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Hey hey! Let me just say that I really enjoy this game and I've yet to level up Dellas I NEED XP!!!!

Ok, y'all defeated alligators, a king alligator-that-wasn't-an-alligator, some kobolds, negotiated with a small god, rescued a child (two children), kept the charmed kid from brainwashing his village and creating the ascendancy of a small god, then killed the manifestation of a small god before it could challenge its more established (and way nicer) rival.

Not to mention you guys have stuck with me this long.  ;)

2,500xp
This message was lightly edited by the GM at 16:53, Thu 17 Nov 2016.

Wheee! XP!! :D
This message was last updated by the GM at 16:54, Thu 17 Nov 2016.

YAY!
This message was last updated by the GM at 16:54, Thu 17 Nov 2016.

level 3...
Anyone ever played a wizard and can give me some tips what feat to choose? I was thinking about spell focus/evocation but I'm not sure.
This message was last updated by the GM at 16:54, Thu 17 Nov 2016.

What you want, in my experience in playing wizards, is for your spells to work.  For example, if you're a transmuter that focuses on self-buffing and party-buffing spells, unless you're going to be going up against people with dispel magic and antimagic field, you don't need DC-pumping feats; you need Combat Casting, Quick Casting, Twin Spell, etc.

Dellas, as a fire-focused wizard with a lot of evocation magic, then yes, Spell Focus is an excellent feat to take because you need your DCs to be as high as possible for your evocation spells.  The less your enemies can avoid taking half damage, the better.  As you grow in levels, metamagic feats will also become useful.  Things like Widen Spell can make burning hands useful at clearing (or at least damaging) large swathes of the battlefield, even at higher levels.
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:55, Thu 17 Nov 2016.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 7):

Yeah, I thought so too. Dellas is a blasting kinda guy...

And re-reading my previous post, I realize the "wanting your spells to work" sounds sort of condescending, and that wasn't my intention.  It's more I've seen people try to cover every single possible weakness in their spellcasting, trying to cover multiple energies and scenarios to affect every possible foe, but then none of the spells are particularly powerful or especially effective, leaving the spellcaster feeling a bit second-rate.

I've often found that being truly excellent in a few areas, and then have a few back-up generalist spells for things that fall outside your area, can be more effective than trying to be all things to all monsters.

I had a wizard once who had absolute crap for hit points (I nick-named her "The Frail"), but she was focused on Abjuration and Conjuration (not a specialist wizard, but just had a lot of spells from those schools).  She wasn't much for blasting, but she was a genius at battlefield control, putting up shields around her party members, then separating enemies with walls of fire (at lower levels) and prismatic wall (at higher levels).  The enemies were then channeled to our fighters and couldn't swarm them, which made things far more even in large-scale battles.

A good blaster can do much the same, except for incinerating the low-level enemies before they can get to the fighters, and then pre-toasting the bigger bad guys for skewering by the fighter-types.  ;)

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 9):

Haha, no worries. I usually play conjuration/transmutation wizards, letting others fight for me or creating Golems is fun.
But Dellas is more a little ball of fire blasting and destroying stuff right and left. So he needs more power than support.

I'll have Dellas mostly deal with destroying, a bit summoning and a bit utility

2500...that is awesome...thx

In reply to Volsh son of Vor (msg # 11):

Well, we did a lot... boy am I glad to be level 3 now... I just have to choose my spells for the next day (and add the feat)

Thunder! Level 3 is a distinctive turn towards badass for him. I love animal companion advancement. :)

For those in the US Happy Thanksgiving.  For the rest if you have a reason to be with family, over eat, consume alcohol and watch sports...I say go for it.  :)

Spending the day with friends -- several adults with no local and/or living relatives, so it's has become our annual tradition. We all contribute and cook it together. There will be internet, movies, and hopefully a few rounds of Pirateer, just to be different.

Dinner's in about half an hour. It's smelling really good in here right now. :)

If y'all are celebrating today -- have a good time!

You should introduce D&D to the group.

Sounds great, wish you lots of fun and a safe celebration.

Kinda been done. Back before I'd found any groups, or thought to look on line, we'd met a guy new to the area (hotel manager), and he was a gamer. So, knowing how much I wanted to play, my friend helped set up a game. He was GM, running Palladium Fantasy 2nd edition (new to me), my friend was one player, and got another casual friend who was bored enough to try, too. The casual friend couldn't keep track of anything at all even during the game, never mind one game to the next. Main friend tried, but wasn't really into it. Then things imploded with the GM(long story), and that was that.

