enough to jump off the ship)
redswan your right the posting scedual has gotten off track. I will go ahead and um....
there are way too many ready actions! Lets see,
Round 6.5
A - fires 1 or 3 shots
L - done
V - ready
Ky - ready
G - done
H - Fires and draws sword

Round 7
L - fires arrows
A - either acts before or after the dragon
V - ready action
Ky - ready action
G - casts and floats
H - ready action

If I had to guess Aphram will shoot 3 times then fire again after the dragon moves on round 7. So really I could announce the actions of both turns, and move straight on to round 8
I will give Ferrix a little more time since I just posted yesterday.

SG - as for the 5' step losing the sneak attack, it is because taking it might mean that you move out of cover, and thus are no longer hidden.

 

[RedSwan78]

Lets see,
Round 6.5
A - fires 1 or 3 shots
L - done
V - ready
Ky - ready
G - done
H - Fires and draws sword

Round 7
L - fires arrows
A - either acts before or after the dragon
V - ready action
Ky - ready action
G - casts and floats
H - ready action

Ok, well I'd like to post it IC and all (not that it will be much, it will just read nicer that way and all). Let me know, should I post it now, or wait for you to resolve all of the 6.5 actions first? Also, please let me know if Grim will re-surface right next to the ship where he lept in, or? (he'll still have his move action when he surfaces to get closer to the ship if he isn't there already)

HEY! I was just looking over things, and It looks like you leapt ahead too much! You went from Round 5 (and then Isida and Myself posted) to round 6.5! Shouldn't that actually be round 5.5 because you where posting only half of what was done? (isida's and mine's actions - and then the rest posted afterwards in reaction to the dragon surfacing)...? I'm just trying to get things straight for myself even! hehe

Also to note, Grim's WindWall dissapears on his turn in round 7 (at least, I believe that's when it goes? He cast it in round 1, and it lasts for 6 rounds, so that would mean it dissapears on his initiative action 6 rounds later, being round 7, yes?)

EDIT- oh yeah, thanks for noticing Lalreth hehe

EDIT - (again), ok I was thinking about this, and basically it went like this:

Evilhalfling posted round 5,
Isida and Myself posted our actions
Evilhalfling posted "round 6.5" - this should be round 5.5 - this is results from Isida's and Grim's actions
Isida, Azmodean, SuperGirl, Mithran posted their actions (I'm assuming Ferrix will post here as well)
--------------- Now, here's what should happen next:
Evilhalfling posts the results of Azmodean's, SuperGirl's, Mithran's and Ferrix's actions - round 6.
New posts of the PC's moves go here (this is where Grim will cast WaterWalk)
Evilhalfling posts round 7

Do I have that right? (sorry it was bothering me as I was preparing my food for tomorrow. hehe)