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Second.

>>6989
purdy image

i kno rite

Also, I don't really get the comic in the thread.

>>6996
It's not meant to be anything in particular, except referencing the phrases "TPK," and "rocks fall, everyone dies." Those are semi-memes in traditional gaming.

>>6998
Well, I know those things, but in terms of the comic itself, it makes no sense. Why is the fat hamster attire wearing person holding the book (which I assume is the irc chat or whatever is used)? Why is he deciding that rocks fall? He most certainly is not the DM I think. That's why I said I don't get it

>>7001
>"What are you doing with the mountain?"
>"Total party kill."
>"Rocks fall and everyone dies."

He destroyed the mountain and everyone's dying in the ensuing chaos.

>>7002
There's still the how, the why, etc

At this point it is important for me to have everyone saying their movements. Something will happen soon (not necessarily an encounter, so precise positioning is not as important).

Come on people! Do stuff!

>>7003
>How?
Magic.

>Why?
Because else the other side was gonna kill the hamster guy.

>Etc
Etcetera.

inb4 there's traps that shoot from the walls you are climbing on

k Astaroth go stop gate, Voyee and Mehico can do panel, Hidei and George let's play card games

Alright, thievery check time. I got the tools that's +2. Who can make some aid another to help my roll?

>>7025
You're the only one trained in thievery.

In an anime I watched, there was a situation in which the protagonist was trapped in a locked room. The solution was to stick a shape-shifting sword between the door and its frame and have it transform into a mace.

>>7026
Aid another sucess with a 10, also bern have speak with spirits, right?

>>7029
>inb4 sariel magic weapon break

>>7030
Folka then, I suppose.

You can also aid another here using Dungeoneering, I'll allow that. There's no need for anyone to sit around doing nothing if you don't want to, you have a reasonable chance of success even without training on aid another.

>>7033
Well, most people doesn't seem like rolling if they don't get high bonuses. Anyways, the risk is worth it.

sorry i forgot as i sleeping i aid another tomorrow k

>>7031
There's that and it takes an hour to repair with the Swordmage feature. It's probably only a +2 situational bonus to a Str check anyway.

Waiting to see if the whatsits attack or not. Hope they ran back somewhere. I want to put my encounter bypass through extreme intimidation to use.

>>7046
ur ded

Well, if you wanna set up readied actions, try to do it before tomorrow. Wanna keep things moving.

I won't be posting much on seacats outside of here and til the end of parlor lately, maybe even streamchat. Anyway, i was just going to open the door anyway instead of being super cautious once most of the party seems prepared.

>Sureiya is not using Headman's Chop
Wait a second, where is my party with a lot of prone at will attacks?

The one without a readied action is on door duty.

>>7063
So, myn

>>7064
Torinn or Folka; idc what Myn does.

>>7068
Is it ok if I mention it before facing potential danger.

>>7070
Depends. "Potential danger" is a pretty broad category.

Our tank should probably take point, idk.

Bern has the light source, so to see more, she needs to move forward.

inb4 hydra

Crazy idea : somebody with good perception get on the tiger with Torinn and Rutger walks along wall over the water pool. Make perception check without fear of ambush. It's even immune to tremorsense since it's not on the same axis.

>>7085
what if they are ranged hydras or something? Anyways I already failed my perception check, to be able to do another the "circumstances" would need to check. Maybe ligtening that specific area?

>>7085
>climb walls
That's certainly not going to be me.

Sureiya, go for it.

>>7086
It spits acid, ne. As for circumstance, your new viewing angle should qualify.

forgot to put in spoilers, but i'm taking point like 2-3 squares behind torinn i guess

So there really is something in the water. How can we get the jump on it?

Mage Hand the Sunrod to the water, everyone prepare actions to go after Sariel Winged Hordes his junk, charge and stuff? We probably don't want to be in the water much but we need someone in there so I can waste my Vortex on it.

>>7092
Does anybody other than me have any lightning attacks?

>>7092
The main problem I see is that mage hand is limited to ranged 5, and a conjuration must stay within its range of you.

k, have the tiger approach the water solo

sorry guys, internet died because rain

Anon and Bern should roll Nature to check what the Hydra's information yields us.

Guess I might as well roll nature for hydra. Also, Rin, i mentioned about being 2-3 squares behind torinn wherever he goes lately, so can the map be updated for that, or did I have to make some specific sort of post thing (been busy)

>>7112
It wasn't that, it's just that you were going to follow Torinn, but the hydra moved as soon as Torinn finished his move so you didn't have time to follow. On the bright side you do have the first round in initiative so it should work out okay.

>>7115
Actually, I changed my mind. I'll move you up near Torinn.

>>7115
Ah, I thought I would have just been sort of semi following behind him up until the point where we're in combat now (or at least a couple squares more behind). Just thought I'd ask (partially because even with a movement technique, I'm too far away to attack it.)

>>7117
I'll count your movement as a readied action so it works out.

So, for future reference, when using my crane's wings move technique, total squares moved is my check result divided by 5 (rounded down)? So if I roll 15 (1+14), i'd move 3 squares, etc? I'll wait to see if bern/anon roll some sort of nature check (with an idea of powers) before officially starting my turn.

>>7120
Almost, you divide the result by 5 and then add 1 square to find your end space.

I still don't decide if I will execute my readied action, apparently the hydra has threatening reach.

>>7123
Well, I guess I should be glad I waited then.