My friend's brother isn't into much beyond watching TV, and our other friend here today has no interest.

OTOH, Pirateer turned out to be very popular today. Brother's attached to the TV, as normal, but the rest of us just finished 3+ hours of pirate warfare -- the last half with them ganging up on me. I won the first 5 games outright and narrowly won the next couple. The next several games, they either sacrificed a ship to block my harbor so I couldn't get in to win, or killed off all my ships before going after each other, whichever they could manage first. LOL It was fun. :D

I ended up working on Thanksgiving proper, so we had our dinner on Saturday at my new house.  It was the first time Mom hasn't had to cook Thanksgiving dinner in several decades.  Though I did have to stay awake the whole day (usually I'm a day sleeper due to a nighttime work schedule) it was totally worth it.  We made an embarrassing amount of food, but everyone had plenty of leftovers to take home.  Herb-brined turkey cooked with herb-butter - yum!

Thanksgiving Day at the parents with all but 2 of my 5 siblings and their families, an old friend got married on Friday, Saturday was a recovery day, and yesterday I helped one of my sisters move. Busy but fun holiday weekend with much laughter and story telling.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Happy Holidays! Drive safely and don't eat too much chocolate.. you're gonna regret it next summer

Too late!  *chocolate smeared all over face*

Heh. It was the deviled eggs and ham that posed a threat today! Mmmm, yummy!

Although, I did get two boxes of dark chocolate covered cherries as prezzies today, so I guess you could say the chocolate's lying in wait.... :D

Joyous sostice, y'all!

A belated Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukka, Blessed Yule, and other Happy Holidays!

Also a belated birthday to me!

(Not dead, drowned in Christmas.)

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 24):

Hey, happy birthday kind and wonderful DM. May you roll many natural 20s (in other games... not this one)

Does anyone have anymore questions before heading back to where we first encountered the crow?

I don't think we really need to go through another round of posting unless someone has a revelation of some kind.

I'll try to post later, I'm celebrating spring festival with my family.
A happy new year to you

Enjoy the festivities, and we'll see you when we'll see you!

Again me... I'll spend the next 10 days in Japan. I should be able to post, just wanted to let you know.

All right, does anyone want to collate the treasure from the Fen-on-the-Fen adventure?  I can get into the specifics of what you found out (as I assume that someone will bust out some identification magic either here or back at the Guildhall).  There will be a 50xp bonus to the person who gets the list up!

Everyone gets 1700xp for your fight against the alligators, kobolds, small god, giant beetles, and phantom fungus, as well as making sure the crow dispersed for good.

If no one has anything further to do in Fen-on-the-Fen, I'll move the action back towards Redhaven while we're sorting out treasure.

This is a good way to see how much the players were paying attention when they were gathering loot.  I don't guarantee that I caught everything so if someone happens to see a +5 avenging holy vorpal two handed sword in one of the posts, chime in now.  Please include the msg# where you found it and if anyone was specifically carrying it.

* name in parenthesis is who specifically collected it in character that I happened to note.

Nest of the Crow god
Golden Feather (Dellas)
Puffball Mushrooms (Dellas)

Golden Godsblood? (technically, no one collected this at the time into a container)

Kobold caves
A dozen crystal vials, about half of them green, one gold, one red, one blue, and three teal.  (The six bottles that are not green are minorly magical)

A brass chest molded with scenes of battle between mermen and sailors.

Bottle of Phantom Fungus bits (Dellas)

Armor of the Phoenix Knight - a highly decorated suit of full plate armor, with gold-colored scrollwork and the swoop of red enamel scales highlighting the designs of a phoenix in the helm and across the breastplate.

A detailed silver dagger with a pommel shaped like a coiled dragon.  minor magical aura

Embroidered silver cloth

A carefully crafted and neatly folded cloth-of-gold crown

A crystal pendent of a sun on a golden chain

Brass Chest
The bulk of it is filled with silver coins of many eras, with a few of other colors (copper, gold, even the darker gleam of electrum) studded throughout.

There is an oak wand carved with a vine twining around itself, studded with mossy-green clear stones.

