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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jkason" data-source="post: 5794081" data-attributes="member: 2710">[sblock=Elenka and Audra][gm]You know, I never even noticed that component cost on Create Pit. Yoink, I better take Nathan shopping soon![/gm]Though Audra provides a good distraction to the priest, his robes mask the openings in the armor he wears beneath them, and Elenka's attack scrapes along leather rather than flesh. Realizing his predicament, the priest quickly steps out from between the two women. "You'll taste steel for that, you traitorous cows!" the priest says, drawing rapier and readying shield. He bangs his weapon against  his shield, saying, "Let's see you get through this."The anonymous acolyte quickly follows suit, drawing a short sword and readying his own shield."Stop telling them what you're doing and do it!" Garthia growls as he bolts up the stairs and out of sight in the balcony above. Thon, for his part, stands agape at the proceedings. "But Garthia said … and I … " the young half-elf stutters, backing away a few steps. It's obvious he's unclear on where his allegiances lie.[sblock=actions]If it helps, the cultists have to waste their first round readying. I know they can combine a move action with drawing or with readying a shield, but I couldn't justify doing both. Which means they need two move actions and only have 5' steps left.Priest: Free: 5' step. Move: Draw Rapier. Standard: Ready ShieldAcolyte: Move: Draw Short Sword. Standard: Ready Shield.Thon: Move: back away (currently not engaging in combat)Garthia: Double move upstairs (off the map)[/sblock][gm]A note on benches. They aren't tall enough to provide any appreciable cover, but are obstacle enough to make them difficult terrain. Moving into or out of a bench square costs double movement (so no 5' step for that acolyte, for example).[/gm]<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/jkason/TempleFloor1-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />[gm]PC's up.[/gm][/sblock][sblock=Quioan & Yoshiki][gm]Qik, are you sure Quioan can't cast at all? I'm having a hell of a time finding it, but I swore a medium load just came with an arcane spell failure chance, not complete failure. I also can't find a rule saying you absolutely can't cast, so clearly my search fu is toilet water. I'll post something in General to get some help from some of the better text hunters.It's probably worth noting that Yoshiki loses several of his monk abilities (AC bonus from Wis, fast movement, and flurry) while under medium encumbrance. That rule I found. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />deisenhunt, from what I can tell, an oil and potion aren't appreciably different in the action you have to use up. If Yoshiki dumps the oil on his head, he disappears just as well as if Quioan quaffs his potion.On the question of pre-shielding, I'll leave it up to you. If the only reason you're even considering it is because you're seeing attack rolls, then you're using meta-information to make decisions. If you think you genuinely would have cast shield when Quioan was about to go to a medium load regardless, fluff it that way. I'll leave ya on your honor there. I trust ya. [/gm][/sblock]</blockquote>

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