D&D 5E (2014) [OOC] A Light Hearted Princes of Elemental Evil Hack and Slash

[hafrogman]

*rolls a 2 for damage*
Hmm, with their resistance that didn't do much. Oh well, it was a pretty bad roll, with luck I'll get a sold hit in this time . . .
*rolls a 1 for damage*
FMD*



*I made this one up, Bacon. Don't worry about it.

 

[Forged Fury]

Just a note as it seems gargoyle's have resistance. It's one of the finer points of the class feature, but I'm pretty sure (AFB ) that the pact weapon is considered magical, in case that's relevant.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

blah, blah, blah . . . FMD . . . I made this one up, Bacon. Don't worry about it.

Good, because my overactive imagination can come up with all manner of words to fit that acronym.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Just a note as it seems gargoyle's have resistance. It's one of the finer points of the class feature, but I'm pretty sure (AFB ) that the pact weapon is considered magical, in case that's relevant.

Some of us are super nerdy and tote our PHB to work. From time to time. Today is one such day. Confirming that a pack weapon is magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance. See PHB 107.

 

[Forged Fury]

WRT Protection Fighting Style, I only have the basic rules PDF avaialble, but as far as I can tell, you get to decide if you're going to use it when an attack is made against an ally within 5'. You don't have to designate who you're going to protect until you take your reaction in response to an attack made against them. It's definitely possible the PHB further clarified that though.

Post-ETA Edit: Although with this being PbP, it is probably helpful to predesignate your protection target.

ETA: Damien actually wants to get hit, it's part of his damage dealing capability. But there's no way for Dent to know that at this point. I'll try to remember to make a point about it IC after the fight. And thanks for the Pact Weapon confirmation!

 

[Steve Gorak]

Hey Guys,

I've starting using hex to give disadvantage on str checks for this combat, since the Gargoyles seem to be pretty tough. This could be an interesting opportunity to use the shove action (target is prone or pushed back 5ft, if you chose prone, the attackers have advantage) or push (5ft away), especially for those of us with high str. Also, if another Hex were cast (Damien), giving disadvantage to Dex, the party would be pretty good at moving around a single target size large or smaller.
Just saying...
;-)

Cheers,

SG

 

[Forged Fury]

I think we just need to do damage to these guys. Hitting them hasn't really been all that much of a problem so far. Damaging them has. This also feels like a fight we're probably not supposed to be fighting seeing as Damien is the only "front-liner" with a magical weapon and that's through a class feature.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Here's the entry for Fighting Style (Protection) from the PHB, pp 84: "When a creature you can see attacks a target other than you that is within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to impose disadvantage on the attack roll. You must be wearing a shield."

I've been specifying a protectee because we're in a PbP environment and if ever Dent was to be surrounded by more than one ally, it's more efficient for me to specify in advance who Dent protects. I figured no one would want to wait on the DM holding up init to query me whether Dent protects ally x when ally x gets hit. Granted, my declaring the protectee limits who Dent protects that round (an adjacent ally could get hit but would be SOL if I specified a different person to protect), but I weighted efficiency over flexibility because of the slow nature of PbP.

The other thing about the grammar of the PHB entry is that it specifies the singular: "a creature," "a target,", and "the attack roll." Since other PHB entries for other abilities specify plural (e.g. "targets") or make use of the word "any," I figured the use of the singular here meant that I needed to be specific, and that the protection would apply to only one attack made on a protectee.

Well, that was my reasoning, anyway. I'm certainly open to hearing others' interpretation, particularly since my read is by far the most limiting of the ability.

 

[Creamsteak]

[MENTION=4936]Shayuri[/MENTION] - I moved forward two rounds of combat today. Sorry about that. Just trying to slog through the fight.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

This could be an interesting opportunity to use the shove action (target is prone or pushed back 5ft, if you chose prone, the attackers have advantage) or push (5ft away), especially for those of us with high str.

Noted. It's been on my to-do list to shove a foe ever since I looked at the Shield Master feat.