Eberron "Side Trek" (OOC); Roll Call

[MavrickWeirdo]

D20Daaza & solkan_uk

I'm sorry about the "deus ex machina", but I wanted to move on and give the others a chance for some actions.

Does either of you plan to enter the archery competition?

 

[solkan_uk]

Thail will join the archery contest.

 

[Bront]

Daz, I saw your post while listening to Heuy Lewis's "Working for a Living". It gave me quite a laugh.

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

Does anyone wish to use an action point or "Call a Color" in round 2?

 

[Bront]

Does anyone wish to use an action point or "Call a Color" in round 2?

My question is, why? All you can do is fail. If you call a yellow and roll a 21 you miss, and roll a 23, you hit a yellow. If you don't, you call a bird at all, you roll a 21, you hit a green, and a 23, you hit an orange, which means that not calling is a much better result, so I don't think anyone's going to call.

Just letting you know why I didn't.

 

[solkan_uk]

You'd need to call a colour if say you'd killed all but one of the yellow birds and wanted the bonus for killing the last.
Otherwise I agree, not much point.

Thail will "aim at the flock again", best to at least hit something and not look like a total idiot.

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

My question is, why? All you can do is fail. If you call a yellow and roll a 21 you miss, and roll a 23, you hit a yellow. If you don't, you call a bird at all, you roll a 21, you hit a green, and a 23, you hit an orange, which means that not calling is a much better result, so I don't think anyone's going to call.

Just letting you know why I didn't.

If you hit all of the yellow birds the total is 25 points (5x3+10). If you hit all of the orange the total is 22 (6x2+10). So if you have already hit a yellow bird, and no one else has, then calling color might be a better choice.

Red "Group": 7x1+10=17
Orange Group: 6x2+10=22
Yellow Group: 5x3+10=25
Green Group: 4x4+10=26
Blue Group: 3x5+10=25
Purple Group: 2x6+10=22

 

[Bront]

You'd need to call a colour if say you'd killed all but one of the yellow birds and wanted the bonus for killing the last.
Otherwise I agree, not much point.

Thail will "aim at the flock again", best to at least hit something and not look like a total idiot.

True in that case. Of course, I hit the red, so I'm in good shape. Firing at the flock again.

 

[solkan_uk]

If Thails attack roll (total - including range) is 18 - 22 (unless it's 20) he'll spend an action point.

In other words, he'll try for a blue or the second orange, he's damned if he's going to be outdone by this 'Craftsman'.

(or is this being overspecific?)

 

[Bront]

Carver will use an action point on his attack roll if he rolls at least an 12 on the D20 roll before modifiers (I believe he's still at short range). If he has already hit AC 22 or better, he will not (I believe if he rolls a 18 or better).