Round 5 actions and leaving town
Subject Round 5 actions
Mund will attack G16.
From: Karl
Subject Round 5 actions
(OOC - Can Salix drop his scimitar, take a 5' step back and cast in one round? Will this provoke an AOO if he does?)
From: Josh
Subject Round 5 actions
Kal's body sings with elation as his blade sinks into his enemy again. Dancing around like a child on Yralais Day, Kal continues his attack.
OOC: Same bat channel, same bat villian.
From: Josh
Subject Round 5 actions
Oh, Kal will take the 5 foot step to F8, getting a flanking bonus.
From: Mark
Subject Round 5 actions
Yes. He can also take a 5 foot step back, drop his scimitar and cast.
Assuming he has not been paralyzed by then. :)
From: Karl
Subject Round 5 actions
Ok, then assuming he has not been paralyzed by then, that is what he'll do. Step back then drop weapon, then cast. He will cast Summon Nature's Ally 3 (dropping Protection from Elements) and will summon 1d3 hippogriff's into squares F7, F6, and F8 in that order. (Not that I'm expecting 3 hippogriff's, or even 2, but I *could* get lucky.) Salix will command all of them to attack G13, or if the creature is already dead, then the nearest creature to it.
(Oh, I guess I should add that if G13 is destroyed by Salix's turn, the he would summon the 'griffs into squares F6, E6, and E5, in that order.)
From: Kevin
Subject Round 5 actions
Harp is ready to strike at the creature in front of him when he suddenly finds himself entangled by a collection of large, sticky cobwebs. He had seen this before, back when he had first joined the group to go escort Rochelle and they had been attacked by the goblins (OOC:Mark, I forget what it was that we caught and webbed, so adjust that as needed). He knows that the webs can be broken, so he exerts himself to try and free himself from the webs. (OOC: If he does succeed in the strenght check, he will go to whichever side he sees the most opponents on at that time).
From: Mark
Subject Round 5 actions
Actually I think it was an entangle spell against the first set of orc the party ever met, spell courtsey of Salix.
From: Randy
Subject Round 5 actions
Ranthir turns his efforts to the beast attacking Ragnar, hoping to have better luck than Salix has been having.
From: Kevin
Subject Leaving town
OOC: I am going to be leaving Friday afternoon for a short vacation with my wife celebrating our 14th wedding anniversary. I am unsure of how available computer access will be (we will try and stop in to a few internet cafe's as we travel, but it will be inconsistent). Do not let my abscence slow things down - Mark, you have my proxy to use Harp as you think fits. You know better than most what he is thinking.
If we are lucky, this room will be done by then.
From: Porter
Subject Leaving town
Dibs on his magic sword!
From: Mark
Subject Leaving town
Yes you heard right, Kevin got married on Valentines day. IN Vegas. Elvis was involved with the wedding.
From: Kevin
Subject Round 5 actions
OOC: I hate it when you are right. Curse you and your memory.
Adjust the write up as needed.
From: Karl
Subject Leaving town
Well, he didin't say below that he got married on Valentine's Day. He just said it was hit 14th anniversary.
From: Porter
Subject Leaving town
14th anniversary on the 14th? On Valentine's Day?
That's so precious that I think I need to go to the dentist.
From: Karl
Subject Leaving town
I go to great pains to keep my holidays separate. I would never get married on my birthday or any other holiday I currently celebrate. One can never have enough days with reasons to celebrate.
For my own contribution to the saccharine discussion, I still celebrate the day I met Chris and the date six months later. :)
From: Mark
Subject Leaving town
I amaze my wife by remembering the date of our first date. Of course it is May 5, so it is not all that hard.
Being married on my birthday always gives me a leg up with it comes to gifts.
From: Kevin
Subject Leaving town
It did not even cross my mind that it was the 14th anniversary and it was the 14th. I mean, I knew it, but it did not seem like that big of a deal. And, apparently, it did not to my wife.
We usually take a 4-5 day mini-trip on a weekend close to our anniversary. It is usually around Presidents day, so we have a 3 day week end anyway. We sneak out on Friday afternoon and come back Tuesday night and it only eats up 1 vacation day.
This year we are flying into Tampa and spending a few days driving up Florida's "lost coast" to Pensecola where we fly out of and back to Dayton next Tuesday evening.
From: Mark
Subject Leaving town
Oh and the three day party at Kevin's house starts at 6 on Friday night. He has a beer tapper full of Harp Ale, a large screen plasma TV and PS2. I will bring the chips. :)
From: Kevin
Subject Leaving town
Harp is a lager, you heathen. Old Speckled Hen would be an english ale.
And it is no longer quite all the way full (burp).
My dog will hair you to death if you show up.
From: Mark
Subject Turn
Waiting on Derek. And Jason and Ashley but I do not expect them to have a whole lot to say. :)
From: Jason
Subject Round 5 actions
Ragnar wills his mind to focus entirely on his arm. The battle swirling around him fades into the background as he exerts all his willpower into lowering his shield just one inch. His efforts produce no visible result, but he refuses to yield. Such is his focus that even when the ghoul in front of him tears into him, hurting him badly, it is as if the damage were done to someone else (Concentrate DC 28 18+10=28). Unphased by the blows, he begins to will his arm to raise.
From: Derek
Subject Round 5 actions
Allistair isn't sure what he should do now. He is pretty much out of useful spells, and his only other idea is to set the web on fire. But with Harp caught in the web that might not be a good idea. Allistair will just move up to I4 and check out Surin's condition. (although it's unlikely he can do anything to help him)
From: Kevin
Subject Round 5 actions
He could move up and pull Ragnar from the ghouls reach. Just a thought - or pour a healing potion down his thoat, something. Maybe you can spit at it.
From: Derek
Subject Round 5 actions
That's a good point. Could Allistir pour a healing potion down Ragnar's throat, or would it just make him choke?
From: Mark
Subject round 5 actions
He could but he would provoke AOO from any one threatening Ragnars square, which is G13 and G14 at the moment.
From: Derek
Subjectd: Round 5 actions
Probably not worth the risk.
Mark, could he drag the character while standing in the square behind where Ragnar is? I know the rules will still probably stay that he creates an AOO, but real life would likely be different. But if we wanted real life, we would not be playing a PBEM D&D game.
Just thinking of someway for Allistair to be of use.
From: Mark
Subject Round 5 actions
If Ragnar leaves the threatened squares they get AOO on him. One each.
From: Josh
Subject Round 5 actions
OOC: I'm changing my turn. I didnt' realize how bad Ragnar was.
Kal sees the danger the dwarf is in and quickly reacts. He does his best to dance around the G14 ( Applying his Dodge +1 AC bonus to that creature) and attacks G13.
From: Derek
Subject Round 5 actions
Well, Allistair is at full HP so he could probably survive getting hit one round, assuming he isn't paralyzed. Why would they get AOO on Allistair though? Does pouring a potion down his throat mean that he has to enter Ragnar's square? So how bad is Ragnar? Is he pretty close to death? Do the rest of you think Allistair should give him a potion?
Also, what good would dismissing the web do? Even though most of the creatures made their saving throw, they have to successfully make a saving throw every round they are in the web, right? So it seems to me that keeping it up would be the best course of action until this line of creatures is destroyed.