Talk:Attempt to Close the Gate
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August 21
Round 1
Make each move an individual thread, please. --The DM (talk) 20:16, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
I move cautiously to 0705 (2 AP), and swing my maul at the ice frog (2 AP): attack roll of 11, hitting AC 6, or AC 5 if the toad's Intelligence is below 5 due to my "Aggressive" trait. --Engelhart (talk) 20:41, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
- The creature's intelligence is low enough, but the attack yet misses.--The DM (talk) 21:29, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
I'll draw my sword (1 AP) and attempt to enter combat. I have to succeed on a morale check: I roll a 5 (my WIS is 11). I'll move into 0806 (1 AP) and attack the grey creature (2 AP): 15+2=17 to hit, 1+1=2 damage –Vafrandir 20:43, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
- Vafrandir's check isn't really a morale check; it is characteristic of his background, in which he has learned to be cautious before rushing into fights. The fighter scores a clean hit ... but it so happens the creature is immune to normal weapons and can't be hit by Vafrandir's short sword.
- Because of the earlier time spent withdrawing, Vafrandir has his shield in place.--The DM (talk) 21:29, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
- Understood. I make it each round, yes? Ha, yes I figured that might be the case. –Vafrandir 23:34, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
- You'll be glad to learn that no you don't! Just once at the beginning of a combat. You're fine to proceed normally.
I draw my battle axe and step into 0906 warily for 1 AP. --Pandred (talk) 21:02, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
- For information, there is space between the bars to allow a swing, Pandred, though you would risk getting your axe caught in the bars. --The DM (talk) 21:29, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
- Noted, but my AP limits me to drawing regardless. I want to leave space for the door to open so Embla has room and I can strike without issue.--21:39, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
Embla I move to 0607 (2AP) and throw my javelin at the toad (2AP). Hit AC 8, dealing 7 damage. A miss, I believe. --Embla (talk) 00:22, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
August 22
[OOC: in general, I'm going to relax and not strain myself during the weekends with the campaign. I would like to complete one combat round per day, if we could. At some point today I'll commit myself to rolling the enemy's move and transferring material to the public eye, but for the present I'm going to spot work on the wiki as I have been doing. I'd like to write a post today, as well. So kick back until Monday. I hope I don't have to kill anybody's characters. Incidentally, it might have been a real big mistake letting go of the door and choosing to fight; you might have kept the nasty only-hit-by-magic fellow busy by maintaining the threat of closing the door. Sorry if my saying so breaks some "rule" about the DM not commenting, but sometimes I'm still a teacher]--The DM (talk) 17:50, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
- Mistakes keep the game complex, at least. –Vafrandir 18:10, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
Would I recognize that my attack does nothing? –Vafrandir 18:10, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
- Yes. The contact would have been clean, and your experience would have told you that should have done damage. Growing up in a world of magic, you would have heard of creatures that were immune to weapons, and your experience would put two and two together.--The DM (talk) 18:37, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
August 23
The red mud creature decides to punch Vafrandir, who is handy, rolling a 12 and missing AC 5 (would have hit if Vafrandir had not had his shield in place; thought you'd like to know). --The DM (talk) 18:59, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
Pandred, the creature will say to you clearly, as Vafrandir lifts his shield to ward off the blow, "If you want to reach me, squeeze through the bars." I'll need you to roll a saving throw against magic (suggestion). You need a 15. I suggest everyone take a good, close look at the suggestion spell. --The DM (talk) 18:59, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
There's a 50% chance the toad will let go with its breath weapon ... and it does. The original rule from the player's handbook reads, "All non-cold creatures within 10 ft. of the ice toad suffer 3-18 points of damage." It says nothing else; usually, however, a breath weapon is a cone, typically 5 ft wide at the base and stretching outwards to 20 ft. wide at 30 ft. away. So, rather than freeze out the whole party, I'll use the cone; shame this is a monster starting with "T", or else I've have written out rules for it online by now. It has an average intelligence, so it is smart enough to leave Vafrandir and Pandred to the mud creature (though it could get two), and attack the immediate threat, which is Engelhart. Engelhart, the breath causes 11 damage. Please make a saving throw against breath weapon. You need a 15. --The DM (talk) 18:59, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
- Yet another mistake made: I missed Embla's last move. That does put her in the breath weapon's path ... so I will need a saving throw against breath weapon for Embla as well.
- I roll precisely an unmodified 15(!!), *Phew!*. That's hellishly dangerous, hope it can't repeat the deed again soon or at all. Could my knowledge of beasts extend to knowing if it can use its breath again? --Engelhart (talk) 19:21, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
Oh, and I forgot. The ice toad also radiates cold to everything within 10 feet; that includes, Engelhart, Vafrandir and Pandred. You each take 1 pt. of damage.--The DM (talk) 19:27, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
