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Post by TheUdjat on Dec 17, 2008 15:19:43 GMT -5
[My mistake. Still new on the rules. Gabe will go for a Viper's Strike on Blue 4 (that's the one with no cover, right?)] Str vs. AC @ +5: [dice=20] Total: 23 If a hit, 2d4+3 damage, and opponent will provoke Opportunity Attack from ally of Gabe's choice (let's say Doran, since he goes next? Or Hark, if he can get up. Not sure when I have to decide). [dice=4] [dice=4] Total: 6 damage.  [rand=9028133390822755682167155093596692847176633346539791216498064905] |
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Post by harknail on Dec 17, 2008 16:13:17 GMT -5
[Blue 4 is the one near Gabe and it has cover, blue 3 doesn't have cover from Gabe, so I'm assuming that's the one Gabe is striking.]
Gabe's blow might not have been the strongest, but it was well aimed. The goblin standing over Harknail (blue 3) went down permanently.
[Although it's not on his character sheet, Gabe's inspiring word (a minor action) allows a character (even unconscious) to spend a healing surge plus an additional 1d6 HP. Here's the roll: [dice=6]Harknail gets back 10 HP (negative points are ignored)][rand=313442693557590250313530755229294395114055881276738193794097751379]
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Post by harknail on Dec 17, 2008 16:27:22 GMT -5
Inspired by Gabe's speech, Harknail stands up (an awkward process when shield and sword are attached to your arms). Looking around he sees that unless they leave their cover he's the only target for the goblin behind the column of stone (red 5) and providing cover for the group from the other (red 6). He decides that he is fine with this, stays where he is and take a Second Wind.
[+7 HP (to 17) and +2 to all defenses (till start of Harknail's next turn) from second Wind, Harknail is no longer bloodied]
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Post by harknail on Dec 17, 2008 16:49:23 GMT -5
I have another new player for Sanem, I'll be waiting until he is approved and can post before continuing. I don't know if he'll have the same screen name here, but elricz has been helping me develop and refine an autocalculating Excel character sheet for 4th edition. There isn't much in the way of visible changes yet, but between us we've been restructuring the hidden pages to make it easier to add more data as more supplements come out.
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Post by elricz on Dec 18, 2008 0:46:55 GMT -5
Hi everybody, elricz checking in. I still have to do a lot of reading to get familiarized with the system, so if I do something wrong let me know. To the move: Sanem will move to K4, declare the goblin 4 as his quarry, and fire two shots at him using twin strike.
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If something of this cannot be done, or I used the wrong stats, please tell me. I am learning.[rand=3849291548174978261350268416767926683626187705015132791454312179] |
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Post by harknail on Dec 18, 2008 2:11:52 GMT -5
Welcome elricz! I see you figured out the dice roller  You'll see most posts include the total of the dice + bonus. That's because if you preview your post you can see the dice rolls that will be coming up while you can still edit the post. The dice rolls don't change as long as you only add new dice rolls at the end. This system does allow cheating, but so does tabletop play. In either case, it is of course bad form to fudge your dice rolls. Unlike area attacks, twin strike gets a separate damage roll for each attack roll (not an issue in this case since only one roll hit). Also I don't know where the +3 damage came from, Twin Strike doesn't add a stat to damage, those powers that add Dex would get a +4. Again it doesn't matter because 11 points was exactly enough to drop goblin 4. IC: Sanem moved up and sent two arrows towards the goblin that appeared to be the leader. The first arrow missed, but the next reached it's mark and dropped the spear wielding goblin.500 |
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Post by harknail on Dec 18, 2008 3:10:33 GMT -5
With all the goblins that approached the invaders dead, the crossbow armed goblins were not interested in moving out from behind their cover. But with reinforcements coming, they weren't interested in fleeing either. Harknail had set himself up to provide cover for the others, so he was the target of both. Despite Harknail being on the defensive, both hit doing 5 points of damage each. Harknail was once again bloodied.
Meanwhile, from down the hall came the rumbling sound of a portcullis being raised, followed by some loud squeaks as rodents the size of large dogs squeezed under the portcullis and raced down the hallway. One of the rats (grey 4) charged Harknail. Harknails defensive posture was of help against the rat and he was able to avoid it's bite. The other rate (grey 3) went for a living target and charged Doran, but Doran had no problem avoiding it's bite.
From a door down the same hallway emerged 3 more goblins, but they weren't able to move far enough to attack (actually they used their standard action raising the portcullis)500
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Post by harknail on Dec 18, 2008 3:18:55 GMT -5
Sorry, my web site isn't accepting uploads tonight, so I can't provide a new map. I'll try again tomorrow.
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Post by harknail on Dec 18, 2008 12:33:00 GMT -5
 Status: Gabe: 13 of 22 HP Harknail: 7 of 31 HP, 12 surges left All goblins are either dead or uninjured Nominal order: 20 Gabe 17 Doran 12 Bharash 5 Harknail 22 Sanem 20 Goblin |
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Post by harknail on Dec 18, 2008 13:01:17 GMT -5
elricz, here's a tip for tracking new posts here. At the top of the thread (any page) is a link to bookmark a thread. Bookmarked threads (usually) send you a message the first time a new message is posted since the last time you looked at that thread. I've found that I don't always get bookmark messages though, so it's a good idea to check the thread anyway every day or two.
When I start a new thread, I'll post a link to it in the previous thread (this one) to trigger any bookmark messages and so everyone doesn't need to check the thread list on a regular basis.
