Despite my 06 strength, as an eladrin I felt that I had to carry a longsword. After all, it was in my blood. I never cared to own one, but as I left home for the first time to make my fortune as an adventurer, I needed to have one because for an eladrin not to have one would have brought disgrace to myself, my clan, my city, my race, and to Corellon himself.
I found an old discarded sword in a junk heap, the blade was broken, chipped and rusted, and its hilt was missing. No problem, after casting the Make Whole ritual it was almost as good as new, except for the rust covering it, the dull blade, and lack of a sheath. So I proudly left town with the hilt of the sword tied to my belt, and the point dragging along the ground behind me.
I was damned good at what I did, and that was to cast spells, hide, run away, cast more spells, and tell others what to do. I never had to use my sword in hostility until well into my career as a well known hero. A bugbear broke through the lines of the grunts who were suppose to shield me. I had severely weakened it with spells, so I decided to finish it off with my sword. My first ever swing in hostility was not my best, as evidenced by my roll of 01 on a d20. Fortunately I was able to interrupt its attack with a Shield spell, and it was killed by arrows from my friend the ranger. That was both a terrifying and an embarrassing situation. I never attempted to swing that sword again.
My first positive experience with a blade of any type came when I was able to cast a spell first written by that epic eladrin known to the human world as Mordenkainen. I was able to create a sword by spell and wield it at a distance with my mind. Many successes convinced me to choose the paragon path of the spiral tower. I had acquired a much better sword from a drow who no longer needed it, and I enchanted it up from +1 to +2. I looked good posing with the blade and in taking practice swings at trees and bushes, but I still had to prove it in real combat.
Finally my chance came, my group was ambushed by a band of gnolls. Instead of Fey Stepping away and bombarding them with spells from safety, I whipped out my newly improved drow sword. While still sitting on my Floating Disk I was able to take great swings and kill two of them. The fact that the second was held by an Icy Hand made hitting him that much easier.
That is the story in a nutshell of my character’s sword use so far. The mechanics of standard combat with a sword is easy, but I want to make sure that we are using the Mordenkainen’s Sword power and The One Sword power correctly. These rules are new to all of us and, these were first time uses of higher level powers. We made our best guess rulings, how close (or how far off) were we?
Standard Combat using a Longsword (this was easy):
+06 (level 12/2)
-02 (strength 07)
+03 (weapon proficiency)
+02 (weapon plus)
+09 (total attack bonus) vs AC
-02 (strength 07)
+02 (weapon plus)
1d8 (weapon damage)
0+1d8 (total weapon damage)
Combat using The One Sword (power) | Primary:
+06 (level 12/2)
+06 (intelligence 23)
+03 (weapon proficiency)
+02 (weapon plus)
+17 (total attack bonus) vs Reflex
+06 (intelligence 23)
+02 (weapon plus)
2d8 (weapon damage)
8+2d8 (total weapon damage)
Combat using The One Sword (power) | Secondary:
+06 (level 12/2)
+06 (intelligence 23)
+03 (weapon proficiency)
+02 (weapon plus)
+17 (total attack bonus) vs Will
My opponent is be dazed until the end of next round.
Duration: Sustain for encounter.
Combat using Mordenkainen’s Sword (power):
+06 (level 12/2)
+06 (intelligence 23)
[+03 (weapon proficiency)] we did not include this, but should we have?
+02 (implement plus)
+14 (total attack bonus) vs Reflex
+06 (intelligence 23)
+02 (implement plus)
[+02 (bracers of perfect shot)] we did not include this, but should we have?
1d10 (force damage)
8+1d10 (total force damage)
Target: One creature within range (10 squares)
Duration: Sustain for encounter, can attack new target within range (move 6)
I found an old discarded sword in a junk heap, the blade was broken, chipped and rusted, and its hilt was missing. No problem, after casting the Make Whole ritual it was almost as good as new, except for the rust covering it, the dull blade, and lack of a sheath. So I proudly left town with the hilt of the sword tied to my belt, and the point dragging along the ground behind me.
I was damned good at what I did, and that was to cast spells, hide, run away, cast more spells, and tell others what to do. I never had to use my sword in hostility until well into my career as a well known hero. A bugbear broke through the lines of the grunts who were suppose to shield me. I had severely weakened it with spells, so I decided to finish it off with my sword. My first ever swing in hostility was not my best, as evidenced by my roll of 01 on a d20. Fortunately I was able to interrupt its attack with a Shield spell, and it was killed by arrows from my friend the ranger. That was both a terrifying and an embarrassing situation. I never attempted to swing that sword again.
My first positive experience with a blade of any type came when I was able to cast a spell first written by that epic eladrin known to the human world as Mordenkainen. I was able to create a sword by spell and wield it at a distance with my mind. Many successes convinced me to choose the paragon path of the spiral tower. I had acquired a much better sword from a drow who no longer needed it, and I enchanted it up from +1 to +2. I looked good posing with the blade and in taking practice swings at trees and bushes, but I still had to prove it in real combat.
Finally my chance came, my group was ambushed by a band of gnolls. Instead of Fey Stepping away and bombarding them with spells from safety, I whipped out my newly improved drow sword. While still sitting on my Floating Disk I was able to take great swings and kill two of them. The fact that the second was held by an Icy Hand made hitting him that much easier.
That is the story in a nutshell of my character’s sword use so far. The mechanics of standard combat with a sword is easy, but I want to make sure that we are using the Mordenkainen’s Sword power and The One Sword power correctly. These rules are new to all of us and, these were first time uses of higher level powers. We made our best guess rulings, how close (or how far off) were we?
Standard Combat using a Longsword (this was easy):
+06 (level 12/2)
-02 (strength 07)
+03 (weapon proficiency)
+02 (weapon plus)
+09 (total attack bonus) vs AC
-02 (strength 07)
+02 (weapon plus)
1d8 (weapon damage)
0+1d8 (total weapon damage)
Combat using The One Sword (power) | Primary:
+06 (level 12/2)
+06 (intelligence 23)
+03 (weapon proficiency)
+02 (weapon plus)
+17 (total attack bonus) vs Reflex
+06 (intelligence 23)
+02 (weapon plus)
2d8 (weapon damage)
8+2d8 (total weapon damage)
Combat using The One Sword (power) | Secondary:
+06 (level 12/2)
+06 (intelligence 23)
+03 (weapon proficiency)
+02 (weapon plus)
+17 (total attack bonus) vs Will
My opponent is be dazed until the end of next round.
Duration: Sustain for encounter.
Combat using Mordenkainen’s Sword (power):
+06 (level 12/2)
+06 (intelligence 23)
[+03 (weapon proficiency)] we did not include this, but should we have?
+02 (implement plus)
+14 (total attack bonus) vs Reflex
+06 (intelligence 23)
+02 (implement plus)
[+02 (bracers of perfect shot)] we did not include this, but should we have?
1d10 (force damage)
8+1d10 (total force damage)
Target: One creature within range (10 squares)
Duration: Sustain for encounter, can attack new target within range (move 6)
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