There is a bracelet made of molded leather and and crystal to look like a dragon coiled about one's wrist or upper arm, its toothy jaws open, a flame-red tongue within.  It always feels warm.

There are two identical bands of what looks like spider silk, woven in a pattern of geckos.

Finally there is a stone figurine of a cat, nearly life size, carved of lapis lazuli with exquisite detail.  "Prrrow" is engraved on the bottom.

I took the crystals and the colorful pebbles... there was sadly no time to take the skulls.

So i guess we need to do some IDing.

Maybe we can get a bulk discount?

Sorry Narthian, I'm not at the table anymore.

and yes, let's count whatever we got and get back to Redhaven

Right and right.  I work this weekend, so I'll try to put things together that you'll eventually get identified (if not here, then in Redhaven), and then move the action back.  If I don't post this weekend, I will post late Monday.

Sorry, been away sick a couple days... but Averdante would definitely have experimented with the command word for the cat statuette on the way back! It was stashed away as treasure, with a word written under it = high possibility of being magical.

:)

words, 'cuz RPOL requires them.

Heh. Yeah, now that I'm not half-brain dead with the headache and exhaustion, and working solo because neither co-worker made it in -- I'll get right on that!:)

Fen on the Fen loot:
- Golden Feather
- 7 Puffball Mushrooms infused with Godsblood
- Bottle of Phantom Fungus bits
- Vials:
6 antitoxin (green)
1 restoration (gold)
1 bull's strength (red)-Volsh
1 invisibility (blue)
3 expedious retreat (teal)
- Armor of Phoenix Knight- Masterwork Full Plate, fire resistance 2 (red dragon hide & phoenix feather dust) - Bruenor
- Silver dagger with pommel shaped like a coiled dragon: +1, on critical hit dragon roars and victim makes WILL save DC 17 or be dazed for 1 round
- Oak wand carved with vine twining around itself: barksin, +2natural AC for 50 min. 22 charges -Narthian
- figurine cat that animates if command word is spoken -Averdante
- Bracelet of molded leather adds fire damage to fire spells -Dellas

12 healing gourds
(1 each, Narthain 2, Volsh 2)

folk art
(15gp)
Crystals and colorful stones
(30gp)
embroidered silver cloth
(300gp)
cloth gold of gold crown
(5000gp to the right collector!!!)
Crystal pendent of a sun on golden chain
(60g)
Brass Chest
(391gp, 8239sp, 453cp) (converted ep into sp)
Brass chest molded with scenes of battle between mermen and sailors
(200gp)

Gold:   5996 (after selling everything)
Silver: 8239
Copper:  453
This message was last edited by the player at 03:29, Thu 20 Apr 2017.

As you can guess, I'd like to lay claim on the bracer... it seems to fit Dellas and the dragon likes him.

While the dagger would be nice too, I think that one of you should have it (who can use it more often)

The Golden feather I think we should keep until we really need it.. maybe we can ask for a divine favor or something.

The puffballs infused with Godsblood could be useful for either alchemy or I was thinking about weapons...
And actually I also think that we should keep the shiny stones and crystals... in case of Ogre

Okay so maybe Volsh just wants the Potion of Bull's Strength...

I could make use of the Bark Skin wand.

Also, I don't plan on attempting to grow one yet, but I will try to store them in the best way possible to keep the spores viable.

Lantamori has no interest in any of the items for herself.

We also have the 12 healing gourds from the town to split.  Probably 1 each and the rest to Farian?

I wouldn't mind having 2 gourds, splitting the extras between the two combat support characters. Someone double check my math, this would give everyone 1, me 2, and Farian 3.

Another option is to split the extras between Volsh and Bruenor, so the front line fighters have a means for healing themselves when Farian or I am otherwise occupied. ... When I bother to prep a healing spell, that is. ;)

In reply to Narthian Goldleaf (msg # 46):

Bruenor can have mine, I have a potion and I'm not supposed to be hurt...

I have a mental image of a hobgoblin charging Dellas, who is cowering and yelling "Not the face! Not the face!" :D

LOL Of course, the next round, the hobgoblin has that surprised expression and sooty look common to cartoon characters who were standing at ground zero when something explodes....