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Post by elricz on Dec 19, 2008 1:19:33 GMT -5
I have posted my new character here. I hope that everything is OK, if I have miscalculated anything please tell me. |
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Post by Ogremind on Dec 19, 2008 11:05:34 GMT -5
(erased post)
My error. the initiatives were not in order so I didn't notice that the goblins go before Doran.[rand=17837638089389463265546571137519235281946459350429992879615393089]
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Post by harknail on Dec 19, 2008 11:26:12 GMT -5
My error. the initiatives were not in order so I didn't notice that the goblins go before Doran. No Error, the Goblins have just gone. Now it is the Player turn and all players will go before the Goblins get to go again. That's why I rolled the top initiatives down to the bottom, it is currently Gabe's turn and Doran is next. |
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Post by Ogremind on Dec 19, 2008 15:13:46 GMT -5
Well, then. Doran moves to E3, and uses a riposte strike on red 5 (no aoo for the movement, as the goblin doesn't threaten with his crossbow).
My dice roles, before erasing the post, were a 4 and a 3, hitting a 12 for 8, so I don't think I hit.
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Post by harknail on Dec 22, 2008 21:59:48 GMT -5
Well, then. Doran moves to E3, and uses a riposte strike on red 5 (no aoo for the movement, as the goblin doesn't threaten with his crossbow). My dice roles, before erasing the post, were a 4 and a 3, hitting a 12 for 8, so I don't think I hit. I have been so focused and whether or not the goblin gets attack of opportunity that I missed the medium-sized (as in man sized) rat that Doran is engaged with. This rat will get an attack of opportunity if Doran moves away from it (other than with a shift). In addition, in fourth edition you do not need to have a weapon at all in order to make an opportunity attack. If nothing else you can use a fist or a kick. Monsters use simpler rules than player characters in order to make the Dungeon Master's life easier, part of the just not keeping track of which weapon each monster has in hand. But in this case, I think it is appropriate that the goblin would have to make an unarmed attack (which would be less likely to hit). Also, Doran would have the benefit of partial cover and the goblin made its attack. Since Doran will be facing 2 attacks of opportunity (one normal, one with severe penalties), I would like to confirm that that is what you want him to do. Also, no one else has yet posted in action for their character, so we have the time to make sure we do this right |
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Post by similar on Dec 23, 2008 6:03:35 GMT -5
Doran could always shift away from the rat then charge the goblin ending in F3 without suffering any opportunity attacks.
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Post by Ogremind on Dec 23, 2008 8:55:13 GMT -5
Well, then. Doran moves to E3, and uses a riposte strike on red 5 (no aoo for the movement, as the goblin doesn't threaten with his crossbow). My dice roles, before erasing the post, were a 4 and a 3, hitting a 12 for 8, so I don't think I hit. I have been so focused and whether or not the goblin gets attack of opportunity that I missed the medium-sized (as in man sized) rat that Doran is engaged with. This rat will get an attack of opportunity if Doran moves away from it (other than with a shift). In addition, in fourth edition you do not need to have a weapon at all in order to make an opportunity attack. If nothing else you can use a fist or a kick. Monsters use simpler rules than player characters in order to make the Dungeon Master's life easier, part of the just not keeping track of which weapon each monster has in hand. But in this case, I think it is appropriate that the goblin would have to make an unarmed attack (which would be less likely to hit). Also, Doran would have the benefit of partial cover and the goblin made its attack. Since Doran will be facing 2 attacks of opportunity (one normal, one with severe penalties), I would like to confirm that that is what you want him to do. Also, no one else has yet posted in action for their character, so we have the time to make sure we do this right Oops. I thought that grey 3 was a dead body, not a rat (for some reason). Doran will just use his attack against the rat, then, and shift one square diagonally up and left to H3. |
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Post by harknail on Dec 23, 2008 20:49:06 GMT -5
Oops. I thought that grey 3 was a dead body, not a rat (for some reason). Doran will just use his attack against the rat, then, and shift one square diagonally up and left to H3. OOC: That's probably because I started reusing numbers in different colors. IC: Doran attacked the rat closest to him but missed. He then carefully backed away from the rat (to H3). |
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Post by harknail on Dec 23, 2008 21:27:00 GMT -5
Harknail called on his Warforged Resolve for the strength to keep going (6 temp HP). Harknail then did what he could to discourage the rat from following by issuing a Divine Challenge on that oversized rat (grey 3), followed by a Holy Strike. When that blow failed, Harknail pressed on (spent action point). Silvery spike grew on his sword as he slashed at the rat (still grey 3) with a Piercing Smite. This time he hit a solid blow (19 points damage), leaving the creature bloodied. Minor: Warforged Resolve
Move (used as minor): Divine Challage
Standard: Divine Challange [dice=20]+7=10 (miss)
Spend action point (+2 to hit and +4 damage thanks to Gabe) for Piercing Smite.[dice=20]+8=25 (hit)[dice=8][dice=8]+7=19 damage [rand=08665486611425877408335460349917489408529642969378915840908885002] |
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Post by harknail on Dec 23, 2008 21:32:06 GMT -5
Still need actions for Gabe, Bharash, and Sanem. To keep things moving and avoid anyone needing to keep track of what has and hasn't happened when their character goes, I'm running actions as they arrive during the players turn. If anyone ever needs a map update, just ask |
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You'll see most posts include the total of the dice + bonus. That's because if you preview your post you can see the dice rolls that will be coming up while you can still edit the post. The dice rolls don't change as long as you only add new dice rolls at the end. This system does allow cheating, but so does tabletop play. In either case, it is of course bad form to fudge your dice rolls.