EN World Game of Death #2

[Single Malt]

I vote for a diplomatic even split of points between Kanyano and Meme. This might not be following the GoD rules to the letter, but in this situation it would be fair to all involved parties. While it's not unthinkable that Dabbils cohort/followers and the Ghaele could have somehow rescued him before Kanyano could finish him off, it is, IMHO, highly unlikely. So he gets his 5 for taking Dabbil down, but the opportunistic elves did the right thing and so scores 5 for their hero, Meme.

 

[Macbrea]

As to leaving them in the arena I made a decision to remove them based on their inability to do anything besides kill people well after Dabbil's Death. Since, they cannot raise Dabbil this means that they would be able to fight but not help. The Ghael on the other hand is a spell effect that is in play until it ends. It was given orders at the beginning of the spell in slaadi and will continue to do those exact orders until it cannot. Since, raise dead spell has a 10 minute casting time the Ghael (wisdom 16) cannot cast raise dead in 17 rounds. Therefor, I choose not to give him the spell when i choose his spells. His spells where based on the fact that he is fighting a blood war and tailored for usefulness. He does have things like greater dispel but currently he is in "Ball of Light" form and unable to cast spells.

Macbrea

 

[Macbrea]

For those that have been wondering what my 10ft radius that I have been using its http://www.geocities.com/macbrea/GoD3Images/areamap.html

Agladan pointed out to me that not all of those halflings would have been allowed to make shots based on visibility. I kept the shot numbers they made and calculated again based on cover and line of sight which hit him. There was only one hit and it was a crit. The post with those shots has been edited.

Macbrea

 

[Mal-2]

I wake up to find Dabbil dead?? GREAT! I was confident that that bastard was going to outlive us all. Now I've just got a little score to settle with a turnip of deathy-death.

I'm afraid you're going to have to wait a while, unless you manage to join me in the penalty box.

Despite all my rage...

Mal-2

 

[Macbrea]

Dr. Midnight and Veridan are still Commanded as per Greater command (Clr 5, 1rd/level). They will get another chance to save on their next round. Now, I need an actual rules question answered.


Command states if you command someone to Die they feign death. I assume this means they pretend they are dead but I cannot find any particular ruling on exactly what this means. Anyone got a reading somewhere on what Feign death exactly means?

Macbrea

 

[Agladan]

I bow and graciously thank Macbrea for both the points and the edit on the halflings readied volley of arrows.


Hey, Varus and Dr Midnight! Why don't you start digging toward each other while throwing digs at each other?


Number47, I believe you may have designed the most powerful character of us all! So powerful that maybe we would have been forced to cooperate against you just to take an assured victory away from you, if you had not miscast that scroll! That is what I believe would have happened though. since with you on the arena nobody else stood a chance to win entirely on his own.

Maybe keeping a lower profile would have given you victory, but since you immediatly became the greatest threat, you also became the primary target for anyone able to affect you at all.

Well played Number47!


Concerning the feigning of death:
The Ghostwalker in S&F has a special ability to be able to fegn death. I suggest you base a command to fegn death on that with a few alterations.
"...although he can smell, hear, and knows what is going on, no feeling or sight of any sort is possible... <snip>...any wounding of the body is not felt, and any damage is only one-half of normal. Paralysis, poison and energy drain do not effect a ghostwalker in this state..."

should probably be altered to something like:

The character can still use his senses, but the information he assimilates only reaches his subconcious and he may not act upon it before he comes out of his involuntary feigning of death. The character is otherwise treated as helpless.

Kanyano: "Feeling much better now!"

"No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulderblades will seriously cramp his style."
- Steven Brust "Jhereg"

 

[Mal-2]

The character can still use his senses, but the information he assimilates only reaches his subconcious and he may not act upon it before he comes out of his involuntary feigning of death. The character is otherwise treated as helpless.

I don't think the result of a command should include being helpless. That would be awfully potent for a first level spell.

Mal-2

Edit: I note that the Sleep spell makes the target(s) helpless. Given that, I guess I'm undecided on the matter.

 

[clockworkjoe]

If anything, the points should be split between us. Why should my elves give HIM points? I mean, had that elf attacked Kanyano, it would have hit and done another 10 points of damage.

Sure, Kanyano did most of the work, but so what? He should have to spend that extra turn to kill him. You are in effect giving him a free turn or attack since he doesn't have to finish the job.

 

[clockworkjoe]

Well, the Ghaele already has his orders. Don't expect Kanyano to be standing near my body, or anywhere else, real soon.

Yeah, but we don't know that. There's no way to predict what happens for the next round. Someone could shot an arrow or thrown a knife at you before kanyano killed you next turn.

 

[Number47]

I think the points go to clockworkjoe. If Kanyano dies or leaves before his next action, I would've reverted to my Solar form, with its' regeneration of 15. Knocking me down to -1 was only temporary, for my character.

Hey, Macbrea! If the Ghaele kills everyone else before it has to disappear, do I win?