Averdante is definitely taken with the cat figurine... that whole cats & curiosity thing, you know. ;)

Hahaha, it would of course be a cunning ruse to allow Averdante or Abby to finish the hobgoblin off before he can get too close to Dellas :P

You read my mind in asking its name. Narthian is obviously a dog person, so was never going to keep the figurine, but I hope to find out many things about this fascinating cat for you. It all depends on the interpretation of Speak with Animals. :)

Is that was that was! Well, we've covered the bases on asking, then. :) And more information would definitely be good, for whomever finally ends up with it.

All righty then, I hope to have us back to Redhaven by early Saturday morning at the latest.  Maybe sooner, if I am feeling perky after my next couple of work days.

I literally heard the cat say "sh, don't talk" luckily Dellas is too busy with his new toy

BTW can I have asked the villagers to give me as many chilies as they are willing to part with?

...Good lord almighty, we haven't revisited the Redhaven threads since 2015.  Congrats to all of us!

Yeah, I have to go re-read some stuff before I update all willy-nilly and contradict myself on the stuff I wrote two years ago...

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 55):

wow... we've been playing this game for over 2 years. I still remember reading about the Goblin camp and loving it!
Congrats to you and all of us. I still consider this one of my favorite games here and any I've played in real life.

Dellas also kinda grew on me :P

Agreed on that. When I first discovered RPoL and started exploring, I found this game and started reading during the attack on the goblin camp. It was an intriguing story, with creative, subtle features, and I thought it was exactly the kind of game I'd like to get in on.

Then within a few weeks of finding it, it was advertised in Players Wanted, looking for people to adopt a couple orphaned characters -- including the one I'd most want to run. It was my first experience using 3.5, too (so I'm really glad it was an adoption rather than creating from scratch!).
This message was last edited by the player at 15:46, Thu 13 Apr 2017.

Very glad I have you all in this game.  I get to have a lot of fun with this one.  :)

Aaaaaand, I've updated the Redhaven thread, so let us enjoy your triumphant return!

Probably a good idea to reread the info on our Guild in the "Your Adventurers' Guild and the Low'verok Guild System" thread.

I'll get a post up soon; taxes have eaten up my time, and now I need to go stick a stamp on them....

If Sir Aberlayne can keep Dellas from spouting out "Flaming Fists!" without consulting the rest for a group name, it would be an interesting topic to cover over breakfast.  It's getting late and we've had a long ride.

Flaming Fists? No no no... "Flaming balls" Or "Fiery Nine" "Nine lives of fire"? "Red hot Chillie Fires?" "Fire, Fire & Fire?"

Hey all, apologies for the slow posting.  Real life catches up to you once in a while. :-)

I love the pace, the story, and the players here.  Very enjoyable, thanks to all present, and a special shout out to our fantastic DM.  I was new to PbP gaming a couple years ago, and am still going strong in 2 long-running adventures - this being one of them.  Things don't last this long unless they're well-run and well-played.

Bruenor will definitely take an extra healing gourd if Dellas is sure he'll go without.  His eyes keep drifting back to that magnificent suit of armor, too.  He's not sure if it's too presumptuous or fancy for a travelling adventurer, but he could certainly use an upgrade over his chainmail (+1 as it may be).

Isn't Bruenor more of a DEX swordman? Wouldn't heavy armor impede his movement?

*sporfles*  Well, wouldn't that just make Master Steelhead's eyebrows go up and stay up...

Glad all and sundry is liking it.  This game gives me the opportunity to do some creative things!  :D

He started that way, but quite some time ago when I inherited him, he evolved a bit (with our DM's blessing) to more of a straight ahead swordsman.  He found he liked the heft of a longsword over that of a rapier.

In reply to Bruenor Sedricson (msg # 66):

Cool, I think that we're okay with you getting this sweet armor set

Will Abby take the dagger? She should get something too
This message was last edited by the player at 03:30, Thu 20 Apr 2017.

