By the way, I very strongly urge you all to add any powers your items may have to the list so you don't forget you have them. Also find a place to put any situational bonuses, like doing more damage to a target when it's bloodied, getting a bonus to a skill when you're concealed, etc.

And finally, make sure -all- your powers and descriptions are listed with their effects, as it makes my job easier, and helps your teammates understand what you're able to do. If any of you need help adding these to your character sheet, I can copy and paste the descriptions for you over instant messaging.

I'm the only one with a last name? Clearly, I am main character material.

>>100
I tried looking for a last name of some sort in Forgotten Realm I could use from the elf part, but no list of last names and stuff unfortunately.

>>101
found it
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Tool.aspx?x=dnd/4new/tool/cng

>>102
Geez, they have occupations for thief, thug, criminal, and about 5 different kinds of "slayers" but not a single one for a priest or clergy member.

>>103
Because their job is priest or clergy member?

>>105
My theme is "Ordained Priest," you know! All sorts of people become adventurers!

>>106
Are there any "Baker" occupations?

I think Fays will do.

>>107
I think what this character name generator is telling me is that I need to make my name longer.

How about "Prelate Kadol Stormbrew the Thunder-Bringer?"

>>109
Whoa, new first name?

>>111
"Prelate" is a title, not a name.

prel·ate /ˈprɛlɪt/ [prel-it]
noun
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.

>>112
Oh, I see.

Hoookay, I'm mostly able to visualize how things got to where they are now. However, it'll involve me taking liberties with a few characters to work it out. So if that's not okay with you guys, just say the word.

>>114
Go nuts, I haven't even written a background for my character.

>>118
Clearly protag material, etc.

>>119
By sheer luck, the area had the geography I needed to set the stage for the story. You being from there just made everything fall into place.

Hidden last name master race.

Can you guys not make any rolls until I set up the campaign page on invisible castle k thx
Edit : Okay, you're good to go now. Just use Rotho as the campaign name (capitalized, otherwise it won't show up in the search)

>>123
fffffff already use Attarou but I'll use Rotho from henceforth.
jerk etc

>>125
It's fine, it's fine.

I just remembered this, so I'm going to put forward a houserule:
A divine character can use either their intelligence or wisdom modifier for religion checks.

Also, everything should be properly set up now (HP totals, positions, etc.)

is it okay to take turns now, or is there some sort of update still

>>159
You can take turns now, yes.

People fukken where?

A -4 defense penalty should make it pretty easy to hit this turn, so focus that one if you can.

>>168
I was going to try and slow the Pyro with Clever shot if that is fine instead in the meantime.

>>171
That's fine too.

If the initiative order looks different, it's because I got some enemies in the wrong places. It was supposed to be the warlord that went at 25, not the soldier.

thanks makk. (If the hellwhatever wasn't next to anything, I'd gain +1 attack and damage against it or any target without an ally directly next to it.)

Don't forget that since Lia delayed, her init drops to below mine.

>>193
Got it fixed.

And this is what happens when you focus fire something.

>>199
our limbo group doesn't really have that much utility to focus fire with most of us being at/near melee range for the most part. There are a lot of other factors like Rin's start to encounters, or not having the luxury of focus firing from so far away

>>200
All melee characters have farbond spellblades.

>>201
which give a penalty past range 5 compared to a penalty for crossbows past range 20

About being blinded:
Everything has total concealment against them. -5 to attacks for ranged and melee.
It takes a -10 penalty to Perception checks.
It grants combat advantage, and it can't gain combat advantage against anything.
It can't make opportunity attacks or flank.
It can't target any creature with a power that requires it to be able to see the target.

Wait! I forgot my Covenant Manifestation! Each of those targets should take 3 more damage, since I targeted 3 enemies. It should have applied to the earlier attack too, but I won't ask you to retcon that far. I'll just have to be better about remembering it.

If I may, keeping the Pyro dazed may be a good idea from this point on.

We don't know if this will necessarily stop it from using its signal flare, but at the very least it should prevent it from using its flare gun and blast in the same turn.

Lia's disruptive shot, and my thunder of judgment are two ways we can accomplish this (fairly) straight-forwardly.

>>210
I can use my Brutal Slam to knock it Prone on my turn.

>>211
I did a triple-take when I saw you used an MBA at the end of a charge.

>>212
Eh, I forgot, etc. At best 4 more damage though so it's not a huge deal.

>>213
Oh, I know. But it did get me thinking. I was wondering if maybe you'd considered something like Boots of Adept Charging instead of the Bracers of Mighty Striking? It seems like the bracers' damage boost won't come up much, but if you charge a lot you might appreciate some additional mobility.

>>212
>>213
If it had taken that 4 more damage, it would have died before Yagi's turn came up.

>>215
What about 2 more? Would 2 more have done it? Because if it had then me forgetting my Covenant Manifestation on Lightning's Revelation meant it lived 1 turn longer.

>>216
Nope, it was exactly 4.

>>217
Oh, okay, I don't feel as silly then.

