The Four Lands - Southern Operatives

[J. Alexander]

The Ambush

OCC: Most of the party stoped to engage the ogier magi in combat. When they did, that stopped their flight unless they have a feat such as ride by attack. That is if i understand the rules correctly...thus the party got bunched around the ogier magi allowing the ogiers which were to the sout to close on the party's flank as they took their full movement. Those with the firs initiative can indeed escape the ogiers but those with the lower initative will be subject fo attacks....that is if my understanding is correct...

Here is a new map hope it helps

OCC: We are still new to this campaing and setting and as it is going to be combat intensive i have delayed the start of a new campaing till march. It will be a headache for me to make maps and i will grumble and bitch about it but the players are going to need to think tactical. Your opponets for the most part are going to be seasoned veterans and are not going to act like typical monsters. They are going to use flanking and ambush to a great extent. The party, and this is going to be a bitch for some of you guys is more or less going to have to stay united or form cohesive plans as if you get strung out etc your going to get waxed as they are going to be able to flank and gangbang you...anyway just my two sense.

 

[Neurotic]

Andor

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I didn't know you must stop to attack from horseback ?#!?#?!?!?!?

I mean, you attack by riding by the targets side, not directly as if you want to trample him, right?

Whatever. I don't think that's what we signed for, the idea was to escape altough there is not much more enemies for a few rounds. We can pepper orcs with missiles and let melee fighters kill ogiers.
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Seeing that everyone stopped instead of riding in front of him, Andor reigns back his gelding and readies crossbow instead of casting, preserving his spell for real escape or emergency healing.

 

[Rhun]

I didn't know you must stop to attack from horseback ?#!?#?!?!?!?

I mean, you attack by riding by the targets side, not directly as if you want to trample him, right?

You've got to remember that the way things work in real life don't translate well in D&D. Per the rules, you've got to have the Ride-By Attack feat in order to attack from horseback and continue moving afterward. Otherwise you have to stop your mount to attack.

 

[Leif]

Nijel Bladesong, Paladin

OOC: Roak, please remember that Nijel is not the brightest bulb in the fixture, and, unless he is told otherwise, when he is attacked by orcs/ogiers then he will respond in kind. If we are neglecting our mission by engaging in this melee, then I (Leif, not Nijel) ask you to please lead us to where we should be. Nijel will follow Roak like a lost puppy dog. Whether that is to success at our mission, or to our deaths, makes no real difference to Nijel.

Also OOC: I would argue that the necessity of having the ride-by attack feat is actually more true-to-life than simply taking for granted everyone's ability to pull off such a tricky maneuver. And the relatively short length of time covered by a melee round now, 6 seconds, as opposed to a full minute under first edition rules, makes stopping to attack less of an imposition, also. My two coppers.

 

[J. Alexander]

Belated Christmas Gift

Oh ye players envolved in my safe, clean world of the Four Lands, draw near...in the spirit of the holidays and just because you dm is such an all around nice, understanding, reasonable, non character threating guy i hereby grant to each of one the following:

One Martial Feat (run your choice by me) to reflect the six months you spent campaing with the regulars. ...enjoy and chose wisely....

JA

 

[Leif]

Oh ye players involved in my safe, clean world of the Four Lands, draw near...i hereby grant to each the following:
One Martial Feat (run your choice by me) to reflect the six months you spent campaing with the regulars. ...enjoy and chose wisely....
JA

Thank you, O Wise and Powerful Master of the Dungeons! I have studied, I have looked in numerous books of D&D wisdom pertaining to the martial variety, and I have found only one truly suitable feat for which Nijel meets all prerequisites, and that is: Ride-By Attack, which I was pre-disposed to select anyway. So I have made a note of this new feat on my character sheet. I humbly thank the Great JA once again.

 

[J. Alexander]

Just rember it becomes effective after this combat ..

 

[Rhun]

I have found only one truly suitable feat for which Nijel meets all prerequisites, and that is: Ride-By Attack, which I was pre-disposed to select anyway.

Ride-By Attack is a great feat; indeed, all the mounted feats are great, and quite effective. The problem with them is that they become useless if we are ever in a situation without horsies. A trade-off for how good they are, I suppose.

 

[Scotley]

OOC: Thank you sir! I'm off to the books, but I'll have a choice for your review soon.

 

[J. Alexander]

Feats

Yes they are amazing and i think reflect well the domince mounted soliders had in early warfare. And do you think your nice dm would ever put you into combat without your beloved horsises....hmmmm your proably right but we can just blame the enemey for that and not the dm