JollyDoc's Savage Tide-Updated 10/8!

[theredrobedwizard]

I've never understood everyone's difficulty with AoOs. They're rather easy to understand. Leaving a threatened square? Performing any actions listed in the AoO chart? You get attacked. Most other times, not so much.

Anyway, again, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Anwar for being an awesome character; with the player's blessing, he'll be showing up as an NPC when I get around to running Savage Tide. I believe he'll take the place of Avner or some other useless NPC on the Sea Wyvern; so there'll be a cool one.

-TRRW

 

[Joachim]

I was looking this up myself a while ago - found this answer on the Wizards site

The swordsmen’s attacks are at a bonus equal to your caster level, they threaten critical hits on a 19 or 20, and they deal 1d8 points of slashing damage +1 per three caster levels (max +5). They only make attacks of opportunity, and their weapon damage is slashing and is affected by damage reduction.​

Yeah...this is the Custserv ruling, and what I had been using, except that I didn't remember the part about the attacks being subject to damage reduction. I went ahead and looked it up again this week after Sunday's sesssion because I was pretty sure that as a spell it should penetrate DR, but I wasn't 100% (this is one of the places where Wizards contradicts themselves) and I wanted to make sure that we did it right from this point forward. In any case, based on this ruling it shouldn't have been able to penetrate the gargoyle's DR. Still, it's a very good 3rd level spell, but really no more powerful than fireball.

Sorry about that one JD...just replace that gargoyle's death with a Deep Slumber / Coup de Grace.

 

[JollyDoc]

In any case, based on this ruling it shouldn't have been able to penetrate the gargoyle's DR. Still, it's a very good 3rd level spell, but really no more powerful than fireball.

Sorry about that one JD...just replace that gargoyle's death with a Deep Slumber / Coup de Grace.

The gargoyle was slowed and near death at the time. One round later it would have either been Sepoto meat, or magic missiled into oblivion. It may have gotten off one more attack on Tavey, but hey...I kind of like the kid. He's the little brother Sepoto never wanted.

 

[JollyDoc]

Anyway, again, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Anwar for being an awesome character; with the player's blessing, he'll be showing up as an NPC when I get around to running Savage Tide. I believe he'll take the place of Avner or some other useless NPC on the Sea Wyvern; so there'll be a cool one.

-TRRW

God! Say it ain't so! Another of G's PC's rises to nationwide NPC status! The new Ebon Triad is going to be Entropy, Faust and Anwar...

 

[JollyDoc]

Thanks JD for another great update. I must have been checking twice a day for updates on this SH! Great characters and fantastic writing - cheers!

Thanks! I'm really enjoying this. I can't wait for this week when the Blair Witch is finally revealed!!

Also thanks to whomever it was that posted Avner's unique elimination on the Paizo boards. I was surprised, and flattered to see it there!

 

[carborundum]

Thanks! I'm really enjoying this. I can't wait for this week when the Blair Witch is finally revealed!!

Nor I! Get typing/ DM-ing!

*deletes spoiler-like stuff to do with Blair Witch knowledge from the AP, cackles manically and goes to do the shopping*

 

[Need_A_Life]

od! Say it ain't so! Another of G's PC's rises to nationwide NPC status! The new Ebon Triad is going to be Entropy, Faust and Anwar...

Bah... who needs the Ebon Triad...

Besides, as I understand it, Faust was defeated by Kyuss, Entropy was killed by a goblin (or something, I've never seen the SH only heard people talk about it) and Anwar is a bard... hardly things of ultimate DOOOM.

Entropy was cool in Shackled City, though...

 

[JollyDoc]

Bah... who needs the Ebon Triad...

Entropy was killed by a goblin

Let's get our story straight. It was a kobold...a blind kobold

 

[Need_A_Life]

I plead innocent by virtue of not having read it myself!

I'm just repeating the mistakes of others!

Or rather...

Now... I can see being killed by a kobold (especially after Races of the Dragon came out, though I assume this is before that), but a blind one? That's just... I can't find a word to describe it, but it would have to be able to have the word "excrutiatingly" before it.

A blind kobold? JollyDoc, you must be the Evil of All Evils (aka the DM) behind that slaughter. Will you share more of this tale (or give me a link to the SH, if any?)

 

[gfunk]

A blind kobold? JollyDoc, you must be the Evil of All Evils (aka the DM) behind that slaughter. Will you share more of this tale (or give me a link to the SH, if any?)

Of course, people never tell the real story behind this little incident. Perhaps the fact that the Kobold in question had, oh, I don't know 18 levels of Fighter and a Half-Dragon template had something to do with it? Naww . . . probably not.

Linkage:
1. Our first story hour (City of the Spider Queen --> Bastion of Broken Souls --> Lich Queen's Beloved)
http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?t=33249

2. The relevant kobold encounter
http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showpost.php?p=995046&postcount=49

Some choice passages,

Nurn laughed out loud, “A kobold!! The mighty Nalavara must rely on a weakling kobold to defend her lair!”

Stopping for a moment, the slaad manifested one of his most powerful abilities and instantly struck Po blind.

Entropy pelted the half-dragons with elemental magic but was surprised by the blind kobold at her side. With uncanny precision, the small figher stabbed her repeatedly despite the considerable natural amor her Balor form provided. Quickly, the Alienist began to feel light-headed from blood loss. She changed into a Pit Fiend, hopeful that its regenerative properties would save her from death.

After taking Entropy down, Po listened carefully for the status of his companions.

And the teaser . . .

As Entropy and Nurn lay in bloody heaps, the party fought hard against their remaining foes. But the question remained,

Could they take down the blind kobold before it was too late?

BTW TRRW, feel free to use Anway to torment your NPCs. I'll stat him out for you at any level you'd like.