[OOC] Of Sound Mind

[Jarval]

As you might have guessed from the title, this is the OOC thread for the Of Sound Mind game.

Kerrick, Adren and Gholog: Could you post the defence modes you'll use in case of psionic attack in each combat post you make? And don't forget that psionic combat modes can be used with no PP cost against psionic targets.

 

[Other Guy]

Various combat questions

First, thank you for starting this thread, Jarval.

Anyway, I have a few questions about how you're handling combat for this game.

1) When shooting into melee, is there a chance of hitting an ally? If so, how do you determine if it does or not?

2) Do monks take the -4 penalty when trying to do subdual damage with their fists?

Also, who's fighting which horses? Are there any that aren't being covered?

Thanks again for DMing, as well as for this wonderful thread .

 

[Zhure]

-Monks don't take a -4 to do subdual unarmed.

-Taking the -4 penalty to hit with a ranged attack means you won't hit your companions. Precise Shot eliminates this penalty. You can not take the -4 and not have Precise Shot, but then there's a chance you hit your allies.

Large creatures may not invoke this penalty if there's enough room to shoot around your friends. Doing this from memory, but I think it has to be a 10 wide creature. It's in the combat section, circa page 125 (I'm wayyyyy too tired to look it up).

-I'm not sure why Gholog is taking the -4... he doesn't care if he kills one. While he'd be saddened by the farmer's loss, and perhaps the death of an innocent animal, but we probably only need one alive for analysis.

Nice thread
Greg

 

[Jarval]

Thanks again for DMing, as well as for this wonderful thread

Thanks for playing I'm having a great time DMing.

Zhure's already answered most of your questions, but I'll cover the ones he didn't already do.

Aiden, Adren, Gholog and Seraphina are fighting one horse, while Kerrick is tackling the one with fangs. Jason is standing between the two horses, about 10' away from each of them. FYI, you could get a shot off at the one with fangs without any danger of hitting Kerrick, but you'd run the risk of hitting someone if you shoot at the other horse.

-I'm not sure why Gholog is taking the -4... he doesn't care if he kills one. While he'd be saddened by the farmer's loss, and perhaps the death of an innocent animal, but we probably only need one alive for analysis.

Nice thread
Greg

Flattery will get you everywhere

Sorry about the -4, I did a bit too much copy-and-pasting I think Fortunately, it didn't make a difference in this case, but thanks for catching that.

 

[Zhure]

No problem about the -4; it's easy to miss stuff in MBG.

Thought Shield is currently Gholog's only defense mode, so that's what he'll stick with.

Greg

 

[Jarval]

I've spotted a couple more errors in your characters:

Adren should have one more 1st level power.

Jason hasn't got the cantrips he's got prepared listed anywhere.

Kerrick should have one more talent.

Thought Shield is currently Gholog's only defense mode, so that's what he'll stick with.

Well, that makes things simple

 

[GnomeWorks]

Just a quick clarification on what Seraphina is doing with Mage Hand...

She is trying to get a hold on the horse's hoof, and raise it up as fast as she can as high as she can, to at least throw the horse off balance and at best to knock it over.

 

[Jarval]

Just a quick clarification on what Seraphina is doing with Mage Hand...

She is trying to get a hold on the horse's hoof, and raise it up as fast as she can as high as she can, to at least throw the horse off balance and at best to knock it over.

Since you can only lift 5 pounds with Mage Hand you'll have a bit of a penalty to your trip attempt. I'll treat it as though it had STR 3, since that reflects the power of the spell.

Does this sound OK? I know that going strictly by the letter of the rules you can't do this with Mage Hand, but I'm all for inventive uses of spells and psionic powers.

 

[GnomeWorks]

Sounds good to me, at least I've got a chance of tripping it up.

 

[Acmite]

I've spotted a couple more errors in your characters:

Adren should have one more 1st level power.

Hmmmm....I'm new to psionics (this being my first attempt). Oops. The chart says I have "d" first level powers. Where does the bonus" one come from?

Can it be in any discipline?

Thanks! Great job so far, Jarval!