Problem about the daze is the save granting from the tiefling, but i think that won't matter this turn cause of blind.

>>219
It's a recharge power. And the healing requires line of sight.

>>220
You know, as much as some may want me to keep this to myself, the rules for "Line of Sight" say that typically you do not have to be able to see a power's targets to use a power. The exception to this rule is when the power specifies in the target line "one creature you can see" or "each creature in the burst you can see," etc. Check the Rules Compendium page 106 on "Line of Sight" for confirmation.

So, unless the power reads that way, it should still be able to use any ranged power, it just takes the total concealment penalty for ranged attacks.

>>221
...Makes sense, but the saving throw grant requires being able to see.

>>219
Remember, I can make it reroll one save with Demand Justice. With that said, an elite gets a +2 bonus to saves, so the odds of it sticking aren't great.

I'm gambling that it will stick long enough for us to deal with it, though. At the very least, if that fails, my Thunder of Judgment can daze up to 3 targets at once, and it doesn't require them to be bunched up in an AoE. I was only saving it in case I needed to push away whatever big thing is approaching.

>>223
It did fail the last one.

>>222
Good to know, but incidentally, Inspiring Word is (a) a close burst power and (b) does not require you to be able to see the target. You did say you based it on the Warlord, so I wasn't sure.

Curiously, however, the warlord's Commanding Presence has sight restrictions, though they vary (Inspiring Presence requires the target to be able to see you, and Tactical Presence requires you to be able to see the target).

>>226
I guess I got that mixed up with direct the strike.

>>227
On another humorous note, you don't have to see the ally you target with Direct the Strike, but you do have to see the enemy you make them attack.

>>228
Lucky you~

Is L-3 considered that concealment/cover tree area you mentioned to me once, astaroth

By the way, if the big honking thing comes out of the bushes and attacks me? Totally using armor of wrath on it. We're pushing that thing away.

>>231
>Big honking thing
it's clown devourer, watch for hooks

>>230
Nope. Has to be all tree, no grass.

>>233
>tiny little pixels of grass
y u do dis

>>234
You're complaining already? Come now, it's not nearly as bad right now as it will be shortly after right now~

>>235
i'm not really complaining, besides the whole str check thing to enter the fog of war area and the whole pixel of grass thing... I am wearing camouflage over my armor if that helps

>>236
Why exactly are trying to hide from blind enemies in the direction the big thing is coming from, anyway?

>>237
So I can Stealth and become hidden! Though if the enemy/enemies were ruled as distracted I could stealth, but I guess i could while they are blind. Should hide me from the big thing hopefully unless it is right in my path.. I think that at least the trees or whatever even before entering that space is at least heavily or slightly obscured though.

>>238
I'm just trying to get used to stealth rules and stuff anyway though

>>238
The best way to "hide" from them would probably be to shoot them and then move out of their direct line of sight. Since they're blind they can't see where you're going anyway, and they're going to have trouble hearing you too with all the din of battle going on. -10 to Perception and all, you should have no problems with a Stealth check. Hiding from the big thing would require some sort of cover or concealment though, yeah.

>>238
>>239
There are other places to hide though, aren't there?

>>241
Though I'm fairly sure you need superior cover or total concealment to make a stealth check, yes?

>>242
Technically, he already has total concealment from everything if they can't see him. That includes the big thing that isn't here yet, unless it can already see us.

And you only need normal cover or concealment to STAY hidden. So if he makes a Stealth check now, while the big thing isn't here and can't see him, and in the process moves into Cover/Concealment, then it can't see him when it arrives unless its Passive Perception beats his stealth.

>>243
Ah, I see.

>>242
also out of line of sight of the enemy

>>245
I understand now. But what I want to know is where do you plan on hiding?

>>245
Right, out of line of sight works, and you don't have to STAY out, you just have to stick to cover/concealment.

Of course, when you attack, it's undone, and if you move after it moves to where it can see us you'll need a new check based on the distance moved etc.

>>247
You only take a penalty if you move during a single move action more than 2 squares before the check (-5) or if you run (-10). So if you shift/move two squares, then get another move action from, say, my aspect later on (via free action), you don't get penalized as the second movement (which is the only one that matters if you're making the stealth check right after).

(So in other words, move or shift two squares or more, it penalizes the check if you make a stealth check after that specific move action or if that's the only one on your turn, but if you have a move action of more than 2, then another action which is less than 2, you don't get penalized. Or at least that's what they say in the guide.)

>>248
If that's the case, then P-0 is fine.

Can you guys stop panicking already? You've effectively neutralized the other parts of the encounter already, this one should be easy all by itself.

>>255
Jeez, all I said is that you'd probably react the same way if you were on the receiving end. And just cause you aren't doesn't make it right. O well

Need more information on this thing before I take my turn etc.

>>255
It's easy enough to deal with ne.

>>255
Well, it's not like they're not still potentially a threat. Those status effects won't last forever, and you apparently gave them healing powers. I just hope that big thing isn't a solo with massive amounts of condition resistance, or I'm calling shenanigans.

