[FR]Against the Storm

[DM_Matt]

Cool, then add me to whatever list there is!

Anything one should read (edit: besides this thread) before writing up a character?

And is there anything you absolutely don't want to see (I think the last note was about melee fighters...)?

Bye
Thanee

The introduction to this thread is sufficient, altohugh the party makeup is not up to date. We have a HOrc wrestling cleric, an elven archer, and elven dual-weilding fighter, a human ranger, and a human elemental savant (fire), as well as an eleven mage whose player seems to have left the boards.

Also, the party is now underneath the temple of Gond, having discovered that their employer's apprentice and the missing party members are being held there. There is currently a big battle with the dungeon guards going on.

 

[reapersaurus]

Matt - here's a question from the game thread:

"Elone" starts pounding Ubaar from behind, and throws him against the wall (57dmg+stun 1 round).

Without further description of how she could do 57 damage in a round (i.e. did she use an "incapacitating maneuver", or a "devastating blow to the head" (critical) to get them?), it's tough to understand why the fake Elone would do anywhere near what Ubaar does. He's a specialist in unarmed damage, difficult for anyone to do more, yet she just failed multiple grapple checks vs Ubaar, and that was before he upped his Strength.

It just appears that their damage automatically ups in relation, and response, to ours. 57 damage is over half a buff 10th level PC's hit points, and she's just cannon fodder in this encounter, with the mage (gnome) still the threat, being joined by 4 Animated Columns now?

If I was an outside observer, I'd say Ubaar's dead now, since "Elone" can kill him this round since she did 57 damage when he WASN'T stunned - what would stop her from finishing him off before he gets to move again?
(BTW: Ubaar has a +15 to FORT saves - that's QUITE a stunning attack! )

Hope it's OK to point out the implications of melee results.

 

[silentspace]

Hmm... You don't seem to have a thief. Can I make one? Are there still opening? What is the general party alignment?

 

[Thanee]

The introduction to this thread is sufficient, altohugh the party makeup is not up to date. We have a HOrc wrestling cleric, an elven archer, and elven dual-weilding fighter, a human ranger, and a human elemental savant (fire), as well as an eleven mage whose player seems to have left the boards.

Ok. Since there is a Rogue (Arcane Trickster) coming up, I could actually try a Sorceress/Incantatrix with a knack for Enchantment (and later Summoning) spells (only very few low level damage dealing spells, I guess those are covered well enough with the Elemental Savant ), if that's ok with you.

I have an idea for a background story already, which would fit nicely to the character concept. It could also lead to multiclassing to Contemplative of Tymora (edit: changed to Sune... fits better with the whole character concept) later at 11th (for one level only, tho, don't want to hurt the Sorcerer progression too much... ), so I better ask beforehand, if that would be ok with you (the main impact, game-mechanic-wise, would be a considerable boost in saves, which is not too bad I guess).

Finally, about crafting items... how much XP do we have?
I'm actually thinking about taking Craft Wondrous Items then.

Also, can you craft items for which you don't have the spells yourself (by spending money on "NPC spellcasting" or buying scrolls)?

Bye
Thanee

 

[DM_Matt]

Matt - here's a question from the game thread: Without further description of how she could do 57 damage in a round (i.e. did she use an "incapacitating maneuver", or a "devastating blow to the head" (critical) to get them?), it's tough to understand why the fake Elone would do anywhere near what Ubaar does. He's a specialist in unarmed damage, difficult for anyone to do more, yet she just failed multiple grapple checks vs Ubaar, and that was before he upped his Strength.

It just appears that their damage automatically ups in relation, and response, to ours. 57 damage is over half a buff 10th level PC's hit points, and she's just cannon fodder in this encounter, with the mage (gnome) still the threat, being joined by 4 Animated Columns now?

If I was an outside observer, I'd say Ubaar's dead now, since "Elone" can kill him this round since she did 57 damage when he WASN'T stunned - what would stop her from finishing him off before he gets to move again?
(BTW: Ubaar has a +15 to FORT saves - that's QUITE a stunning attack! )

Hope it's OK to point out the implications of melee results.

You are making a lot of assumptions here. First, note that the gaurd turned out to be made of metal. That means that you are probably not dealing with classed creatures here. In fact, you are dealing with a stock WOTC creature with iterative slam attacks which individually is not over your CR. I am sorry that I implied that it was one strike instead of the three that it was. Ubaar has been hit a total of 4 times, and has made his save three of those times. "Elone" isn't cannon fodder...the guards that Ravin blew up, though, now THOSE were cannon fodder. "Elone" is a primary melee fighter.

 

[DM_Matt]

Ok. Since there is a Rogue (Arcane Trickster) coming up, I could actually try a Sorceress/Incantatrix with a knack for Enchantment (and later Summoning) spells (only very few low level damage dealing spells, I guess those are covered well enough with the Elemental Savant ), if that's ok with you.

I have an idea for a background story already, which would fit nicely to the character concept. It could also lead to multiclassing to Contemplative of Tymora later at 11th (for one level only, tho, don't want to hurt the Sorcerer progression too much... ), so I better ask beforehand, if that would be ok with you (the main impact, game-mechanic-wise, would be a considerable boost in saves, which is not too bad I guess).

Finally, about crafting items... how much XP do we have?
I'm actually thinking about taking Craft Wondrous Items then.

Also, can you craft items for which you don't have the spells yourself (by spending money on "NPC spellcasting" or buying scrolls)?

Bye
Thanee

You may craft items, but you "owe" the XP. The Contemplative thing is fine. I assume that the save bonus of which you speak involves getting the prestige domain that gives you Cha to Saves.
That is acceptable.

 

[dead_radish]

I think the party is a fairly good aligned group, struggling against the evvvvvils of Storm.

Elone, at least, is very good aligned - she's a CG priest of a CG diety, taking levels in Divine Discipline, eventually to become a CG outsider servant in a couple levels.

So she's not a real big fan of the evil.

 

[Mithreander]

DM_MATT, when will you want us to jump in, and in which thread? So I suppose my questions are When, where and why.

Thanks!

 

[WhatKu]

ignore this post

 

[Thanee]

You may craft items, but you "owe" the XP. The Contemplative thing is fine. I assume that the save bonus of which you speak involves getting the prestige domain that gives you Cha to Saves.
That is acceptable.

Ok, cool. Than all that is left to do is to write all that stuff down, I've been thinking about, so you can look it over!

Bye
Thanee