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A roll of 15 is not a critical hit (nor are elementals affected by critical hits, nor does Lynette grant any bonuses to hit)

However you do get normal damage plus 2d6 ice plus 2d6 holy so i've taken the first 5 dice rolls which is indeed enough to kill the second shadow outright.

As Ka'lion moves to attack he senses a subtle change, his movements appear faster - perhaps another side effect of the flame.


[Two down - Tag Vadania/Ylva]


(Ka'lion has the option of gaining the 6th level of his weapon legacy, it'll cost him 2 max hitpoints but increases his base land speed by 5 feet. Vadania has the same option but it costs her 4 hitpoints and enhances the weapon's defensive capabilities)

[sageaqua]

I hate losing hit points - and once Ka'lion gain the ability to transform - he will be really fast.

[harknail]

Vadania will accept the trade of 4 hp for more defense. That is still average hp for this level. But it may be a while before she draws her sword since it is her weapon of desperation rather than her weapon of choice. She generally prefers bows or spells, which are easier for her to hit with.

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Mar 5, 2015 20:36:19 GMT -5 sageaqua said:

I hate losing hit points - and once Ka'lion gain the ability to transform - he will be really fast.

ok - you can buy in later or stop where you are but you have to pay your way through the chart to unlock a legacy weapon's powers.

The penalties only last as long as a character is tied to a specific legacy - there are other weapons and items in the game you can pick up/switch to as you find them. For what it's worth Ka'lions ax does work while in wild shape.
The main advantage of the legacy stuff is that it's not counted against a character's wealth (as they pay for it in abilities)


[Tag Vadania/Ylva]

[sageaqua]

It sounds like I'll never do anything to upgrade the legacy weapon's powers. It's not that I don't like the idea behind the weapon's powers - it's that Ka'lion need's every hit point he has to be able to survive in a fight because of his strength and con being low average. He need's to be able to take a pounding. It's as simple as that. It was one of the things I didn't like about the mask druid. In the end it bugged me to much. My build is 5 levels druid, 6 barbarian and 10 as a shapeshifter. When I move away from it it seems to hurt the build. After 21 level he begins his wizard studies for the remainder of the game

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Mar 5, 2015 20:43:29 GMT -5 harknail said:

Vadania will accept the trade of 4 hp for more defense.

Once per day the sword can be used as an immediate action to deflect any one ranged touch attack (or similar) that would strike you. You can enhance the ability through questing specifically to enhance the blade (more uses, heal hp when used, etc).
This is in addition to the daily deflect arrows ability.

[harknail]

Mar 6, 2015 8:31:41 GMT -5 at said:

Mar 5, 2015 20:43:29 GMT -5 harknail said:

Vadania will accept the trade of 4 hp for more defense.

Once per day the sword can be used as an immediate action to deflect any one ranged touch attack (or similar) that would strike you. You can enhance the ability through questing specifically to enhance the blade (more uses, heal hp when used, etc).
This is in addition to the daily deflect arrows ability.

Is this different from the ability the sword gained on page 3 of this thread?
Protection from arrows, 1/day as an immediate action - you can use it in response to being shot at

[harknail]

Mar 5, 2015 20:01:35 GMT -5 at said:

[Two down - Tag Vadania/Ylva]

Vadaniia and Ylva's actions were already posted, the last post on the previous page, posted at the same time as you were responding to Ka'lion.

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Vadania's lightning bolt does not fell the shadow but Ylva does block it's path and it lashes out at the wolf rather than Vadania (6 damage). It is the last of the shadows standing as Lynette dispatches her own but a forth zombie pushes through the flame to join the others attacking Vadania, hemming her in from all sides.

As Ka'lion looks again at breaking the shadow cages he notices that it seems darker and more solid facing towards him ... but as he moves he realises that it is not him that it responds to and his ax senses a new presence nearby. The door at the far side of the room (some 70 feet away from Ka'lion and Lynette, 80 from Vadania) bursts open as two more of the cursed warriors run through flanked by the demon from the chapel who towers over them.


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Mar 7, 2015 20:11:26 GMT -5 harknail said:

Is this different from the ability the sword

Yes. The protection from arrows is as per the spell while the ray deflection is (currently) a once per day.

Mar 7, 2015 20:13:16 GMT -5 harknail said:

Vadaniia and Ylva's actions were already posted, the last post on the previous page, posted at the same time as you were responding to Ka'lion.

