[Pathfinder] B6: The Veiled Society

[kinem]

Inside the chamber, there's enough room that no penalties apply (assuming that PCs don't try to crowd in more closely than the usual 5' squares, or unless you grapple, etc.)

Not all of the PCs will fit (at least until creatures start dropping), and you can't pass each other in the tunnel.

So unless you all retreat the cellar and swap places and return, or crowd things, only Kynar and Rezak will be able to engage the enemy initially, and will initially face 2 hobbs.

 

[Theroc]

Is everyone alright with that? If not, someone should object in the IC, so Kynar doesn't go charging in...

 

[Rhun]

We're all waiting for Kynar to act...because until he does, none of the rest of us can. So we'll go with whatever he does. Just do it soon.

 

[Theroc]

Post will be tomorrow then sometime, apologies for the delay again. >.>

 

[Rhun]

Post will be tomorrow then sometime, apologies for the delay again. >.>

No worries...this is just an odd environment where everyone's actions depends on what the person ahead of them does.

 

[Theroc]

Yeah, I've been a bit less active on Enworld the past bit, my ADD is kicking in and shifting my interest around a bit. (I have phases of great enthusiasm which can shift after a couple months, resulting in decreased forum activity.) At the moment, WoW and family are eating my time, and I had had two rental games the past couple weeks as well. Now it's just WoW and different things I need to do with/for family.

 

[Rhun]

I told you that you'd go back to WOW! Once it has you, it never lets go!

 

[Theroc]

I told you that you'd go back to WOW! Once it has you, it never lets go!

Go back to would imply I've re-subscribed. I haven't. I've been playing on my friend's account when he's not playing in the late evenings. In anycase, I've no intention of leaving Enworld. My activity will just be lower (which is why I'm not jumping in every game I see anymore, because I don't want to drag things down)

 

[Rhun]

Its all good Theroc. Just razzin' you!

 

[kinem]

Normally, the way combat will work is that when the PCs can act, any player can post, and his PC will act in the order in which you post. So initiative will alternate between PCs (as a group) and NPCs (as a group).

I find this much faster for PBP than using individual initiatives.

Some people make players post their actions for the round and then resolve actions in order of individual initiatives, but then you can have situations in which the battlefield can change a lot between the time of posting and the time of acting. This tends to cause players to wait to see what the players ahead of them in the initiative order will do before making their own posts, which again slows down the game. I don't do that.

The current battle is a bit odd because of the restricted space, but basically the PCs had a surprise round and then won initiative. In the current round Kynar and Rezak have already attacked, though they might still make 5' steps (see IC).