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<blockquote data-quote="Destil" data-source="post: 546390" data-attributes="member: 1980"><p>DM: A warg appears over the crest of the hill to your left, with an Uruk-Hai mounted atop it.</p><p>PC 3: Initiative time!</p><p>DM: Only Legolas can cat during this round, because Glimi and Aragorn are too far back and unaware. And it's a surprise round, so partial actions only. Initiative?</p><p>PC1: What's a warg?</p><p>DM: What's a warg?!?!</p><p>PC1: Yeah, what's a warg?</p><p>DM: Let me see that *grabs PC1's character sheet* Look, right here! You have a +2 favored enemy bonus against wargs, and now you're asking what's a warg?</p><p>PC1: Well, you haven’t let me use any of my favored enemy bonuses in forever. I don't even get my full bonus for Orcs against the Urk Hi. Friggin ranger, always up to the DM if I get my bonus. I mean, when's the last time I got to fight a *peers over to his sheet*any Naz-gools.</p><p>DM: Nazguls? The black riders?!?</p><p>PC1: Oh, yeah. Those guys. You didn't even let me use my bonus to damage against them with that torch because they're invisible and had concealment.</p><p>PC3: Well if someone hadn’t wasted all of our time for the Counsel of Rivendel session making out with Arwen maybe we would have gotten to the warg encounter before the Mines of Moria in the last module….</p><p>PC1: Hey, she was hot!</p><p>PC2: Whatever. Guy in combat over here? I act at 8.</p><p>DM: Okay, the warg descends from the hill and *rolls* throws Halma from his horse with a swipe of it's claw, he falls to the ground with...</p><p>PC2: Who?</p><p>DM: Halma, the captain of the king's guard.</p><p>PC3: *checking his notes* You never mentioned him before...</p><p>DM: Well he's dead now ok? Legloas, your initiative.</p><p>PC2:*rolls* Threat, hitting AC 36, and the confirmation roll hits AC 28. *DM nods* Dealing... 33 damage.</p><p>DM: The warg falls dead with an arrow through the throat. The rider is throw to the ground.</p><p>PC2: Alright! I loot the body.</p><p>DM: It's a warg! A big wolf, it doesn’t have anything. And the rider isn't dead yet. You hear the sounds of a pack approaching from ahead of you...</p><p>PC1: *looking up from a book* Warg isn't in the monster manual... and I can't find Nougat or Urk hi either...</p><p>PC3: Check under Worg.</p><p>DM: ... a company of warg riders fly forward, howling. Aragorn and Glimi roll for initiative now.</p><p>PC2: What about me?</p><p>DM: You’re still acting at 8.</p><p>PC2: But, it’s a new encounter, the last one ended, and I looted the warg.</p><p>DM: You never looted it.</p><p>PC2: Yes I did, you said it didn’t have anything. And I never get to use my sneak attack damage, those two levels of rogue are the most worthless levels you could have.</p><p>PC1: Try being a ranger. Worg? AC 14, so if I power attack for two points, and use a four point expertise, I’ll still hit on… wait, do I get my full favored enemy bonus against Worgs? The sheet says Warg… or is this like Urk Hi and Orcs, where I only get half?</p><p>DM: *Grabbing the Monster Manual* Give me that.</p><p>PC2: Ok, my initiative for <strong>this</strong> encounter is 24! That’s more like it.</p><p>DM: *sighs* Glimi? Aragorn?</p><p>PC1: 16.</p><p>PC3: -1. *grumbling*</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Destil, post: 546390, member: 1980"] DM: A warg appears over the crest of the hill to your left, with an Uruk-Hai mounted atop it. PC 3: Initiative time! DM: Only Legolas can cat during this round, because Glimi and Aragorn are too far back and unaware. And it's a surprise round, so partial actions only. Initiative? PC1: What's a warg? DM: What's a warg?!?! PC1: Yeah, what's a warg? DM: Let me see that *grabs PC1's character sheet* Look, right here! You have a +2 favored enemy bonus against wargs, and now you're asking what's a warg? PC1: Well, you haven’t let me use any of my favored enemy bonuses in forever. I don't even get my full bonus for Orcs against the Urk Hi. Friggin ranger, always up to the DM if I get my bonus. I mean, when's the last time I got to fight a *peers over to his sheet*any Naz-gools. DM: Nazguls? The black riders?!? PC1: Oh, yeah. Those guys. You didn't even let me use my bonus to damage against them with that torch because they're invisible and had concealment. PC3: Well if someone hadn’t wasted all of our time for the Counsel of Rivendel session making out with Arwen maybe we would have gotten to the warg encounter before the Mines of Moria in the last module…. PC1: Hey, she was hot! PC2: Whatever. Guy in combat over here? I act at 8. DM: Okay, the warg descends from the hill and *rolls* throws Halma from his horse with a swipe of it's claw, he falls to the ground with... PC2: Who? DM: Halma, the captain of the king's guard. PC3: *checking his notes* You never mentioned him before... DM: Well he's dead now ok? Legloas, your initiative. PC2:*rolls* Threat, hitting AC 36, and the confirmation roll hits AC 28. *DM nods* Dealing... 33 damage. DM: The warg falls dead with an arrow through the throat. The rider is throw to the ground. PC2: Alright! I loot the body. DM: It's a warg! A big wolf, it doesn’t have anything. And the rider isn't dead yet. You hear the sounds of a pack approaching from ahead of you... PC1: *looking up from a book* Warg isn't in the monster manual... and I can't find Nougat or Urk hi either... PC3: Check under Worg. DM: ... a company of warg riders fly forward, howling. Aragorn and Glimi roll for initiative now. PC2: What about me? DM: You’re still acting at 8. PC2: But, it’s a new encounter, the last one ended, and I looted the warg. DM: You never looted it. PC2: Yes I did, you said it didn’t have anything. And I never get to use my sneak attack damage, those two levels of rogue are the most worthless levels you could have. PC1: Try being a ranger. Worg? AC 14, so if I power attack for two points, and use a four point expertise, I’ll still hit on… wait, do I get my full favored enemy bonus against Worgs? The sheet says Warg… or is this like Urk Hi and Orcs, where I only get half? DM: *Grabbing the Monster Manual* Give me that. PC2: Ok, my initiative for [b]this[/b] encounter is 24! That’s more like it. DM: *sighs* Glimi? Aragorn? PC1: 16. PC3: -1. *grumbling* [/QUOTE]
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