The Old School: AD&D 1e

[ghostcat]

Lidia stays near the back, holding her torch high so the others can see. She draws her Cudgel in case she needs to disintegrate some skeletons.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

The Sarge moves to the left of Austin and in front of Lidia, his sword ready and shield raised in case the turning fails and he has to intervene. "Anyone recall our employer discussing the walking dead in our contract?"

 

[Thondor]

[sblock=OOC] I don't remember if turn undead should be treated as a spell. Officially this would allow us to attack before the Turn undead attack goes off.
I believe I get two attacks (off hand) if I charge?
Note - charging lowers Amirad's AC by 4.
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Amirad charges forward, bastard sword leading followed by a number of chops from the hand axe.

[sblock= Amirad]
Short statistics:
Amirad the Gallant
AC: 0(-2), HP: 9/10,
Sling THAC0 17 (1d4+1/1d6+1)
Axe throwing THAC0 17 (1d6/1d4)
Axe, off-hand THAC0 21 (1d6/1d4)
Bastard sword, main hand THAC0 20 (1d8/1d12)
Two-handed bastard sword THAC0 20 (2d4/2d8)
Lay on Hands 2hp/day: 2
Other edges - immune to disease, +3 against surprise/ranged initiative, detect evil, protection from evil, cure disease 1/week
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[Scott DeWar]

OOC: errrr, ummmmm, how is it being treated as a spell?

 

[Thondor]

[sblock=OOC] There is a specific order to which actions take place in 1e, for each sides initiative.

1. Missile
2. Move
3. Melee
4. Spells


so if turn undead is treated as a spell in this sequence, Amirad can attack, and then the Turn Undead would take effect.
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[InVinoVeritas]

Rolls...

(Will finish tomorrow...)

 

[Scott DeWar]

[sblock=OOC] There is a specific order to which actions take place in 1e, for each sides initiative.

1. Missile
2. Move
3. Melee
4. Spells


so if turn undead is treated as a spell in this sequence, Amirad can attack, and then the Turn Undead would take effect.
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[sblock=ooc] oh, i see what you meant. You want it to be treated as a spell, so you can attack. We always did it at the initiative.

[d10 base roll] - [dex reaction adjustment] + [weapon speed or spell casting time] = segment of occurence.
[aside]
if the spell caster is casting a spell and if he/she is struck and damaged during the time of casting, the spell is ruined
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[InVinoVeritas]

[sblock=ooc]
Not quite. Weapon speed factors only matter with determining which strikes occur first in simultaneous combat, or in a spell-vs-weapon situation (DMG pp. 66-67).

In this particular case, the skeletons, winning initiative, manage a swing against the PCs before the attacks and Turn Undead occur. Turn Undead does not have a spell casting time nor a speed factor (and cannot be spoiled by a successful attack), and can resolve first--or even before or after Amirad's strike, as his choice.

So, we've got the following:
Austin turns the skeletons.
Amirad charges a skeleton.
Lidia draws her cudgel and prepares to attack any skeleton that approaches.
Sarge prepares his shield and weapon to defend Lidia and Austin.
The skeletons close and attack.

Now, for initiative: The skeletons get a 3, the heroes get a 2. The skeletons strike first--with the exception of Amirad, who charges (DMG p. 66); weapon length is what matters. Amirad's sword had a longer reach than the skeletons' attacks, so he acts first, with +2 to hit.

The order for strikes is Amirad, the skeletons, then Austin's Turn takes effect.
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Amirad rushes in against the skeletons, but has trouble keeping his footing on the uneven ground, foiling his swings.

The skeletons lash out at Amirad, Sarge, Austin, and Maruial. The one attacking Austin manages to strike him with the pick just before he unleashes his holy power, and the skeletons turn and run down the passage, away from the party!

 

[Scott DeWar]

ooc: an attck of 39?! YIkes o ramma!

"sorry, sarge. Next time I will be a little more controlled and let you attack them before I call the wrath of good on them. i kinds got a little nerveous when i got hit. Solonar forgive me." He tilts his head up and closes his eyes whil placing his hand over his holy symbol for a brief moment.

current hp:
Acolyte Austin the humble: 6/9
Cousin Amirad the Gallent 10/10
Lady Lidia-Aspirant 8/8
Sargent "Stryker" Stubbs Silverhammer-Veteran 11/11

 

[Deuce Traveler]

"No worries, lad. It's I who should apologize. That skeleton got by my shield. Let's send these back to the fields of the dead." So saying, the Sarge rushes in and attempts to strike down the skeleton who struck Acolyte Austin the Humble.

OOC: And a miss.