Anyway, cake is saying on his turn he'll probably heal Walala and use a daily to banish the giant thing to the Feywild for a bit.

If that's how it goes down, I'll probably use Thunder of Judgment to attempt to isolate the pyro so it can be burned down without any interference from the soldier. But we'll see how things play out up until my turn.

Does my check tell me exactly how resistant to these effects the thing is? Like, will it remove them on the initiative count of 10 + its initiative, or does it lose that action if it's disabled?

>mfw we all panicked over the dragon

So I'm wondering if any movement within 2 of the Soldier will provoke an opportunity attack, or just leaving his reach 2 zone will provoke one.

G11->F10->E10 is the movement I'm thinking of, then Brutal Slam to push it two and knocking it Prone, in addition to 1d8+5 damage to the Razer.

Minor is for Longtooth Shifting for +2 damage (+5 when Charging) and Regeneration 2.

astaroth told me last night it was a solo, but slightly nerfed from the 600ish prototype kongor he posted somewhere here a while back

600ish hp rather

>>266
It doesn't shrug off anything unless it's bloodied, and even then only on its own turn. No saving throws on the extra turns.
>>268
It's blind. It doesn't even know you're leaving the square. You're not adjacent to it so it can't even tell you're still there. You are still marked, though.
>>269
And by slightly nerfed I mean it has less HP than a regular solo brute of its level, so it should go down quickly enough.

Probably a miss, but if it works, it goes backwards 2 and does 1d8+5 damage to both Tiefling and Warforged--he ends in that spot beside the two, of course.

>>273
It missed, sorry.

Guys, let's lure the Berserker and the cultists toward each other. If we do that they'll break out into fighting and kill each other. Or one of the parties will die and the other will be severely weakened, and we can pick them off without using any more dailies and stuff.

I know it sounds crazy to put ourselves in the middle of the two forces, but the Berserker just attacks the nearest creature, so provided we can evacuate our forces by carefully planning our moves based on initiative, it should work. And we should evacuate ASAP in case the guy decides to flare because he's being attacked by some ape.

>going to be banished to the feywild
>we then take cover while the cultists are blind
Thank you for informing me of that, Tarou.
You are forgiven for making a huge ape step on me.

>>276
There's more ways to win an encounter than just beating up the bad guys.

>>279
Like convincing the bad guys than they are just some trees in the forest?

>>280
>the bad guys are utterly convinced you think they are trees

>>281
>so they decide to act like trees and let you leave

>>282
>DC 10 strength check to push past them

>>283
>wat

>>284
prblm

>>285
yes prblm

Was Rock saving his Shrug it Off?

>>287
Probably forgot about it.

>>287
forgot etc.

>hide
My Stealth check is like a +2... it doesn't seem likely that I'll be able to keep hidden once the enemies become not-blind.

My proposed course of action would be, instead, to use banishing to the Feywild and Lia's disruptive shot immobilize to keep the monkey away while we mop up the blinded foes. It doesn't have ranged attacks except for tossing someone, so as long as we don't get near it in melee it can't do anything while immobilized. Being banished to the Feywild and Disruptive Shot should buy us two rounds at least (Feywild banishing is guaranteed to land, and Lia's an elf hunter--extremely accurate with a huge attack bonus and an encounter reroll). Once we can all focus on the big brute without worry of the others interfering, it shouldn't be a problem.

>>290
Not that it helps much, but when i make a successful stealth check, all allies gain a +2 bonus to their next one.

Alright, so what's the plan now?

Anyway, but for real, I don't think we should run away from the big monkey demon. Not if we want to loot the cultists and it could potentially chase us or show up later if we do. Right now we can have a massive advantage over it and I'd rather not have it show up in the middle of another encounter later.

I say we all ready actions to go off as soon as it comes back. So it should get hit by a salvo of attacks as soon as it comes back into play.

"What SAY you"
thatsthejoke

Readied action doesn't mean my turn ends right, so no use from my Aspect once I ready a Standard? (Move x amount of squares, preferably into some woods and stealth check, provided I get the free shift from my aspect, after readying Clever shot)

>>325
Rin says it ends your turn, so that's what I'm going with.

Once again, everybody who readied an action may post now.

>>332
I did, but apparently my trigger isn't going to happen.

Rolled, and its a sure hit: http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3168883/

Recommending Makk use her Spike Wire encounter power to give us all extra damage against the berserker. We want to hit it hard and fast. It is adequately disabled for now, just do as much damage to it as quickly as you can.

Because personally, I got nothing much as far as damage goes here. I'm spent of all my good powers, my turns from here on will probably consist of using Hand of Radiance, and maybe pulling you guys out of the berserker's melee range if I need to.

Also, remember, since Lia slowed it, Yagi can knock it prone with the World Serpent's Grasp feat.

So I get a penalty to attack for it being Prone. Charge it or ready an action for when it stands again?

>>347
Melee attackers don't get a penalty to attack prone targets. They get combat advantage against them. Do what you'd normally do.

o ok

I think you forgot some damage mods, Lili.

