(OOC) Fitz's Folly (ToA PBP)

[Ancalagon]

Initiative on the cliff: 1D20+4 = [2]+4 = 6


He's surprised all right.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

... And now frightened! (And a little injured).

 

[Ancalagon]

Well... until the end of my next turn. Even though Rodrigo is surprised, I believe he still gets a turn!

(... I think. Surprise mechanics are always a bit challenging)

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Good point.

 

[Kobold Stew]

oops -- I missed the initiative roll. [roll0] for Miss Imogen.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

@gargoyleking & @Fradak

From where Harb is, he can't see Tarri and Kasqa's struggles, but he has a very good view of Rodrigo, Qawasha, and Imogen. Chrysagon, on the other hand, can see everyone. Do you both want to concentrate fire on a single pterafolk (say, the one on Rodrigo), or would Chrys go for the one trying to drag Tarri away? In other words, any target preferences here?

Edit: Looks like Chrys can focus-fire with Imogen if you want to go after the one on Tarri. I will go with that if I get to resolving it before you have a chance to reply. In which case, don't worry about it!

 

[FitzTheRuke]

oops -- I missed the initiative roll. [roll0] for Miss Imogen.

So she shook off the fear while she was surprised and is good to go on her turn.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

[MENTION=23484]Kobold Stew[/MENTION] I believe you get disadvantage when firing a range attack while in melee. It would cancel out with your advantage, and I'll take your first rolls. Of course, you rolled like crap anyway. Maybe the 14 will hit. I'll have to see...

 

[Kobold Stew]

Fair enough. I had thought it was only if the creature was my target.
If I had known that I'd have used disengage as the first action, but it probably doesn't change things in any case. Go with this, and chalk it up to lesson learned.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Fair enough. I had thought it was only if the creature was my target.

I think it's more "You can't ignore the guy who's trying to kill you while you shoot at someone else" that's the disadvantage! But you're right, there's also the "he just knocks your bow and you miss" problem too.