D&D 5E I'm not saying it's just an easy caravan guard job, but... (LMoP) (IC)

[Random Bystander]

Just to confirm; you successfully got the wagon off the road, and with those two rolls, I'll give you Advantage on concealing it; a Wisdom (Stealth) roll.

The oxen, of course, immediately start munching on nearby grass once the cart is parked.

 

[Skarsgard]

[sblock=stealth]

[roll0]
[roll1]

Sorry didn't know how else to simulate advantage using the roller.

[/sblock]

 

[Kobold Stew]

[sblock=ooc on dice rolls]So it looks like we didn't hide the cows, which is fair enough. They are cows. But for future rolls, (and I'm saying this to us all) I think we need to work things to our better advantage. I agree that it makes sense to use the "helping" rule -- that if there's anyone trained and around to help, you gain advantage, and with the roller you just roll twice. If it turns out the DM doesn't agree that there's advantage, then we just use the first of the two rolls. But if trained help is available, then we get the better of the two.

So in this case, Overton isn't proficient in land vehicles, but he was in animal handling and stealth, and could have given help in both. It wouldn't have changed either of these results (assuming the same roll numbers), so it's all good anyways. But for the future, we should be aware whether we are better as the helper or as the doer. Henry would have had +5 for both of those rolls, so he certainly can help, and maybe could have been the doer.

But I think some sort of SOP should be set up, since with an online game, it's often catch as catch can, as we're all i different time zones, etc. Just some thought on a Sunday afternoon.[/sblock]

 

[Random Bystander]

[sblock=ooc on dice rolls]So it looks like we didn't hide the cows, which is fair enough. They are cows. But for future rolls, (and I'm saying this to us all) I think we need to work things to our better advantage. I agree that it makes sense to use the "helping" rule -- that if there's anyone trained and around to help, you gain advantage, and with the roller you just roll twice. If it turns out the DM doesn't agree that there's advantage, then we just use the first of the two rolls. But if trained help is available, then we get the better of the two.

So in this case, Overton isn't proficient in land vehicles, but he was in animal handling and stealth, and could have given help in both. It wouldn't have changed either of these results (assuming the same roll numbers), so it's all good anyways. But for the future, we should be aware whether we are better as the helper or as the doer. Henry would have had +5 for both of those rolls, so he certainly can help, and maybe could have been the doer.

But I think some sort of SOP should be set up, since with an online game, it's often catch as catch can, as we're all i different time zones, etc. Just some thought on a Sunday afternoon.[/sblock]

The oxen and cart look concealed to the viewers.
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That assistance rule makes a certain amount of sense, but I reserve the right to require more helpers for larger tasks, or disallow helping for some tasks, such as ones where all players are subject to the roll.

 

[Kobold Stew]

Absolutely -- I wasn't trying to tread on toes; just offer thoughts for us as we go ahead.

 

[Random Bystander]

Absolutely -- I wasn't trying to tread on toes; just offer thoughts for us as we go ahead.

No problem here. I've found that I seem to come across, to people online, as more serious than I actually am - Sometimes a lot more serious.

I suspect I'm a bit "socially tone-deaf".

 

[Idunn]

[roll0] Add to the stealth roll from cantrip Guidance

"I have been one thing.. and a sailor is certainly not what it was." Idun half-laughs, following along. "..one of my more impressive moments was achieving sea-sickness the first time I rode a horse."

 

[Random Bystander]

[roll0] Add to the stealth roll from cantrip Guidance

"I have been one thing.. and a sailor is certainly not what it was." Idun half-laughs, following along. "..one of my more impressive moments was achieving sea-sickness the first time I rode a horse."

*Retroactively alters history*

 

[Idunn]

*Retroactively alters history*

Well.. I did already cast the Guidance cantrip on him a bit ago (post 26) and he just forgot to add the bonus. But do with it what you will =]

 

[Random Bystander]

You hear the shriek of a falcon, and see, through the trees, some sort of large bird come crashing down on a poor, defenceless, probably delicious rabbit. You've been following the trail for about a half-hour, and aside from the recent natural rabbiticide, things have been fairly peaceful as far as you can see.