Gorebrute charge - +3 to damage rolls on charge while shifting
Weapon Focus - +1 to damage rolls
Powerful charge - +2 to damage rolls while charging
Spear expertise - +1 to damage rolls while charging
Longtooth shifting - +2 to damage rolls
Spark Wire - +3 damage against YIB
Normal damage bonus - +10 to damage rolls

Total static damage bonus = 22, not 16
Total damage = 32

whutevs do I hit??

>>352
Yep. Though it did crit on its grab attack against Yagi Yuu, so being prone and all that didn't help.

>>354
It's okay, I got this.

I screwed up big time. It's not bloodied yet after all. Sorry guys.

lol crit and lol 35 damage on a controller

I think Rock should use Shrug it Off in response to being immobilized. If successful, he can shift out of the fire aura.

>>364
Actually I guess he can't shift if he's prone.

But how did it charge into occupied spaces? You say it charged into M/N/O-5/6/7, but M-5 and M-6 were occupied at the time. Anyway, by definition, "push" means they have to end up further from whatever is pushing them, so they should end up pushed out of the fire aura unless it gets a free shift after the fact.

>>365
It was a close burst 0. Was the only way I could think of doing it that worked.

There are Close Burst 0s?

>>366
Don't close bursts exclude the user's own space from their effects rather specifically?

>>366
stop changing rules while we still play

>>368
It doesn't mention that in the rules compendium.

>>370
But it does mention it in the PHB. Derp.

Come to think of it, if I worded it like trample, it'd make more sense.

Noob DM etc.

>>371
Wait a second, isn't this like the grabbing discussion we had some time before?
It didn't appear on the rule compendium, so Shion told us dazing didn't made grabs end, even if it was mentioned in another book.

>>371
Well, it makes sense. Otherwise, say, Devil's Pawns who didn't have fire resistance would hurt themselves when they used Hellfire and Brimstone, or any attack that was a Close burst and targeted creatures could potentially hit the user of the power.

Anyway, wording issues aside, it could always choose not to push them. It might even be better for us if they ended up still in the fire aura.

>>374
But that would leave it sitting on top of them. I don't even know how rules for that are supposed to work.

>>375
That's not really what I meant, as if we get to the point of it being in their space I think the rest is pretty moot.

You're the DM, it's up to you how to end up resolving its power. I think it's pretty clear what you meant to happen, so a mistake in wording is not a big deal.

>>376
I kind of pictured it as the creature throwing itself into the fray, somewhat like some heroes are shown when the jump right into the middle of the opposing army's ranks, then knocking them back with the force of their attacks.

anyways defender and striker are super dead, somebody save us etc

>>378
The plan involves keeping you up for 1 round of attacks. You have to kill it with that. We don't have the resources to keep Yagi/Rock in the positive HP through another round.

Rock should use his Shrug it Off power to see if he can't break the immobilize. If he can, Fays can use Majestic Word to both heal him and slide him out of the fire aura. Yagi might consider using the free action power of his Dwarven Armor.

Makk should use Shocking Feedback, with her own discretion as to who to give the Resist 5 damage. We just really need that 2[W] + mod damage. Don't forget that Spiked Wire doesn't say allies, so she gets the damage boost from her own power. On her turn, she may also need to use Restorative Infusion to grant either Rock or Yugi temporary HP, and have them distribute it.

Yagi and Rock just stand and hit it with their best damage attacks, using dailys and/or action points at their own discretion.

No one waste your standard actions doing something that doesn't deal damage. We need every bit of damage we can get. This is a race to eliminate the threat before it can take another turn. If it reaches its instinctive massacre turns we'll probably be down a few people, including our best damage dealers (exluding Lia).

>>378
Yeah, this monster punishes close-range attackers. Should've stayed back etc, super dead and all.

Side note: Shouldn't it still be slowed from Yagi's attack? He was in the Defend the Line stance when he charged it, and even though the effect didn't stack when Clever Shot's slowed (save ends), it isn't overwritten either.

>>381
Oh shoot, I told myself I was going to remember that one.

so save is just a d20 right

>>383
Yep.

>>379
>(excluding Lia) ;_;

Next turn I can use my dune trader power to maybe get Rock and Yagi out of harms way.

>>386
All I meant by that was that it probably wouldn't hit you, and you're a pretty decent source of single-target damage at the moment. Probably our best if Yagi and Rock go down.

>>388
Yay~

I take it I missed some discussion earlier?

>>390
not that I noticed

Anyway, as I emphasized before, long-term safety is not our goal because we cannot keep Rock or Yagi up though 2 instinctive massacres and a turn.

Instead, we have a "blitz" strategy. Hit it hard, fast, make sure Yagi and Rock stay up long enough to take their turns, and make sure they can attack on their turn (this is why we cannot slide them away or push the berserker).

>>393
I plan to use an action point to hit it twice, also maybe Glowering threat because it could save Rock one attack.

Okay, edited the original post to account for interrupts and such. You can take your turn normally now, makk. Also, thanks to your Alchemist theme, I believe you said you had some Alchemist's Fire prepared?

