[OOC] A Game of Trust

[dpdx]

Fendric's Summon for the Air/Earth battle.

Hippogriff: CR 2; Large Magical Beast (Augmented,Extraplanar); HD 3d10+9 (Magical Beast) ; hp 25; Init +2; Spd 50, Fly, Average 100; AC:15 (Flatfooted:13 Touch:11); Atk +6 base melee, +4 base ranged; +6/+1 (1d4+4, 2 Claw; 1d8+2, Bite); SA: Smite Evil (Su) ; SQ: Darkvision (Ex): 60 ft., Low-light Vision (Ex), Resistance: Electricity (Ex): 5, Resistance: Cold (Ex): 5, Spell Resistance (Ex): 3 + 5, Resistance: Acid (Ex): 5; AL N; SV Fort +6, Ref +5, Will +2; STR 18, DEX 15, CON 16, INT 4, WIS 13, CHA 8.

Skills: Listen +4, Spot +8.
Feats: Dodge, Wingover.

Description: Hippogriffs are aggressive flying creatures that combine features of horses and giant eagles. Voracious omnivores, hippogriffs will hunt humanoids as readily as any other meal.
These beasts are very territorial, defending their preferred hunting and grazing areas against intruders with unusual ferocity. Their range usually extends about 5d10 miles from their nest, in which the young remain while the adults hunt. Hippogriffs never leave their young undefended, however: Discovering a hippogriff nest always means encountering adult creatures.
A hippogriff has the torso and hindquarters of a horse and the forelegs, wings, and head of a giant eagle. A typical specimen grows to 9 feet long, has a wingspread of 20 feet, and weighs 1,000 pounds.



Combat: Hippogriffs dive at their prey and strike with their taloned forelegs. When they cannot dive, they slash with claws and beak.

 

[doghead]

I can't see a thing that prevents Australia from dominating the Asian Federation like they did vs. Oceania; why don't they fold the rest of Oceania into Asia? Otherwise, it's my rec softball league: 12 games, you're done, no chance at the finals...

I think Australia has been incorporated into the Asian Federation. But I'm not sure where that leaves the rest of Oceania, cup wise. But as for dominating the Asian Federation, the Japanese, Koreans and Chinese are all going to be putting as much into being top dog as Australia is. The Chinese will be the ones to watch, I think. They don't like being one of Asia's whipping boys. And that is not even looking at the western part of the federation. Iran is no slouch when it comes to football, and several of the other middle eastern nations have the money, and the desire, to do better on the world stage.

Nice Griffon by the way. Can Xiao have one?

thotd

 

[dpdx]

Not a griffon - a celestial hippogriff. Think Buckbeak from Harry Potter with Celestial Template, for one.

It's a shame, too, that the rest of Oceania doesn't come over to Asia. I think New Zealand's the highest FIFA-rated national side left, and they're not good enough to rate a even playoff bid in the World Cup finals.

 

[doghead]

Hippogriff will do

And yes, it suxxors for NZ and the other Oceania nations. They might not have much chance of reaching the World Cup. Australia has only done so twice. But they should have a chance.

thotd

 

[Sparky]

GP, can you post your email, I wanted to pester you about stuff and I've let my EN World membership lapse - so no PMs for me.

 

[dpdx]

I think you can email GP from the menu, Sparky. If it's still valid/current, it should reach him no problem.

 

[Sparky]

Duh. Of course. Thanks dpdx.

 

[Fenris]

Currently recruiting, looking for one player. Reply to this thread for more info; the gist of it is, 3.5 core rules for character creation, using the starting XP/GP indicated below.

New characters should start with 12500XP and 4000 GP in equipment, for the time being.

Guilt Puppy, Are you still looking for a replacement?

 

[Guilt Puppy]

We actually have a pretty active six now (that's something I never got around to correcting after the board hiccup); however, I am open to the idea of seven, particularly if you're interested in this game specifically. The other players are free to weigh in as well as to whether or not a seventh would be a good or a bad thing.

 

[doghead]

I wondered why sometimes Invisible Castle totaled up the results, sometimes it just gave the raw numbers. It boils down to whether you use a comma or a semi-colon to separate them. The latter is treated as two separate totals, so it adds them up for you. Nice.

GP: It your call as to an extra character. I have no objection. But I also know that more people means more work. Six tends to be the upper limit of my comfort zone as well.

thotd