kevkas
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Don't know if I should be posting here or in the General RPG forum, but I think my doubt relates to rules about movement.
I'm going to run Thunderspire Labyrinth in the future (as soon as the party finishes with H1) and I'm reading it in advance to get the overall idea of this adventure.
When I was reading the New Monsters section, I couldn't quite figure out how a couple of powers/features work for the Bronze Warder (Large creature). These in particular:
-Rampage: The bronze warder can move 3 squares, and all smaller creatures whose space the warden enters are pushed 1 square and knocked prone. After moving, the bronze warder can use Axe Sweep. (which is a follow-up power that is a free axe attack with ongoing damage basically).
-Inexorable Movement: The bronze warder can move through a smaller creature's space, but it cannot end its movement in an ocuppied space.
-Ponderous: The bronze warder cannot shift.
I get the general idea of those 3 powers, but I can't seem to understand how this creature moves during combat. In the "Speed" entry it says:
-Speed: 5, see also Inexorable Movement and Ponderous.
If the creature cannot shift, does that mean that any kind/form of movement it makes will generate an Attack of Oportunity??
The way I understand it is that it cannot shift, but it can move through the PCs space (which are Medium size) in 2 ways:
-using the inexorable movement (as long as it doesn't end in a PCs square), but provoking OA.
-using rampage, which will provoke OA from every PC involved in the use of the power, since it's not shifting (unless it works like the Goring Charge power of the Minotaurs, which is a charge so at least it won't provoke OA from the PC that are in front, maybe from the ones adjacent like in a normal charge).
I would appreciate if anyone could clarify this.
Thanks.
PS: BTW, if any on you had problems identifying which monster is the Arbalester (since it's not introduced in the New Monsters section but it is used in the adventure), you can find it in the Treasure of Talon Pass adventure (it's free, you can download it from WotC's page). There you have a picture, and the Knowledge checks for the players. Just thought I should mention this since I didn't know that they were and it's not in H2.
I'm going to run Thunderspire Labyrinth in the future (as soon as the party finishes with H1) and I'm reading it in advance to get the overall idea of this adventure.
When I was reading the New Monsters section, I couldn't quite figure out how a couple of powers/features work for the Bronze Warder (Large creature). These in particular:
-Rampage: The bronze warder can move 3 squares, and all smaller creatures whose space the warden enters are pushed 1 square and knocked prone. After moving, the bronze warder can use Axe Sweep. (which is a follow-up power that is a free axe attack with ongoing damage basically).
-Inexorable Movement: The bronze warder can move through a smaller creature's space, but it cannot end its movement in an ocuppied space.
-Ponderous: The bronze warder cannot shift.
I get the general idea of those 3 powers, but I can't seem to understand how this creature moves during combat. In the "Speed" entry it says:
-Speed: 5, see also Inexorable Movement and Ponderous.
If the creature cannot shift, does that mean that any kind/form of movement it makes will generate an Attack of Oportunity??
The way I understand it is that it cannot shift, but it can move through the PCs space (which are Medium size) in 2 ways:
-using the inexorable movement (as long as it doesn't end in a PCs square), but provoking OA.
-using rampage, which will provoke OA from every PC involved in the use of the power, since it's not shifting (unless it works like the Goring Charge power of the Minotaurs, which is a charge so at least it won't provoke OA from the PC that are in front, maybe from the ones adjacent like in a normal charge).
I would appreciate if anyone could clarify this.
Thanks.
PS: BTW, if any on you had problems identifying which monster is the Arbalester (since it's not introduced in the New Monsters section but it is used in the adventure), you can find it in the Treasure of Talon Pass adventure (it's free, you can download it from WotC's page). There you have a picture, and the Knowledge checks for the players. Just thought I should mention this since I didn't know that they were and it's not in H2.