>>395
Can I have some frost and acid too?

>>396
No, it only lets you prepare one formula during a short rest for free. Other ones you have to have purchased.

player progression where

If it really only has 249 HP, Yagi should be able to finish it off on its turn. Probably without an action point, keep in mind the +5 bonus from Headsman's Chop and +3 from Magic Weapon, which should add up to a +18 damage bonus in total. Won't even need Rock to attack as long as Yagi doesn't roll a natural 1 on the attack.

thats another 28 damage, should I AP?

>>407
I think it's dead.

yay etc

>>408
It's dead.

Experience total :
3975 XP
+ 450 for secondary objective (don't let Hellforged fire off signal flare)
= 4425 total experience (662 experience per character)

Surge usage will go up sometime later today.

Oh, and here's the stat block.

>>414
>while kongor is bloodied

neat bonus. id like to see more of that in rin or other campaigns etc also, cant read spoiler text on psp so plz post wat it says if u feel like it etc

>>416
Stuff like bonus EXP interferes with the planned connection between plot progression and character advancement, which is why I don't usually do it. It's not a big deal in a shorter campaign like this, though.

Instead I'm trying to think of other rewards I can give for, say, overcoming a skill challenge. Like that healing cavern you found before.

>>417
oic

>>417
I'm trying to make sure you reach level 7 before final boss etc.

Surges spent during battle:
Rock : 2 surges
Kadol : 2 surges

>>420
Well, we will have to spend two surges to recharge Walalalalalalalalalala's healing infusions.

>>421
Well yes, but still.

Unless players want to spend less surges, this should be the result of the short rest.

Kadol spent 2, 48/48 HP - 6 surges left (2 overhealing)
Lia spends 1, 49/49 HP - 6 surges left (3 overhealing)
Rock spends 2, 57/57 HP - 5 surges left (factored in regeneration 2 until no longer bloodied)
Walala spends 1, 53/53 HP - 6 surges left (3 overhealing)
Fays spends 0, 49/49 HP - 8 surges left
Yagi spends 3, 56/60 HP - 6 surges left

And of course the party needs to spend 2 more for the healing infusions.

>>423
What unused majestic word?

>>424
Well, I guess there isn't one. I'll edit that out.

so this is the first i heard about this healing infusion surges thing. explain plz etc

From the Eberron player's guide:

HEALING INFUSION
You can create healing infusions for later use. At the
end of an extended rest, you create two healing infusions
that last until the end of your next extended
rest. At 16th level, you instead create three healing
infusions.
You determine the effect of a healing infusion
at the time you use the power, not at the time you
create it. When you use a Healing Infusion power,
you expend one of the infusions you created during
your last extended rest. During a short rest, you or an
ally can spend a healing surge to replenish one of the
infusions expended.

So curative admixture doesn't need a surge, but if you want to recharge it, you have to spend one.

ARCANE EMPOWERMENT
Your study of magic has given you the ability to
manipulate the arcane energy contained within
items. You begin each day with the ability to
empower a magic item, and you gain one additional
arcane empowerment for each milestone you reach.
You must spend a short rest with an item in order to
empower it. You can empower an item in two ways.
Impart Energy: You recharge the daily power of a
magic item. An item can be recharged only once j>er
day in this way.
Augment Energy: You infuse a weapon or an
implement with a reservoir of energy that lasts
until the end of your next extended rest or until it
is expended. The wielder of the implement or the
weapon can use a free action after making an attack
roll to expend the reservoir of energy to gain a +2
bonus to that attack roll. An implement or a weapon
can be augmented only once per day in this way.
ARCANE REJUVENATION
Before combat, an artificer spends time infusing
his or her allies' magic items with curative energy.
Whenever one of the artificer's allies uses a magic
item's daily power, that ally absorbs the energy and
gains temporary hit points equal to one-half your
level + your Intelligence modifier.

even i knew about that last thing u bakas etc

>>423
Well, since you have to spend the surges in advance after the first use it works out to be about the same. It just makes pooling surges easier.

Speaking of which, since Fays has the most surges after the rest I elect we use his to recharge the infusions.

Homebrew item time.

The bayonet is arms slot item that functions pretty much the same as wrist razors (light blade, off hand, hands free) and deals 1d4 damage. The difference is that you can only use it if you are wielding a type of bow or crossbow. It's a regular level 1 magic weapon otherwise.

Extinguishing battleaxe is a battleaxe that deals 1d6 damage per plus on a crit, or 1d10 damage per plus if the target is taking ongoing fire damage. Its property is the following : If you hit a target that is taking ongoing fire damage with a melee attack through this weapon, deal an additional 1d10 fire damage to that target. It is a level 3 magic item.

Yeah, most of this stuff is just fodder for the Disenchant Magic Item ritual.

Figure out who wants what etc. There's no wand that shoots guitars so not that interested.

Not really interested in any of it, but I'll take one of the chainmails to hold onto.

I don't have the disenchant magical item ritual, however, and I'm not sure if we'd have time for a big disenchant/enchant fest anyway.

