[OOC] Halfling Quest - [Calling EvilHalfling]

[Boddynock]

Probably, but Bubbles is too worried about Kiylea to be thinking of that. She would go to town with both of her short swords as soon as she got a chance. Sorry, she just isn't thinking tactics at the moment and I am trying to play her as very new to the whole fighter thing at least as far as tactics are concerned. You could explain it to her after the fight though, so she would know about it in the future.

Hmm, yeah, you're probably right. All of them are inexperienced - and none of them could have withstood that first charge. Trouble is, that inexperience could very well get them all killed!

I've been wondering how to play Alton's mix of emotions - horror, guilt, anger, fear. For example, I've decided to use the smite evil ability - even though he hasn't had time to detect evil, and none of them saw what Kiylea saw as the boar charged - because it seems to me that he's desperate to destroy the beast before anyone else is hurt. He's using every possible means he can to do that. And part of that is Mero's voice in his head saying, "Move! Get into position to flank your enemy. Don't just stand there like lumps of wood! Use the space to your advantage! Move!"

BTW, since things are getting complicated, could we perhaps post maps of where our characters are, or will be at the end of our turns? This is as I envisage Alton's new position (in red - I don't know just where Bubbles is):

xxxxKxxxxxx
xxxx[COLOR=red]A[/COLOR]CJRxxx
.....A.....

 

[Ferrix]

I forgot to update the map fully in my last post, doing so now.

 

[Slippshade]

'Nock

The good news is your character probably has has some instruction on how to fight, so you can use that to your advantage. As well as instruct the rest of us after the fight. Makes for good RPing.

As for Bubbles, she is used to wrestling around with friends and fighting off the occational wolf or goblin (or Jerran) on one of her delivery trips. She has gotten a few pointers from her brother, but that is about it.

Slip

 

[ender_wiggin]

Ringly, daze only works on humanoids. Change of action? I'll edit my latest post once you get around to it.

Oops. In which case he'll cast ghost sound to try to draw the beast's attention. I’ll get around to posting IC asap.

 

[Evilhalfling]

EvilHalfling, charging is a full round action.

Right. There used to be a partial charge action in 3.0, and I thought there was some ambiguity in the PHB. It has the same text as the SRD, and there is no ambiguity. Wishful thinking I guess. Well Eddie is so green to combat he is going to try it anyway, fumble it and and end his turn standing next to the boar with his sword drawn.
So
xxxxKxxxxxx
xxxxACJRxxx
----E-B----

 

[Ferrix]

There's now an updated map in my last IC post which places Alton on the right side of Bubbles.

Also, Jerran is in a tree, so he technically doesn't occupy that space on the ground, so Alton could just take a step forward.

 

[Ferrix]

Yeah, there used to be a partial charge, but it created a slew of issues in 3.0 so it was removed when they "upgraded."

 

[Boddynock]

xxxxxxx[color=white][b]xxxxxxx[/b][/color]xxxxxxx
xxxxxxx[color=white][b]xxxxxxx[/b][/color][color=white][b]xxxx[/b][/color][color=white][b]x[/b][/color][color=white][b]x[/b][/color]x
xxxxxxx[color=white][b]xxxKxxx[/b][/color][color=white][b]xxx[/b][/color][color=white][b]x[/b][/color][color=white][b]x[/b][/color]xx
xxxxxxx[color=white][b]xxxxCJR[/b][/color][color=white][b]xxxx[/b][/color]xxx
.......[color=white][b]....BA.[/b][/color][color=white][b].[/b][/color][color=white][b].[/b][/color][color=white][b].[/b][/color][color=white][b].[/b][/color][color=white][b].[/b][/color]..
...........[color=white][b].[/b][/color][color=white][b].P.[/b][/color][color=white][b].[/b][/color][color=white][b].[/b][/color][color=white][b].[/b][/color]...
.............[color=white][b].[/b][/color][color=white][b].[/b][/color][color=white][b].[/b][/color][color=white][b].[/b][/color][color=white][b].[/b][/color]...
..........E...[color=white][b].[/b][/color][color=white][b].[/b][/color][color=white][b].[/b][/color]....
.............T[color=white][b].[/b][/color][color=white][b].[/b][/color].....
.....................
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.....................

Ferrix, according to this, there's no way Alton can use a 5 foot step to get next to Kiylea - or am I missing something? I'm using each dot as the centre of a 5 foot square. Is that the way you understand it?

If that's correct, I'm going to have to rethink my move, since he only wants to take a single swipe before heading in to try and heal Kiylea. In fact, now that I look at it again, he wouldn't have ended his previous move on that side of the boar - his whole aim was to get as close to Kiylea as possible.

Hmm, and now I have to go to work. I'll check later.

'Nock

 

[Ferrix]

The problem with your proposed move was that Bubbles action occured first, thus you couldn't get to where you had planned since Bubbles was there, so I put you in the next most convenient square that you could reach (since you couldn't get to the other side of Bubbles), it should be fine so long as either you or Bubbles drops my little poor piggie next round.

 

[Slippshade]

Don't worry piggy is Sooooooooo dead.

I will not be bested by Pork!

Slip