LG vs. CE: Lawful Good is Victorious!

[Infiniti2000]

Uri, you see your acid fog disappear and then Offal flies from 15n0e north, fly just east of the wall by 5ft and gains altitude to 10z (missing the cloudkill pressed up against the west, and avoiding a tail slap from Uri). At 105n35e10z, Offal stops flapping his wings and falls. The assumption is that 10z is enough to get over the fog in the VZ in order to drop through it. If necessary, he has the speed to be able to make it 15z. But, he cannot make it 20z. He'll try to make it there though as best he can.

Offal will do his best to hang onto the victory zone when he falls and not sink into the water.

 

[PJSlavner]

The fog is twenty feet high, so you would need to get to 20Z to fly over it.

What round is it? Does Uri have to do anything to keep Offal out of the VZ, or is it a victory?

 

[Gansk]

Round 254: I believe the fog cloud stops Offal at 105N30E10Z. The fog slows the fall down so that Offal does not take any damage, but he takes 4 acid damage and has 353 hp left.

Uri's turn in round 255. Offal is at 105N30E, with most of his body in the water. He must remain there during Uri's turn to satisfy the VZ condition.

Uri takes 7 acid and has 229 hp left.

 

[PJSlavner]

I have part of the cloud at 110N40E, which would block Offal. I must be incorrect.

Uri will move to 90N45E, north first so as to avoid giving an AoO.

 

[Infiniti2000]

I have part of the cloud at 110N40E, which would block Offal. I must be incorrect.

Well, I do, too, but is it a cylinder? I must admit I assumed a sphere, but the "20ft high" part of fog cloud could be a cylinder. But, even if it is a cylinder can he move into the cloud without that movement consuming an extra move action? Very tough decision.

My apologies to everyone for all of the problems these last few rounds. I'm not trying to make this suck for everybody.

 

[PJSlavner]

It is a cylinder. I believe this question has come up before. For those of you who have not looked it up, here is what it says in the acid fog block:

Effect: Fog spreads in 20-ft. radius, 20 ft. high.

I think he should not be able to move into the fog, because once you hit the fog, your speed is reduced to 5. However, this is not consistent with being able to fall through the fog in one round. Offal has more momentum flying into the cloud then he would have dropping from five feet above it, yet in one case he is stopped, and in the other he continues. I think that a creature should not be able to fall through the fog in one round. This is one more example of D&D physics at work.

No apologies are necessary. We want to make sure we get it right.

 

[Gansk]

Your speed is reduced to 5 while progressing through the fog. I don't see the first five feet of the fog as an impassable barrier if you moved more than five feet before approaching it. It's a close call, though. :\

Offal's turn in round 255.

 

[Infiniti2000]

Offal feels just awful about the lucky break. No, really.

Offal casts defensively and seals off her side of the VZ. Uri will be able to blindsense that an invisible wall goes up at 45e, just between the two combatants. It goes from 80n to the north wall (40ft) and is 30ft high. Offal then moves west 5ft, out of the fog. She remains floating on top of the water.

 

[Gansk]

Technically Offal is now at 105N25E-5Z, as half of her body sinks beneath the surface. She will need to fly or climb to get out of the water.

Uri takes 5 acid and starts round 256 with 224 hp left.

 

[Infiniti2000]

No problem for Offal who feels more at home in the water than she does in the air.