>>435
That's next encounter, honest.
>>436
I'm planning to give you guys an extended rest at some point and something that should help quicken the ritual casting time enough that it's actually feasible to enchant and disenchant things within that time.

>>437
Only hard modo? Lunatic modo where?

>>439
Lunatic mode goes above the level + 4 recommended maximum challenge rating.

>>440
Make it +6 levels. It's okay, I could solo it.

>>441
hi

>never roll low

>>447
problemu?

Hookay, map's very nearly done now. I just need to finish it up and tweak the monsters before we can move on. In the meantime, you guys can do whatever with what you've already gathered.

>>449
And by "tweak the monsters" I mean cut down on the abilities I gave them so the encounter is balanced and easier to keep track of.

>new article up about artificers

>>458
where

>>462
http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/28261169/D403:_Gonds_Way_-_Traps,_hammers_and_general_usefulness.?pg=1

Making up plants is hard.

Whoops, forgot to add walala to last map update. I'll do it on the next one.

>469
meen

>>466
>plant

>>470
LE etc.

By the way, Astaroth, I'd really appreciate it if you shared with me the textures that you're using. The cavern looks quite nice.

>>473
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/100064485/?tab=summary

And a part of it, the overlays that contain things like the scorch marks I used for the forest:
http://www.mediafire.com/?v96b9a95qgb6nv7

inb4 trolltros fight on the river

>>476
Nah, if it's the fight against the dwarves and the dwarven tank, it wouldn't work well to fight on the river.

Anyways, isn't it about time we forged ahead?

Really need Rock to do something soon or I'm just going to skip ahead to the next part.

I made a mistake before when I gave out the experience, since I was supposed to multiply it by 1.5x. Therefore, everybody gets 737 experience, so please add that to your character sheets.

Last chance for everybody to do something before I put everybody on the "boat" and continue.

For the record, that part wasn't originally in Chrono Cross~

I'm giving you guys one hour to finish up any actions you want to take before sending everybody down the stairs and moving on.

I should probably mention that things like constructs and machinery take an arcana check to identify in case that wasn't clear. So if you want to check that big glowing thingy, you'd need to roll arcana.

Makk:
If you're within range, yes. Keep in mind 5 feet = 1 square.

Think casually dumping all of the alchemical stuff on the table onto the floor is a bad idea?

Probably, but there is the table with the potions on it, too.

>>537
Are the potions capped? Would storing them in, say, a bag of holding cause them to spill?

>>538
They all have caps on them, so they won't spill if you store them.

Hey guys we found Draggy.
Anyways can't Nature check for now with IC down.

>>542
I did mention a padlock didn't I?

And not really, they're just ropes, not chains.

>>542
It looks like there was an influx of spam or something in the forums last I checked. Might somehow be related, but I don't know.

You always have the option to take 10.

If it's Small-sized it must be very young. Even wyrmlings are medium-sized.

I'll give the others a chance to react and post when I get home tonight.

>>562
So they're probably, like, demon-dwarves or something now.

>>563
Kinda. It's not something quite so obvious, though.

>>564
Well, at least this way the dragonling isn't scared of my dwarf because she happens to look similar.

>>565
Yeah, I wanted a way to explain that, too.

Debauchery doesn't necessarily mean perverts, makk.

Anyway, I'd like to get everybody's positions before the encounter begins, and if you're readying actions and what you have equipped right now, stuff like that.

>>568
pervert does not necessarily mean lewd

Can't even hit them from where I am, so disregard my readied action.

>>579
I've got bad news for you there.

>>580
Well if you already rolled initiative, I can still swap with someone who rolled higher as long as the enemy didn't win

>>581
Digger Dwarf (Hungry) – 30
Heiho Tank – 29
Welder Dwarf (Haughty) – 27
Lia – 24
Dagger Dwarf (Stingy) – 23
Youngest Emerald Dragon Wyrmling - 22
Fays – 21
Walala – 16
Digger Dwarf (Nappy) – 17
Dagger Dwarf (Whiney) – 17
Yagi Yuu – 16 (syllable of grace)
Kadol – 15
Swagger Dwarf (Sleazy) – 15
Swagger Dwarf (Fury) – 12
Rock – 10

Question: Will the readied actions affect initiative in any way?

>>583
Nope.

Change of plans: I use Casque of Tactics to swap Initiative with Lia!

>>589
Okie doke!

I think Hide wanted to use his Elven Accuracy power to reroll his attack if he missed, Saku.

>>594
I'm going to need him here to do that. He did say he'd be around, right?

Cake, Makk, Voyager, please post your readied actions ASAP!

Dragon's turn?

>>610
I asked Astaroth, and it seems that anon-kun is playing the dragon.

Either way, it looks like they're pretty messed up right now, so don't be afraid to press the attack while they are vulnerable. Once those effects wear off they'll be significantly less so.

>>611
Did astaroth give anon the dragon stat block or give it to us at all? Would be interesting to see

Can I post it?

