S@squ@tch's Against the Giants - Team Black OOC - Grinding

[s@squ@tch]

OK, now that the group my be sallying forth into the jungle, I'm going to need a rough marching order (default) for the team, along with how you are going to be spending the nights in the jungle. (camping + watch(es)?)

Plus, I'm assuming that you will not be wanting the Tharashk folks to fight with you, if you do, let me know. Just keep in mind that they will drain off xp from the fight(s) when they do.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

Morika would like to be near the front, in the first tier of folks if possible. She's a good scout, but with some people running around all invisible and stuff, ranging too far out could spoil their hiding. She'd prefer to take 3rd watch when possible. When she sleeps, she prefers her hammock several feet off the ground.

 

[drothgery]

Figuring on three watches, I suggest

1st - Yoggrith, Sanne
2nd - Ipshivi, Thanor
3rd - Morika, Voadam

The basic idea here is to put people who need 8 hours rest to recover abilities on the first and last watches.

Sanne would prefer to be near the front of any marching order (though not first, as she's not a tank, and doesn't have good scout skills), because she's inclined to dash into the middle of the fray in combat.

 

[Rhun]

Figuring on three watches, I suggest

1st - Yoggrith, Sanne
2nd - Ipshivi, Thanor
3rd - Morika, Voadam

The basic idea here is to put people who need 8 hours rest to recover abilities on the first and last watches.

You missed Aeranduil. Since he is an elf, I believe he only needs to meditate for...is it 4 hours? I can't remember. He can take any watch.

Sanne would prefer to be near the front of any marching order (though not first, as she's not a tank, and doesn't have good scout skills), because she's inclined to dash into the middle of the fray in combat.

Aeranduil will be wherever he can be of most use. The front is a good choice, as he has fairly decent scouting skills, a really good reflex save (in case traps are triggered), and a good spot score; however, he is no tank, and once combat breaks out he will want to be behind our front lines so he can use his bow with impunity.

 

[drothgery]

You missed Aeranduil. Since he is an elf, I believe he only needs to meditate for...is it 4 hours? I can't remember. He can take any watch.

I'd suggest him in the late night spot, then; he doesn't have any spells to recover, and that group doesn't have a healer.

 

[Voadam]

Voadam would like to be near the back. All his abilities are ranged and he is a real soft target.

 

[Redclaw]

Thanor is happy just behind the scout(s). He can't move quickly enough to bail anyone out if they get in trouble, but he wants to be in the thick of the action as soon as possible.

 

[pathfinderq1]

Ipshivi will probably end up taking the rear guard spot, at least in open jungle. If we encounter ruins or a similar enclosed area, she will volunteer as a scout in advance of the main group. At this point, we might want a good set of eyes up front (Aeranduil ?), with our lead guide (ready to fall back at first hostile contact), backed up by Morika and Thanor as heavy hitters. Voadam, Yoggrith, Sanne, and our other two guide-types can be the second bunch (in some order), a little behind the first team, with Ipshivi as rear-guard (on a regular, scheduled reporting basis, so the group knows if she doesn't chime in). Something like that ought to do for regular marching- we''ll want a different order when we are actually aware of an impending fight. Maybe the melee strike group (Morika, Thanor, and possibly Sanne, with Yoggrith as support) and a fallback/artillery team (Aeranduil, Voadam, Ipshivi, and our guides). I'd think we probably want to keep our guides out of all but the most dire fights- both in the interest of hogging the XP and because we don't want to get stuck in the jungle without them.

Thoughts?

 

[Voadam]

Did my slow spell go off and fail? I don't see a description of it in the combat post.

 

[Rhun]

Did my slow spell go off and fail? I don't see a description of it in the combat post.

I thought I noted a reference to the beast "shaking off the effects of the spell."