But all of that is pretty much irrelevant, as Overton Henry has just stepped on some dirt that is shifting under his weight in a very alarming way...
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Dexterity saving throw, DC 10, or 1d6 falling damage. Creativity is encouraged, but you have approximately one second before the pit trap gives way.

 

[Kobold Stew]

Overeton Henry feels the ground shifting beneath his feat, and attempts to leap out of the way.

OOC: He is proficient in DEX saves so that's 1d20+2 (dex) +2 (prof): [roll0]. Possibly his knowledge of Athletics (proficient) or Acrobatics or Nature (proficient) can give him an extra +2 to be added to that, if needed? If he fails damage = [roll1].

21! HE leaps out of the way as the ground gives way beneath him.

 

[Random Bystander]

Overeton Henry feels the ground shifting beneath his feat, and attempts to leap out of the way.

OOC: He is proficient in DEX saves so that's 1d20+2 (dex) +2 (prof): [roll0]. Possibly his knowledge of Athletics (proficient) or Acrobatics or Nature (proficient) can give him an extra +2 to be added to that, if needed? If he fails damage = [roll1].

21! HE leaps out of the way as the ground gives way beneath him.

With cat-like reflexes, you leap clear of the collapsing ground. The "ground", now revealed to be dirt and leaves piled on branches, collapses down into dark pit. The collapsing debris sends birds clamouring into the sky, and attracts the attention of an angry squirrel, who clearly blames you for awakening him.

As the dust settles, you see a crudely-dug pit, about ten feet in all dimensions. Beyond it, the path continues...Although can you still trust it?
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Your character rolled the lowest Perception, just to note why the trap "targeted" you. Besides, nothing was happening, so it was clearly time for something dramatic.

 

[Kobold Stew]

Henry stands up, dusts himself off, and continues own the trail.

"I'll have to keep better watch," he says to himself.

 

[Skarsgard]

Kel starts with suprise as the pit opens up beneath Overton and lets out a breath of relief when he nimbly avoids it.

"That was close, we'd better be more careful."

[sblock=ooc] can we avoid using the path and go off to the side a bit? [/sblock]

 

[Random Bystander]

Kel starts with suprise as the pit opens up beneath Overton and lets out a breath of relief when he nimbly avoids it.

"That was close, we'd better be more careful."

[sblock=ooc] can we avoid using the path and go off to the side a bit? [/sblock]

[sblock=OOC]The brush isn't that dense; as long as you keep within about twenty feet, you can keep track of the trail at all times. OTOH, anything on the trail will also be able to see you fairly easily. You could go further from the trail, but that would require perception checks (to keep track of the trail). You could make stealth checks, but if you're being stealthy enough to be unseen on the road, I'd also require perception checks (DC 15, but as long as at least one character makes the check, everyone passes) to keep track of the road.[/sblock]

 

[Skarsgard]

[sblock=ooc] kel will stay just to one side of the trail, lets say left side [/sblock]

 

[Random Bystander]

[sblock=OOC]Is anyone else trailing along, or just a little bit off?[/sblock]

 

[Idunn]

[sblock="OOC"]Lana and I will be following along a bit off, back far enough to not cause too much of a ruckus. 30ft is enough?

Also, sorry for the quiet. Had a few things pop up[/sblock]

 

[Random Bystander]

[sblock="OOC"]Lana and I will be following along a bit off, back far enough to not cause too much of a ruckus. 30ft is enough?

Also, sorry for the quiet. Had a few things pop up[/sblock]

[sblock=OOC]30 ft is easily enough to hide. If you've never gone off trail in the woods, it's easy to underestimate just how easy it can be to get out of sight. The only reason I did so was the trail followed a river; I was paralleling the river, not the trail. If I paralleled the trail, I would have gotten lost. And I had been up and down it several times before. As for noise, that's a different thing, but for scale and chain, they're actually rather quiet. Plate is very noisy, but it's metal plates clattering off each other, the ground, and your chain underlayer. Since nobody is wearing plate, yeah, you can stealth at 30' into the woods.

I have no room to complain about people not posting for a while. [/sblock]

 

[Kobold Stew]

As his companions drift into the bush, Overton Henry proceeds dow the road. He is more wary of pit traps than he had been previously.