Alright, my plan is to fly, use a minor action to move back the tank 3 squares (maybe crushing a dwarf) and then use an AOE encounter power to knock them prone and weak to thunder.

>>614
>Make them all weak to thunder
yesss

>>614
I wish I'd known it could make them weak to thunder before I used my best thunder power, but this is probably for the best.

By the way, I think a priority of killing the welder dwarf should be made. It probably doesn't have all that much HP (can it really be an elite, with all these monsters?), and killing it would, at the very least, deny the tank an action in addition to the welder's.

>those rolls
jeez anon

>>622
what's the problem

>>623
they're so gud

Unless someone can grant Rock free movement I can only bust my daily on that cluster if I spend an AP and charge first.

>>627
They're likely to be scattered somewhat by the time Rock's turn comes around anyway, so let's wait and see what they do now.

Not to rain on your parade, Voyager, but do recall that the tank reduces forced movement by 1 square. Did you take that into account?

>>636
Each square of movement IS technically bringing him closer, it's just hard to imagine because of the diagonal movement.

In 4e, distance is always counted in squares; direction would have no bearing on distance, pun intended.

The tank does what.

Haha, you can't charge like--
>rules compendium explicitly shows a picture that proves you can charge like that
--huh.

>>638
Tank reduces forced movement by 1 square.
>>602
>and it can reduce forced movement distances by a square.

Tank does that huh. How unfair.

RAW even using the hammer hands stance for the second time won't work. Editing post, never mind the stance change.

>>642
Well, it IS a dwarven tank. It's natural it mimics dwarves in some ways. Just be glad it might not get a save against being knocked prone.

>Rock's turn
I think you're skipping a few people.

baka astaroth
it's lia's turn

>>646
>>645
Sorrysorrysorry!

>>648
No harm done, Hide now has two turns to take when he comes around.

>>649
>2 turns
wut

Anyway, I was going to Rapid shot for aoe damage, but now Yagi is part of the target list now that he is next to the tank. Next step instead would be to slide something or knock something prone with clever shot (or slow something), or immobilize something(like the tank).

Strong recommendation for Rock to spend an AP and a daily. Best to do it now, when they have such a big defense penalty (activating your rage early means you'll have more chances to use it, too).

I planned to! But if I charge past the tank I'll trigger an OA, won't I? It's optimal to get that spot though so I can hit three (tank and two dwarves) and they get that delicious 5 ongoing damage, but I can also use the other Rage that just does RAW DAMAGE.

>>655
Nope, it's dazed. No OAs.

>Crit
>High rolls everywhere
Wow.

>>658
By the way, the welder is considered to be occupying all of the tank's spaces, so you get to attack it too.

>>659
Not so high a roll, but oh well.

>>660
It's all right, even if it had high AC, it's taking a -4 defense penalty right now, so I don't think it'll miss.

Oh, I forget my Rampage Class Feature. After I Crit I get to make an MBA as a Free Action. Geez, how annoying.

Who should I use it on, and should I use Takedown Strike with it etc.

21 damage to Welder
25 damage to Whiney
17 damage to Whiney, Stingey, Welder and Tank
5 ongoing damage to all
And Welder may be knocked Prone

And if something died from this I get to Charge something for Free.

I think you forgot Walala's magic weapon bonuses.

And that too.

Also, the MBA is BEFORE I started Raging, so it doesn't do an additional 5 damage to all creatures next to me.

Now we just have to hope we make it through the enemy's turns still standing.

>>669
So far you guys are in pretty good shape. Also, thanks to some poor wording on my part, what should have been a nasty stun wore off before it could have any impact on the battle.

It also provoked an OA from Yagi, so if Bern is here, I'd like her to roll against the welder dwarf.

>>670
Bern isn't usually here around this time. You should roll for her, or have one of us do it.

Remember that Yagi still slows whatever he hits with the defend the line stance, and gets CA against slowed stuff, and knocks them prone on a hit.

I humbly request the Chord of Resilience from Fays to try and keep our healing surge spending low.

Posted. Did what Rin said also rolled terribly.

Fixed a few HP totals thanks to Walala's artificer ability.

Funny how they are attacking ME now, even though Rock is clearly the bigger threat at this point in time. I've burned my encounter powers, he still has his and is under the effect of a rage~

Well, let them attack me if they want to, they can ignore the real threat~

>>689
They're not the brightest bunch, huh?

>>690
They are gonna make me either spend more surges, though, and probably cast Comrade's Succor after this is all over. A bit bothersome, I don't have infinite surges!

Daze or Immobilizing the welder is most likely what i will do, what do you people think etc.

>>692
nevermind welder is dead wut do

>>696
Maybe ready an action to immobilize that digger dorf when it next pops up. If mobility is its greatest strength, then we'll take that away.

If the Swagger Dwarf is Dazed, can it still use Backswing?

>>701
No it cannot.

My item daily lets me attack him when he -targets- me with a +8 VS Fort, daze and damage on hit.

Preserve it or blow it here in hopes of reducing surge tax.

>>703
>fort
Against a brute? That probably won't hit.