Missed that entirely
That is your last lightning bolt from the original casting of the spell

[sageaqua]

Great Ka'lions about to get himself killed again. This is not the way he was designed to fight! The god Ka'lion charges the demon.
Charge+2+holy+2+str+1+2rage+magic ax+1+4 lvlrollYp0W1RInp_1-20=24

damage
p_1-6+1str+2rage+2holy+1 magic ax+p_1-6+p_1-6+coldp_1-6+p_1-6=331-20�1-6�1-6�1-6�1-6�1-6

[sageaqua]

Scar charge the demon to
+6+rollbnBnhnFup_1-20=10
1-20

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Ka'lions axe finds it's target even as the power of the flame around it begins to fade, and he is rewarded by the sight of a significant wound on his advarsary - though not a fatal one.

Momentarily free of enemies Lynette focusses more of her energy into her enchantments as the group's weapons flare with energy, though she is visibly weakened by the effort.


[Tag Vadania/Ylva - Vadania is surrounded by zombies and Ylva is fighting a wounded shadow]

(Note - that's all of Ka'lions 3 rounds of enchantment used up, however Lynette's cold damage has now increased from 2d6 to 5d6)

[sageaqua]

Yeah that will help but if she's a Succubus she subtracts 10 damage from cold. I still don't know what Ka'lions cape does

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Mar 8, 2015 12:32:12 GMT -5 sageaqua said:

Yeah that will help but if she's a Succubus she subtracts 10 damage from cold. I still don't know what Ka'lions cape does

Same thing all the capes do, but to different energy types. Ka'lion chose the negative energy cape IIRC.
He wasn't with the group when Lynette instructed Vadania on activating the capes - but either of them could advise Ka'lion in the future.

[harknail]

Vadania tries to clear away some of these Zombies with her wooden longsword and give herself room to maneuver while Ylva tries to finish the last shadow.

Vadania attack: Hr8rrNeip_1-20+4=14
Vadania damage: p_1-8+1+p_1-6p_1-6p_1-6p_1-6p_1-6 cold = 9 + 16 cold
Ylva Attack: p_1-20+8=14
Ylva Damage: p_1-6+3=4
Ylva Trip: p_1-20+3=71-20�1-8�1-6�1-6�1-6�1-6�1-6�1-20�1-6�1-20

[harknail]

Mar 8, 2015 4:33:09 GMT -5 at said:

Mar 7, 2015 20:11:26 GMT -5 harknail said:

Is this different from the ability the sword

Yes. The protection from arrows is as per the spell while the ray deflection is (currently) a once per day.

OK, I've added these abilities to Vadania's character sheet and reduced her HP by 4.

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Vadania easily dispatches the first of the zombies but the rest continue to crowd in, one catching her with it's sword (3 damage) as she tries to fight of attacks from all sides. Ylva is less successful with the last of the shadows but evades further harm herself.

At the far end of the room the demon directs the first of her warriors to charge Lynette and Ka'lion can see more in the room beyond, but he has little time to assess the situation before the demon strikes him with a flaming sword, a second swing narrowly missing his head as he staggers backwards from the force of the blow (14 damage)


[Tag all - Ka'lion has the demon pinned in the doorway for the moment - the door opens out however so he can't close it from this side]

[sageaqua]

Ka'lion attacks demon again.
+str+1+2rage+magic ax+1+4 lvl+flank with Scar+2+rollCzwu5uqMp_1-20=19

I don't think that hit's a succubus without any situation bonus - pinned to the wall might qualify?

damage
p_1-6+1str+1magic ax+rage+2+coldp_1-6p_1-6p_1-6p_1-6p_1-6=28

Scar
+6+rollp_1-20=
damage
p_1-6+3=
trip
+6+rollp_1-20=
1-20�1-6�1-6�1-6�1-6�1-6�1-6�1-20�1-6�1-20

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Mar 8, 2015 21:53:25 GMT -5 sageaqua said:

I don't think that hit's a succubus without any situation bonus - pinned to the wall might qualify?

Without any knowledge of the planes Ka'lion couldn't even begin to determine what kind of demon he faces, or it's vulnerabilities. While his blade does strike home it simply glances off his target.
(also Scar cannot flank while Ka'lion continues to keep her pinned within the doorway - no way around her)


[Tag Vadania/Ylva - Ka'lion's kamikaze run is going to get pummelled]

[sageaqua]

You said the demon had a females face. The only female faced demons that look female are succubus. But as far as anything else. I agree with you. Ka'lion doesn't know anything. And I haven't been playing him as if he knows much - he just remembers one thing about her she used magic missile back in Clearwater and he doesn't want to give her a chance to cast it. As far as recognizing resistance to cold. Ka'lion can cast endure elements. They are not that different in how they work.