She is not in the room with you, no. She let you go inside yourselves.

   Not sure if you've had a look at the character sheets yet, but I just realized I did not meet the prerequisites for one one my feats (Wizard Implement Expertise - Arcane Power), so I switched to another one (Quickened Spellcasting - Arcana Power).

No problem. Thanks for catching it!

Giving Marice, Harald, Nemeroff or Thomas today to post; if not, I'll wrap up this wee skill challenge tomorrow with the current responses.

   Agon can cast a cheap, 10 min long ritual to give the group fast flying mounts for 12 hours or so. He doesn't have access to a ritual to scry into the settlement from so far away, though.

@GM : do you allow taking 10 on rituals ? also, how long does it seem to be until nightfall ?

I think that beats walking :-)

If the DC is 30 or less based on your Arcana skill of 30, you can assume success and that you took 10 for a tota of 40, yes. If the DC is higher than 30, then no.

FYI,  my posting may be erratic for a few days as I care for my youngest who is in the hospital being treated for an infection around his eye. As you are likely several real-world days away from combat, this presents no real difficulty, but I thought I would let you know.

Agon, are you going to make flyers of the party? I would like to move the story along.  If so, you should probably pose that IC and assume the other PCs are going along with it.

(Unless one of your characters is afraid of flying, of course.)

   Yes. The ritual is Phantom Steed (PHB - http://www.wizards.com/dndinsi...um/ritual.aspx?id=26).

   Our flying mounts last 12 hours, have a speed of 20 and can fly up to 10 squares high (hopefully above treetops).

Today: Agon rolled 44. Arcana check - Phantom Steed ritual.
70 gp worth of ritual components spent.

Giving Marice and Nemeroff a chance to post today, then moving along with the assumption you're flying down.

Very sorry for the delay, folks. Your epic-level solution threw a curveball into my planning, so I had to regroup. Not a problem, but that planning was also complicated by real life.

I will be available to update once or twice per day this weekend, which is a holiday weekend in the US (including Monday) and am back to posting normally here on out.

   No problem at all.

Guys, you all have +2 to initiative from my Combat Leader class feature.

Fair warning: Marice and Thomas are both on hold right now. I'm not replacing them as I'm giving either the chance to jump back in later, but we will pretend they don't exist for this fight at least.  I'll scale the encounters appropriately, naturally.

(Thomas, if you are able to post, just jump in and say so.)

In reply to EpicOne (msg # 55):

I most definitely cannot post regularly enough to be a factor at this point. If you need to replace me or whatever that is fine.

Fair enough. I think we'll keep the group at current levels right now to keep the posting snappy.  Thomas, do you want me to remove you from this group so you don't get updates on the game?

In reply to EpicOne (msg # 57):

It doesn't matter. I don't mind reading the posts when I get on. Makes for a nice little story.

On second thought, I am going to find you a player who can bring another leader-role character. Nemeroff is a hybrid leader, leaving you with not a lot of healing. And you will be wanting healing!
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As an Hybrid I can use Inspiring Words three times per encounter. This is not bad.

True, but if you look IC, I'm illustrating my point. One bad round can turn things....

If Nemeroff has a way of saving his bacon, this is the time to use it :-)
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I should have shut it up.

   There both got hit by my attack ? If so, the giant should be between Harald and Nemeroff where my power teleported him. Or has he moved on his turn ?

Sorry I missed it on first pass, my mistake.

That changes the turn only slightly.  I corrected their locations, but the actions are pretty much the same--giant stabs Nemeroff and then shifts. Chuul takes 10 fire (failed the save) but still stands up and pounds the hell out of Nemeroff.

Some recommendations, Agon:

1. Write out the word "teleport" for me--shorthand like you used is harder to follow.
2. Please don't use small text on the OOC stuff. It's hard for me to read. Orange text is fine.

It will be easier for you all to pound the giant into kibble.

So everyone knows, Nemeroff has an interrupt that will probably keep him conscious long enough to heal himself.

Assuming that the current baddies' location is right on the map for this next post.

Would it be possible to have something to track our hit points and effects on us. When doing my turn, I need to know who is really in need of healing and who might needs to do a saving throw.

Also, it would be useful to include our MBA and RBA.

A kind of Combat Tracker....