Chapter 19: Discussions / Q&A

[Jeff]

Dec 5, 2020 13:19:51 GMT -4 Brian said:

Drawing his sword, he takes the stairs down into the hold, two at at a time.

You always say stairs. They've always been ladders.

Tangat can actually get up them, slowly, on his own (but going down always requires someone's help).

[Brian]

Ah, but the Infernal tongue uses the same word to represent stairs and ladders.

So Melethos is correct, from a certain point of view.

[Dave W.]

Just to be clear, the Be that's more or less directly North of Adamant is Belodim. The B across the deck (due West) from Be is Belarin

There map is busy with B's…

And the little S near Addy is Sem; with Streko being St (never noticed that it's Saint Streko).

[Jeff]

I'm looking for a question there....

Yeah, that's all right. I know the newcomers are less familiar, but you guys all know your party's icons, right? They haven't changed in a long time!

[Dave W.]

Just wanted to be sure.. because Belarin and Belodim could both be abbreviated Be.

Now if you used the Postal Code system where they used first and last letter of the state where they could the Belodim would be Bm which is funny in a 13-year old boy way...

[Brian]

Jeff, I should have posted a contingent move should Mel slay the deadman but I was negligent. I blame the 5am time, just having gotten off my morning Peleton ride, and my lack of coffee. May I edit my post for the contingent movement, or is it too late for this round?

[Jeff]

Totally fine. But can you amend as a new post and I'll go from there?

[Brian]

Okay. Thanks.

[Jeff]

Dec 8, 2020 22:35:38 GMT -4 Joe said:

Streko readies a spell to cast against the first enemy he identifies.

While I’m good with keeping an unknown enemy a bit open-ended, you should at least specify what spell you’re using the Ready action with.

[Jeff]

Dec 10, 2020 18:27:41 GMT -4 Brian said:

He gives the changling a gentle push toward the southern door.

I put door-question-mark labels on the map mostly for Kal's sake, since he can see further (if not very detailed) from above. The doors, if they are doors, are in the walls formed by the tiers of the forecastle and sterncastle. I didn't mention in the main text for this reason.

That said, Melethos can still guess that there'd have to be a way down somewhere.

Plus, when there's more than one door, you've got to specify which you're aiming for.

[Brian]

I edited my post to account for Jeff's clarification.

[Dave W.]

I’m all about you moving things Brian.

I’m not sure how to suggest this, but Adamant is very anxious about finding C. so if Melethos is having trouble with a door, he’d jump in and help. If we were sitting around a table, I’d suggest that Adamant is Aiding Melethos to give him advantage on door-breaking down-ing.

I’d be happy to (I’m usually a pretty happy person... 2020 not withstanding) post about it, but that’s sort of the opposite of Brian using leadership to move things on.

[Brian]

I'm having Mel hurry in part because he understands Adamant's concern. If the door is locked and if an Athletics check of 21 doesn't bust it open, then we can work together for the next post.

Sound okay?

[Dave W.]

I was actually was thinking of future doors, expecting 21 to be a pretty good door smash... but here we are....

[Ken]

I'll post later tonight - been busy with errands and fun family stuff.

[Brian]

Jeff, I mistakenly rolled the wrong damage on Melethos's turn. Please see the corrected damage rolls on my original post.

[Dave W.]

we're waiting for Ken, right?

[Brian]

Affirmative.

[Ken]

Sorry! Posting now!

[Jeff]

Dec 21, 2020 16:31:08 GMT -4 Dave W. said:

Standard Action: Turn the Unholy. Fiends or Undead within 30' need to make a WIS save vs DC 15 or flee for 1 minute.

Dave, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Adamant only gets one Turn the Unholy between rests, right? He used it here only a short while ago (you callled it Turn Undead, but the paladin-specific version is in 5E simply Turn the Unholy): ashlock.proboards.com/post/44793/thread

Am I missing where he can do this more than once between short or long rests?

[Dave W.]

No, I was thinking of clerics getting extra uses... Can I change it so he comes up the stairs and takes two swings at the undead there?

[Jeff]

Yup, just specify which very clearly. You might need to use that glaive reach to do it, too. Can you add your rolls then?

I think they did a good job differentiating cleric and paladin turning. Notice clerics can utterly destroy eventually, but it's all CR based. Paladin's Turn the Unholy takes no account of CR or anything. So it's a neat trade-off.

[Dave W.]

Dec 21, 2020 19:13:19 GMT -4 Jeff said:

• The skeleton takes half damage from the slashing damage but normal damage from radiant.

I've added Improved Divine Smite to the character sheet (sorry I missed actually adding it). I trust you'll remember to add this going forward, 'cause I sure won't!

I'll update Adamant's position with the next map.

not to be difficult but i did say that he's using a bonus action to make all the damage force damage. so theres no slashing or radiant damage.

[Jeff]

Oh yes, sorry. That's not being "difficult," you gotta point that stuff out.

In any case, all damage dealt by the glaive itself (even crit rolls) would be force damage, but that doesn't apply to radiant. That's coming from Adamant, not the glaive. So it's force + radiant damage. I'll modify in a sec.

[Jeff]

Dec 21, 2020 22:02:34 GMT -4 Dave B. said:

Shorak attacks drowned man 4 squares to the port of his position. Advantaged ranged attack from hiding: 1d20+10=22; 1d20+10=26. Slashing damage: 1d6+5=6. Sneak attack damage: 5d6=9.

The foe 4 squares north of him on the last map is a skeletal guard, FYI.

[Brian]

Jeff, Dave wrote Shorak attacked the deadman four squares to the port of his position, which I thought was west. Not sure where the skeleton to the north came into play.

[Jeff]

Oh, port. Missed that, plus it's more like 4 squares east an 1 square south. But still, I got it. thanks.

[Ken]

Ken, remind me: even if Belarin still has 1 temporary hit point remaining on Sorrowsworn Armor (which he doesn't, he now has 9), does anyone who hits him with melee take the full 25 damage like this?

Yep! Like the Armor of Agathys (which I've renamed), Soulsorrow's Armor an all-or-nothing effect.

[Darren]

Jeff, does Kal need to make another check this turn to continue restraining the fiend?

[Jeff]

Yup, that's how it works with Telekinesis. Each turn you have to decide whether to use your action to "regrab" your target (i.e. to maintain the grip), requiring another spellcasting ability check (just a Charisma roll, no proficiency) or you can freely pick a different target and use your action to grab that.