>>7123
Also, if you did, my Open the Gate of Battle attack loses 2d10 damage I think. Anyway, once one of the party members relates the info to us about the Hydra, here's my possible plan for my turn. Move just outside of the threatening reach of the hydra, minor action item power (encounter) to shift 2 squares (and gain +1 ac and reflexes until end of next turn), then use Open the Gate of Battle (and hopefully hit.) Another final option would be Blurred STrike Ki focus' daily item power as well to gain +2 to all defenses til end of next turn but that seems kinda redundant.

>>7126
typo, meant 1d10

Hydra super powerful, the most simple plan to deal with hydra-kun it's probably weak + daze and spam attacks until it dies, since we dont have fire/acid attacks.

Since it's a multi-attacker, I believe reducing its damage will significantly weaken its ability to threaten us. Thus, I'm strongly considering spending my item daily power and my daily power to weaken it and tack on a -5 to attack rolls for good measure, making it significantly less scary for a round. Seizing an early advantage will probably turn the tide of the fight in our favor.

I've seen what damage resistance does to someone that relies on making several attacks per turn or per round, and it's not pretty.

What say you guys?

>>7131
Small mistake, it can regrow as many heads as it's missing on its turn.

>>7131
-5 to attack will only matter on the first hit of the heads, they remove those effect on the next one.

>>7133
Astaroth is actually saying it wrong, the -5 is to damage on Chilling Smite.

>>7131
>>7133
but yes, weaknening looks like a very good idea
>>7132
Wait what, then what it's the acid/fire damage for?

>>7135
I meant under the circumstances Astaroth was describing. Acid/fire does stop the regeneration, but destroying 2 heads in one round will just cause it to grow 4 new heads on its turn.

So do the hydra's attack AC mainly? Also, how does my turn plan look that i posted a moment ago

>>7137
As a brute, it probably does. But the "reflexible" spit probably doesn't.

>>7131
DR is a good idea, but those effects would probably be much more useful when the hydra can make more attacks at once. Personally, I think we should use limited resources during its more dangerous phase, so that it both ends as quickly as possible and becomes a lot less scary. Maybe when it's bloodied?

Also, I think weaken and -5 penalty should be done on separate rounds. Using both at once seems like overkill, and it just makes the round after they wear off much harder to heal through, since it'll save its action point for then.

I'm planning to use up either Lamb to the Slaughter or Vengeful Elementals here; it's probably Lamb to the Slaughter, unless it misses.

>>7139
Wouldn't Lamb to the Slaughter just cause us to provoke a few attacks from it though?

Also, unless there's any objections, i'll start typing up my turn and whatnot

>>7140
Right, daze, no OAs etc.

>>7139
What do you think about starting my turn using full damage? Or should I wait until it becomes bloodied?

Jeez, even hit me with 26 ac/23 reflex huh, oh well, it's not that bad I guess. still a lot of damage though.

This is the one thing Righteous Radiance can do that Divine Challenge can't (besides controlling mobility and being on at all times) : punish every out of turn attack made by the same enemy. The bane of solos everywhere.

>>7146
It rolled very high on its second attack. A 17 on the d20 I believe.

>>7147
I wonder if it can help me survive this round!

>>7150
Well that's what leaders are for.

>>7151
Also, I would like to request that the Elemental Spirit be brought around to protect Sureiya since he's the most fragile target.

>>7152
>manly ranger half orc using two giant blades has less AC than a gay warlock and the shaman who read her way into warlord.

>already at -84 HP
Alpha strike good.

>>7155
Not bad at all for 2 turns and no dailies used!

But that beast still dealt 43 hit points of damage against me, and he failed twice!

>>7157
Which is why damage reduction is a big big deal.

Remember that your tiger can attack things that move next to it.

>>7159
This turn he used his immediate action on shield of devotion instead. While it's a good power, he does have some competition for his immediate actions.

I thought its spit gave ongoing poison damage.

>>7131
Didn't Sureiya's info block say that the penalties only count for the first attack it makes, and then the other heads don't get the penalties?


Also this might be interesting: my level 5 daily does 2d10 + 6 fire damage. It's against Fort, though, but if I can land a hit that means I halt the regeneration somewhat.

>>7162
>daily with fire damage
That's a godsend considering the actual situation, but I have no idea if the fire damage permanently deny a summon of a head or it's only for a round.

>>7163
I think just one head for just one round for ever 12 fire damage. It does halve damage on a miss so we should be able to do 12 fire damage with some luck, but I think it's better to just bumrush it hard when we can; either that, or lose a lotta surges.

>>7164
Well, it should have at least around 350hp, so I plan to burn daily, sohei flair and furious attack when we decide to nova finish it.

>>7161
The bite normally does not inflict ongoing poison damage, however it does when using hydra fury.

k swordmage shielding fire now or not

>>7171
Good question.

On the one hand, damage reduction and fire damage would probably be very helpful here.

On the other hand, it can only trigger once per round, while Righteous Radiance happens every single turn.

wat do

Well I am glad to see you actually weighing your options and not having a slam-dunk strategy here, even if the solo doesn't prove to be a life-or-death struggle.

>>7171
If it only stop the regeneration for a turn we could use it already.
>>7173
Isn't the problem that we overthink most of the time? Anyways I just noticed bern didn't heal me lol.

>>7174
She thought you'd live.

>>7175
live how much time? I mean I lost about 40 hp in a round and I'm poisoned lol

One thing I didn't mention in the knowledge check I probably should have:
The hydra's individual attack go up in damage potential as its number of heads decreases. With only 3 heads, hydra fury adds +5 damage to attack. With only 2 heads, hydra fury instead adds +2 attack and +10 damage to each attack. With only 1 head, the hydra gets the above bonus and can attack up to three creatures within range with the attack.

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