>>703
If you can take down the Swagger dorf with Resurgent Strike (or Brutal Slam, but it's vs. Fort...), you can use Swift Charge to immediately charge someone else.

>>704
Let's see now. Five level 6 Dwarves fill the exp budget for a party of five level 6 PCs. A level 8 solo (it has 400/+ HP confirmed) already exceeds the exp budget to make it "Hard".

There are six Dwarves. Let's say we're a party of six by incorporating the dragon into our party.

The difficulty would still be "extreme" if the six Dwarves are level 6. Since you went to Rin saying that her math went bonkers due to it being an "extreme" encounter, I doubt this one'll be very much above "extreme".

Therefore, they are level 6 Brutes at best. The highest recorded Fort on a level 6 Brute is 22. Therefore, it is possible to hit, but the To Hit chance lies in the vicinity of the 25%.

And that's assuming you maxed out their Fortitude to 22, and they are level 6.

I arrive at a rating of "hard" at 1 Level 8 Solo, 1 Level 6 Standard, 5 level 6 Standard. Proposing the Welder to be the level 6 Standard, the highest common denominator for a level 5 Brute is 19. 22 only seen on one monster, whose Reflex and Will are consequently 7 points lower.

So unless your homebrew is crazy, it has at best 22, and likely around 20. The reasonable to-hit becomes 6/20, or 30/100, so 30%.

So around a 30% chance to negate the damage to me by virtue of Dazing the Dwarf, or saving it up in hopes of a Lurker or Skirmisher attacking me.

I'll let the others help decide because derp item powers. This armour's useless.

>>705
Remember, the tank has me marked.

>>707
If you're insistent on attacking the tank, very well. I assume the tank's interrupt is an opportunity action and not an immediate action. I can understand your hesitation, as the tank could get a bonus to damage against you and its turn is coming up before we can respond. Depends on how risky you wanna play it.

>>706
My dungeoneering check said they were level 5 brutes.

>>708
I guess it's fine. Not like I can attack the tank without provoking an opportunity attack.

Sorry for subpar post, just really tired right now

attarou if the dwarf died then Rock gets an action to charge something. we told you this in chat!

>>713
Right, right. Who you wanna charge?

>>715
Would charging the tank disrupt its current strategy.

>>716
Considering the scary amounts of damage you put out, yes, yes it would.

>>717
k den

Then I'm charging the Tank. This probably changes matters. Not that my damage is that scary, geez.

>>718
I'll need an attack roll and damage roll, then.

>>720
posted it in ic thread

Rock just moves two to the left. Straight line etc, forgot mention.

>>721
Right. The tank uses a ranged attack against you on its turn, so you get to make an OA.

>>722
hm melee basic attack or use shockweave to interrupt with lol daze if it hits...

>>723
They're different action types, aren't they? OA is OA, Shockweave is immediate action, right?

>>723
Since shockwave's an interrupt, if you hit with it, it would end the tank's turn immediately since it already used a move to stand, effectively canceling its attack.

And you could still make an opportunity attack besides.

>>725
Considering the attack it wants to use, that would be extremely potent.

Also, I think the armor's other ability triggered from getting hit by its OA.

>>724
>>725
You can both OA AND Immediate Interrupt? Geez, Sigil Carver becomes a more interesting Paragon Path for Sariel already.

2d6 damage per melee hit (So anon-tan does 4d6 more damage), and I can Opportunity Attack any enemy within 5 squares of me regardless of range, so long as he's marked and attacks an ally. Damage reduction + dealing damage is a pretty great punishment for ignoring mark, right.

Anyway, immediate interrupt + OA:
Shockweave Armour: http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3195186/ (;_;)

OA: http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3195188/

Oh geez!

So I can blow a Daily Utility to re-roll that attack, the question is, would I want to? It's not going to destroy the tank so any chance of avoiding Rock's dying is null. Feels like I should save it for another encounter with a power that matters if I miss.

>>729
I can't say if you definitely should or shouldn't, the main thing to consider is that if you only have one more rage today, you might not get another chance to use it if you don't use it now.

>ANOTHER crit
Rin, can I use this dice roller in /limbo/? It seems to enjoy making crits.

>>730
Hm, it says, "You miss with an attack". Does Shockweave count as "an attack"?

>>732
As long as you make an attack roll, it should. Which is to say, I'm about 99% sure that's a yes.

>>733
OK, blowing Daily on that then.

http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3195216/
...

fml ;_;

So Rock is now dying with -5 HP.

Omg progress where.

its okay, dragon almost kill everything so far

1. Heal Rock. And yourselves, if possible. Yagi too, but a later priority.
2. Grant us attack/damage boosts against the tank.
3. Destroy the tank.

I don't care what powers we use to do that. Everyone should do their best~ Those things need to be accomplished, however.

Apparently when using a magic item's daily power the Artificer grants temp hp to whoever used a daily power from an item. omg guys etc.

wat do

>>748
Escape, probably. You really, really don't want it pulling you closer.

IC still down etc.

Invisible Castle is back up, so let's get this show on the road, eh?