Chapter 13: Q&A / Discussions

[Ken]

Jul 24, 2017 12:01:33 GMT -4 Jeff said:

Ken, ah. In which case I'd think Belarin would want to spend more time with Shorak. Especially as picking up a level of rogue would also give him Sneak Attack, Expertise, proficiency with thieves tools, and Thieves' Cant. That's a lot of skulduggery, more than Big Red would be comfortable with.

Yeah, that's the weird thing with having characters that have survived multiple editions. Belarin HAD thieves tools' proficiency way back when, when warlock had more rogue-type skills mixed in. So while I'm fine with Belarin training with Shorak, some of it is knowledge that he's already had.

[Jeff]

Ah, I forgot about that! Then it's cool with me to hand-wave that portion of it. Goes along with his old forgery days during his life of lukewarm crime.

[Joe]

Streko will remain a solo cleric, for which I am sure everyone is thankful.

[Darren]

I think Streko should multi-class to Barbarian.

[Dave W.]

Or we could start over... we all keep the same names but take all new classes and abilities... clearly the best plan...

[Darren]

Adamant the Bard?

[Dave W.]

I was thinking Adamant the Gigolo, but Bard would work too...

[Dave B.]

I keep thinking Shorak may want to multiclass with some Sorcerer levels, due to his background and his time spent observing Kal, but decided not to complicate matters. All Rogue all the time!

[Jeff]

Jul 26, 2017 7:49:10 GMT -4 Brian said:

If there is no current issues to address, I say we take our long rest. Any objections?

It's mid-day now. The long rest can't technically begin until the very end of the day anyway (as you can only take one long rest per 24 hour periods). Your last one was the previous night, so you're essentially just waiting until the day ends. Even then, you can still talk and interact during a long rest. You just can't do anything strenuous, or cast spells, etc.

[Dave W.]

It was a busy 24-hours...

If we short-rest we can spend the hit die to regain some hp however, right? I think I have all of mine still.

[Jeff]

Busy-schmusy. The rules don't care.

Correct, but remember hit dice replenish at the rate of half your total when you take a long rest. So it's possible to expend some hit dice now to heal up, only to heal up completely anyway without spending hit dice, when the long rest happens.

I would only bother with doing a short rest now if (1) you think there'll be trouble even if you stay put (2) you intend to go out again before taking a long rest at the end of the day.

[Jeff]

If the party is going to the Tents in the morning, that's when the next bit of XP will drop, when you've followed that lead. At that point, leveling will begin. But only a short rest will be needed for some class features to take effect. There won't be a need for a long rest for that.

When the part is ready to pass the night, then I'll be closing up Chapter 13. But I know you're still talking about stuff. Histra has more to say about Demise, but I'm trying to keep it conversational and not as big info dumps.

Jul 26, 2017 11:33:28 GMT -4 Darren said:

Sem might be my most favoritest character that you've ever written, Jeff. I really love him.

Thanks! Gnomes are the best, and Eberron ones, I like to think, are more layered than normal.

[Jeff]

Jul 26, 2017 15:10:05 GMT -4 Ken said:

Belarin raises an eyebrow at Kal's comments. He says to Histra, "No, I asked questions of her corpse after we defeated her. I didn't see her spirit, but she answered me through her dead body."

This is a direct reference to his new Whispers of the Grave (Speak With Dead) ability, right?

[Ken]

Yes. Although it's in the list of Warlock invocations, it seems decidedly non-fey in nature, so I figured it'd be an interesting twist to possibly make it a "parting gift" from Lich Lord Belarin.

[Jeff]

And/or a good dose of ir'Serrell hospitality.

[Dave B.]

So, I started researching what comes next if Shorak levels up. Turns out that we forgot to add his 9th level ability Supreme Sneak to his character sheet. Not a big deal, but I'm sure he missed out on a few advantaged stealth checks.

On another note, if Shorak does level up, I think Sharpshooter would do nicely for him, instead of the ability increase.

Attacking at long range doesn't impose disadvantage on your ranged weapon attack rolls.

Your ranged weapon attacks ignore half-cover and three-quarters cover.

And lastly: Before you make an attack with a ranged weapon that you are proficient with, you can choose to take a -5 penalty to the attack roll. If the attack hits, you add +10 to the attack's damage.

Sounds like Shorak to me.

[Darren]

Shorak and Kal can just start standing really far away from every fight and firing into the crowd.

[Brian]

I didn't think we got an ability bump until 12th level? Aren't we looking at leveling up to 10th level?

[Jeff]

I'll check, but I think it's different for different classes.

[Jeff]

Jul 26, 2017 23:10:57 GMT -4 Dave B. said:

So, I started researching what comes next if Shorak levels up. Turns out that we forgot to add his 9th level ability Supreme Sneak to his character sheet. Not a big deal, but I'm sure he missed out on a few advantaged stealth checks.

On another note, if Shorak does level up, I think Sharpshooter would do nicely for him, instead of the ability increase.

Attacking at long range doesn't impose disadvantage on your ranged weapon attack rolls.

Your ranged weapon attacks ignore half-cover and three-quarters cover.

And lastly: Before you make an attack with a ranged weapon that you are proficient with, you can choose to take a -5 penalty to the attack roll. If the attack hits, you add +10 to the attack's damage.

Sounds like Shorak to me.

Yes, by all means, help me keep up with the rules! We should all be owning the character sheet. I have to track spell slots because 100% of you won't even if I ask you to, so for consistency's sake, there's just no other way. But when it comes to what your characters can do, please help me stay on top of that.

Yeah, Sharpshooter's pretty badass. It's the weapon-user's Spell Sniper.

[Dave B.]

Just to help out and take some of the load off our amazing DM, at 10th level:

Cleric gets Divine Intervention.

Fighter gets Martial Archetype feature.

Paladin gets Aura of Courage.

Rogue gets Ability Score improvement.

Sorcerer gets Metamagic.

Warlock gets Otherworldly Patron feature.

Hope that helps.

[Darren]

Thanks, Dave. Kal will also get another spell, another sorcery point (for a total of 10), and another 5th level spell slot.

[Jeff]

Jul 28, 2017 7:45:00 GMT -4 Darren said:

(No, Tangat can stay with Streko.

FYI, I'm going to be away from computers for most of today, so I may not get back to post again until later tonight. Kal will avoid the raining men, though he may hum a little song as a result....)

Oh, you're pulling a Darren!

"My character shall lead the party down this side trek, making sure that my participation is paramount to anything that happens. Later, guys. I'll be gone for a week now!"

Jerk.

[Darren]

I know! I'm sorry. I just realized that's happening again! I load in a show today, then I'm in rehearsal all day tomorrow and shows on Sunday, and then I'm teaching 4 days if workshops!

I'll still be around in the mornings and evenings though. It'll just be harder to post during the day.

[Jeff]

It's fine, of course. You're teaching?! Wait, young people are actually going to have their impressionable minds impacted by words that come out of you?!

[Brian]

To confirm: are we all back inside the Inn now? Darren, do you want to make a post about actually going upstairs, so we are clear?

At that point, I'm guessing the rest period, be it short or long, will start...?