Chapter 12: Q&A / Discussions

[Dave W.]

I'm assuming Jeff meant Histra...

Addy's totally tapped out, no healing, no potions... but thanks to Condign, he's not going to die...

My understanding is that any healing done to Addamant but not done by Addamat is halved, so yes, the healing potion should be halved.

Doing nothing Adamant will regain 1 hp and therefore conciousness in 1d4 hours. Same with Streko.

Dragging Adamant, though an amusing image, is going to be somewhat difficult... he weighs 300 lbs... even two of you working together will be seriously encumbered.

I'm getting to know the death and dying rules a little too well..

[Jeff]

Mental snafu. Mystra (from the Forgotten Realms setting) + Histra = Mistra.

Fixed.

[Dave B.]

I'm out of potions and I'm pretty sure Streko has burnt all his healing spells. Also, the lighthouse may be a portal back to Stormreach. If not, it may still a good place to take a short rest. Shorak still has HD left to use during a short rest. Anyone else?

Wouldn't Histra in gas form, actually be a Mistra?

[Brian]

I'm sure we all could use a rest. However, we don't know if the lighthouse is a portal. Also, we definitely need Histra when we return. If she's not with us, Branash will have a field day, saying we killed her or whatnot.

The rest sounds like a good option, especially if we're looking for a fight when we return to the il'Serrill estates.

[Jeff]

Some of this talk sounds like it belongs in the main thread, in character. Or will you be saying the same things twice?

[Dave W.]

btw, Jeff, Adamant spent his Inspiration...

[Dave B.]

Nov 23, 2015 10:07:30 GMT -4 Jeff said:

Some of this talk sounds like it belongs in the main thread, in character. Or will you be saying the same things twice?

Of course we will. But, sometimes you just have to talk as players. I see it as building a kind of outline for the story.

[Ken]

Dammit, Darren, don't make me cry!

[Jeff]

Nov 24, 2015 19:15:56 GMT -4 Darren said:

Unsure how to administer the medicine to a machine, Kal prices open Adamant's metal jaws and proceeds to pour the liquid inside of the construct, hoping that its magic will work as well on gears as it does on flesh. Lowering his head, Kal looks slightly over his shoulder at the form of his fallen canine friend.

Minor point...but warforged aren't clockwork constructs. Try to think of them more like golems with a few more moving parts than a single solid material. So while there are some places where there are definitive hinges (like the jaw), their insides aren't full of organs, gears, cogs, or springs. The flexible parts are wood, and I'm sure there are some strange metal parts here and there, and there are stone parts as well, with metal being the primary outer armor. I don't think of alchemical fluids as being pumped throughout, either, just being present in a few choice parts or sometimes soaked into the wood. So they wouldn't "bleed" quite as profusely as a human could.

Anyway, minor point. Try to think of warforged as less robot and more golem.

[Darren]

I like to try to reflect Kal's ignorance of warforged as much as possible.

[Jeff]

Deneiths are a bunch of racists ('forgists?).

[Dave B.]

Jeff- Do you need a roll of some kind from Shorak?

[Jeff]

A Wisdom (Perception ) roll would be good.

[Jeff]

Dec 3, 2015 10:04:31 GMT -4 Jeff said:

Darren, Arcana can’t be used to sense magical energies (that’s what Detect Magic is for) but can be used to just make magic-based guesses about any stimuli. Like the above.

Dec 3, 2015 11:29:53 GMT -4 Darren said:

Yeah, I know. I seem to remember Ken doing things like this before, and I wasn't sure what check had been used or whatnot. It's all good.

Right. Belarin can do it because he used one of his valuable warlock options to be able to Detect Magic at will. Rather, to use an action to cast the Detect Magic spell freely.

[Darren]

Dec 3, 2015 12:08:15 GMT -4 Jeff said:

Dec 3, 2015 10:04:31 GMT -4 Jeff said:

Darren, Arcana can’t be used to sense magical energies (that’s what Detect Magic is for) but can be used to just make magic-based guesses about any stimuli. Like the above.

Dec 3, 2015 11:29:53 GMT -4 Darren said:

Yeah, I know. I seem to remember Ken doing things like this before, and I wasn't sure what check had been used or whatnot. It's all good.

Right. Belarin can do it because he used one of his valuable warlock options to be able to Detect Magic at will. Rather, to use an action to cast the Detect Magic spell freely.

Ohhhh....that's pretty sweet. He should probably do that.

[Ken]

Invocations rule. Sorcery Points drool.

[Jeff]

Dec 3, 2015 13:13:31 GMT -4 Ken said:

“It’s… conjuration magic. Hmmph. Conjuring what?”

Remember that curing spells, fireballs, lightning bolts, and even teleportation spells fall under this school. It's rather diverse.

[Ken]

Jeff, is the Emissary walking/floating/gliding or unknown?

[Jeff]

It seems to be walking, although its lower half is kind of a shadowy effect, but there are leg-like strides. That said, no one'e seen it flying, nor did it go in a straight line toward the group when they set out on the causeway (if it had, it would have been going over water).

[Darren]

Kal is fully prepared to light the candles with some well-aimed Fire Bolts, but I don't want to post that action until I hear some consensus on it....

[Dave W.]

Adamant's all for lighting the candles obviously... of course he's preparing to pit his 4 hp against this critter sent by Histra's cousin to kill us, so he may not be the best decision-maker in the group right now...

[Brian]

Condign can light the candles with his Prestidigitation skills.

[Darren]

Dec 4, 2015 10:08:45 GMT -4 Jeff said:

I didn't explicitly state it, but the chandelier is not hanging low toward the ground. The ceiling, as mentioned, is forty feet high, and I'd say the chandelier is hanging fifteen feet down from that (so still twenty-five feet above you). Prestidigitation has a range of 10 ft. So you'll need another method.

Can Kal use Fire Bolt to do it, or is that too imprecise?

[Jeff]

Yes, he could try. Firebolt being an attack spell, it's very hot and could possibly melt the candles more than merely light them, but because it's a cantrip you can keep shooting until you get the job done—or make a mess. Your call.

[Ken]

You changed my avatar to Vessar! Awesome!

[Jeff]

I think Belarin playing at being a changeling would be a little energizing for him. Either way, this is one crazy day for him.

[Jeff]

Darren, "one of" his sharash? Hmm? Where is he standing? Not quite sure I understand what he's doing.

[Brian]

I think Kal is sticking one end of his sword through the black opening in the niche, and seeing it he can pull it back again.

[Jeff]

But a sharash is the Talentan war scythe.

[Ken]

The word "end" is missing from his post. That's the source of the confusion.