OOC Discussion and Table Talk II

[GreyWolfVT]

I kinda already feel like an observer my spell choices were not exactly right for this type of "foe" I have spell caster's remorse.

[Zhym]

I'm not sure it's spell choice as much as it has been unlucky magic resistance rolls (and a reasonable reticence to cast when certain spells can go really haywire). I think Odilo has some useful spells, especially if he thinks creatively.

[GreyWolfVT]

Well I have thought about using say disintegrate on the door however I'm a bit hesitant with how spells can as you said go "haywire" or awry.

[Rex]

Is cure critical wounds 3d8+3? I don't have access to my rules right now and was going to post reading the scroll on Tanner.

[Zhym]

Yup. 3d8+3.

[Norjax]

I've updated my last post with a potential action.

[Zhym]

Hallagad waits to see if Rool has any luck. If not, he’ll shoulder charge the door.

FYI, I already gave Hallagad his attempt. The rule with barred doors is that a PC only gets on try to bust it open.

It amazes me how much a simple barred door can flummox high-level characters. At least until they bring out the potions of gaseous form and disintegrate spells, anyway.

Risdac knows knock, but he'd have to get into the room first.

[AleBelly]

Ah, I forgot he had the first attempt. Time for plan C!

[Zhym]

Well, Rool did manage to get into the room. Unfortunately, there aren't any lights on.

I'm not sure why that matters when Rool doesn't have eyes in his current form, but, hey, magic.

[GreyWolfVT]

Lol

[Urson]

It is pitch black. He is likely to be inhaled by a grue.

[GreyWolfVT]

Just an FYI I am taking the next 3 days off from work to take my family out to do some more stuff before schools starts so I likely will not be posting much or near a computer all that often for the next 2-3 days.

[Zhym]

Is there enough light coming through cracks so Gaseous Rool can maintain his bearing?

What do you mean? He's not getting dizzy, but I'm guessing that's not what you mean. He could come back the way he came, and he could probably float around and get the general outlines of the room that way (walls, at least).

[Norjax]

Is there enough light coming through cracks so Gaseous Rool can maintain his bearing?

What do you mean? He's not getting dizzy, but I'm guessing that's not what you mean. He could come back the way he came, and he could probably float around and get the general outlines of the room that way (walls, at least).

His bearing relative to where he floated in. I'm not sure what senses are available in gaseous form.

Using any trickle of light as a navigation point, he will float around the room.

Would he get a sense of the room and its contents by 'bouncing off' solid objects? Sort of a rudimentary sonar?

[Zhym]

I think he can sense where walls are because they block his progress. He'll just flow around anything significantly less sizable and substantial than a wall, so he won't be able to detect that.

IOW, he can get the dimensions of the room, but that's about it.

[Zhym]

I believe the phrase for this week (and possibly next) is, "Holy crap, I'm busy." I probably won't get a chance to update until this weekend. Sorry about that.

In the meantime, if anyone who hasn't already posted wants to declare actions, please do.

Thanks!

[Scott308]

I'm heading out of town for a wedding and will be gone Friday to Monday. I will try to check the boards, but feel free to NPC Risdac if he is slowing things down.

[Zhym]

Sorry about the extended delay, everyone. We're back.

A couple of notes.

First, although I was planning on retiring the Unseen Servant one way or another, that's a legit result of two rolls. I rolled to see who would meet the monster's gaze, and I rolled a saving throw. Khogeki needed a 10. He rolled a 1. Result: dead monk. Turns out there is something that can kill a high-level monk. Who knew?

Second, I'm using a modified version the rules for the Dracolisk on when a character meets a deadly gaze. It's a table based on what you're doing:

Completely Surprised: 10 in 10
Surprised: 8 in 10
Viewing monster: 6 in 10
Attacking normally: 4 in 10
Avoiding gaze: 2 in 10

If the monster is size L, subtract 1 from the target numbers above (because it's easier to avoid a monster's gaze when the monster is bigger). If it's size S, add 1.

If you meet the monster's gaze, then you have to roll a saving throw v. death to avoid, well, dying. Magical bonuses from rings of protection etc. apply, but wisdom bonuses do not.

You can avoid any chance of meeting a monster's gaze by blinding yourself, but you'll fight at a -4 attack penalty. Avoiding the creature's gaze incurs a -2 penalty but also has a chance of accidentally meeting the gaze. Darkness works like blindness except for races with infravision. They have the standard chances above of meeting the monster's gaze.

[ravenn4544]

What if we cast 'raise dead' on our beloved monk friend? He and his 4 attacks/round could tag along for a while yet, then, right?

[Rex]

I am not sure casting raise dead in hell is a wise move considering some of the spell casting issues we have had.