Chapter 16: Q&A / Discussion

[Darren]

I don't really know what else to do there, Jeff. I'm not just gonna throw it on the ground. I've already said a few times that Kal would hand it to whoever would take it, but that also means you have to wait for someone to say that, so I tried to be more specific. And the assumption was that Streko would put it into his Handy Haversack, not carry it.


I think I did, at one point, have Kal look into having some kind of custom harness made so that he could strap it to his back and avoid this kind of thing in the future. We probably had to run out of that town before it could actually happen.

[Jeff]

It's just awkward to do this as a sequence of events. If this happens, then this will happen, etc. If no one takes the sharash, then Kal is going to just be waiting, and so are we all. If you want to establish the 10th-level cleric Streko as Kal's powder monkey or squire, you obviously need Joe's cooperation on that.

The thing is, it's not fair to just make your possession someone else's problem automatically. So if Kal want to give into someone else's charge, then we simply have no choice but to wait.

[Darren]

This is sort of my point...we have no choice but to wait. Kal can't carry everything, and he needs someone's help. When we're not fighting again, he'll ask Kurra to make him something to hold it so he can free up his hands. I could just ignore it and assume that you'll let everything happen, but I was trying to play fair.

[Jeff]

Bottom line, it's a natural drawback for a two-handed weapon. You will never be able to get around it fully. If you create a special carrier for so tall a weapon, there will be times when it can hinder you; in the very least it will make checks like Stealth at disadvantage. If Mel keeps the glaive, for example, he'll have the same issue.

Kurra sure has been given quite a to-do list. Get in line behind Shorak and Thul.

[Darren]

Jul 30, 2019 14:58:55 GMT -4 Jeff said:

Bottom line, it's a natural drawback for a two-handed weapon. You will never be able to get around it fully. If you create a special carrier for so tall a weapon, there will be times when it can hinder you; in the very least it will make checks like Stealth at disadvantage. If Mel keeps the glaive, for example, he'll have the same issue.

Kurra sure has been given quite a to-do list. Get in line behind Shorak and Thul.

Kal needs a collapsable sharrash!

[Jeff]

No self-respecting Talentan halfling would use a collapsing sharash. If they saw Kal have one made, they'd shake their heads with disapproval.

[Darren]

Jul 30, 2019 15:29:32 GMT -4 Jeff said:

No self-respecting Talentan halfling would use a collapsing sharash. If they saw Kal have one made, they'd shake their heads with disapproval.

Since when has Kal managed to get anyone's approval?

[Brian]

Joe, Streko is taking Kal's sharash, not his staff.

[Jeff]

Jul 31, 2019 9:55:25 GMT -4 Darren said:

Can we assume that Joe just mis-read it? I would really prefer that Streko take the sharrash and not the staff, but I also don't want to slow things down here even further....

I think that's the likely case, too, but the assuming is getting out of hand, and if we move forward with it like this it's just going to keep getting worse. I would rather, in this scenario, Joe just read what was posted and react accordingly.

[Ken]

Brian, for a straight jump across the gap, shouldn't Melethos be making a Strength (Athletics) check instead of an Dexterity (Acrobatics) one? Granted, it's still a terrible roll, but at least you'd be in double digits.

[Jeff]

Brian asked me separately. Athletics would be appropriate under normal circumstances, though simply to clear the distance requires no roll, just a good enough Strength score (since a running jump lets you jump your score in feet). Mel can jump 19 feet easy, since he's got Gauntlets of Ogre power on. But jumping/leveraging from an icy, slick surface and landing on the same is what adds great risk to this one. For that I told him Acrobatics is needed (owing to the "trying to run across a sheet of ice" part of the Acrobatics check).

That said, I didn't expect Mel would be making that attempt immediately. Figured he'd at least ask someone else if it's a good idea.

I'm going to wait for any other reactions before I resolve Big Red's attempt. Since he had to walk down the stairs, then back up for a running jump, others can react before the moment of truth.

[Darren]

Sorry for not contributing more right now. Been a busy few days.

Jeff, with Kal's current embiggened state, could he cast Fly on himself and then go over and pick someone up and carry them back to the ship?

[Jeff]

His size doesn't affect Fly any differently. Kal can only carry based on his encumbrance; he can carry up to 140 lbs, but he's got 58.5 right now. Even Streko (because of his gear and armor) isn't light enough for Kal to fly around with him.

[Darren]

Could he quickly shed enough weight by dropping things to be able to carry Streko?

[Jeff]

Well "quickly" is relative, but sure, if you say what he's dropping.

[Dave W.]

looks like everyone is short resting. I was thinking if the Lesser Restoration works on Kurra I'd burn the one spell slot I had left for Aura of Vitality and do the "for one minute (10 rounds) pass around units of 2d6 healing" thing.

But maybe I'll save that in case we need a raise dead or a really big Divine Smite.

I'll do some HD after we find out about the Lesser Restoration...

[Dave W.]

just occurs to me that if i am going to attune to the glaive i need to unattune something... Syndra i suppose.... be specific, right?

[Jeff]

Yup, gotta specify.

Ending attunement usually (as in this case) requires a short rest all its own.

But also, the whole group is willing to use another short rest or two? Remember, long rest requires waiting another 12+ hours before even beginning in.

[Dave W.]

i would be fine not short resting but do we have a way to summon the dragon? i guess i was thinking he would summon us. do we want to go see if back?

[Brian]

Darren, could you have Kal clarify his command? Either we leave the weapons/items back on the ship or bring them in Streko's haversack. I'm not sure which on the others are to follow. If it's the haversack route, understand that the glaive won't fit in it.

[Darren]

Aug 12, 2019 13:39:28 GMT -4 Brian said:

Darren, could you have Kal clarify his command? Either we leave the weapons/items back on the ship or bring them in Streko's haversack. I'm not sure which on the others are to follow. If it's the haversack route, understand that the glaive won't fit in it.

Got it. Posting now.

[Darren]

Posting from my phone, but what you wrote in the main thread works for me. Kal will leave the staff and take the coins and gems. (and take the cannoli)

[Dave W.]

I thought about having Adamant suggest bringing all the dragon treasure and giving it back. Well, we'll see how this goes.

[Jeff]

As I’m on my last day of vacation before flying home anyway, I’m going to wait for everyone to show up and post again before moving on.