Fen on the Fen loot:
- Golden Feather
- 7 Puffball Mushrooms infused with Godsblood
- Bottle of Phantom Fungus bits
- Vials:
6 antitoxin (green) - Lantamori, Averdante x2, Haazheel
1 restoration (gold) - Abby
1 bull's strength (red)-Volsh
1 invisibility (blue)
3 expedious retreat (teal) - Abby x3
- Armor of Phoenix Knight- Masterwork Full Plate, fire resistance 2 (red dragon hide & phoenix feather dust) - Bruenor
- Silver dagger with pommel shaped like a coiled dragon: +1, on critical hit dragon roars and victim makes WILL save DC 17 or be dazed for 1 round - Lantamori
- Oak wand carved with vine twining around itself: barksin, +2natural AC for 50 min. 22 charges -Narthian
- figurine cat that animates if command word is spoken -Averdante
- Bracelet of molded leather adds fire damage to fire spells -Dellas
- Crystal pendent of a sun on golden chain - Farian
(60g)

12 healing gourds
(1 each, Narthain 2, Volsh 2)

folk art
(15gp)
Crystals and colorful stones
(30gp)
embroidered silver cloth
(300gp)
cloth gold of gold crown
(5000gp to the right collector!!!)
Brass Chest
(391gp, 8239sp, 453cp) (converted ep into sp)
Brass chest molded with scenes of battle between mermen and sailors
(200gp)

Gold:   5936 (after selling everything)
Silver: 8239
Copper:  453
This message was last edited by the player at 15:54, Sun 23 Apr 2017.

We'll say Farian will carry anything that isn't claimed from the list this week to finish it off.  So grab what you want to carry from what's left.

Lantamori will take the dragon dagger and an antitoxin.

Dellas can carry the feather and the puffballs to figure out what they do.

I'd also think that Farian may buy back the sun pendant on the silver chain from his share.

Given his habits and luck, Dante's definitely going to want an anti-toxin, too. He'll likely need it sooner than later!

I think everyone knows, but just to be clear, Sir Aberlayne is an NPC, and I've been running Farian and Haazheel for a while because their players dropped out.  While I'm not actively looking for players at the moment, if anyone has a buddy who wants to take over our cleric or other wizard, I'd be open to that.

But for now...

Farian will indeed want the crystal sun.  Likely that will go towards his temple tithe.  He'll take an antitoxin too, so that he'll have one (or more) on hand in case administering it is necessary.

Haazheel doesn't have any particular interest in any of the treasure beyond the monetary value, though he wouldn't mind an antitoxin on top of the healing gourds we got from Fen-on-the-Fen.  He'd like to use his share of the gold to scribe some scrolls for future use in our adventures.

Abby will happily have those expeditious retreat potions so she can save Dellas (and all and sundry) faster.  ;)

Do we have a total yet of the coin each person is getting?

One of the scouts/sneaky people should get the invisibility potion.

Fine with the NPC acquisitions.  Lantamori isn't interested in the invisibility.  Perhaps Averdante?

In reply to Volsh son of Vor (msg # 72):

Well, we have to sell the stuff yet. Specially the crown should give us a lot of cash.

I'm cool with scroll scribers and potion makers getting an extra share of cash. That said, I do neither.

Money doesn't mean a whole lot to Nartian. He's mostly in this business for the hunting. :)

In reply to Narthian Goldleaf (msg # 75):

O o oh I scribe scrolls!

Haha, we already have a rather interesting way of dealing with loot but I'm cool with it.

You know, it occurred to me that a party member who might get good use out of that invisibility potion might be Thunder or Mystique.  If either go scouting, that gives one a huge edge in not being detected.

That thought had crossed my mind, though I would defer to Mystique having it. Narthian would likely join Thunder in scouting, part of the reason I built Narthian with the Endurance and Run feats. Together we can outrun most of the trouble that we get into. :)

Shall we roleplay the selling of items or should we just add the money to our coffers?

Some of the art objects you will have to find a buyer for (the cloth-of-gold crown, more specifically) but the rest can be sold to businesses in town with a morning's work for the standard 1/2 rate for weapons and armor, 3/4 for most other things (more with a Diplomacy or associated Profession/Craft check).  If there's any straight barter you want to do for things (one kind of weapon or another, gems for scrolls or potions) that's also a possibility.

Volsh, I'm going to get to that thing you mentioned IC, but I need to go through some back posts and PMs to find the necessary info.

Volsh, your trip to the Wild Angel Inn is up in the "Redhaven - a soldier's town" thread.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 81):

Okay not sure how far I can go without it...

Without what, Volsh?  *is confused*

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 84):

I am heading over to the pub and join the group.

Which is a roundabout way of saying we have a player for Farian!

So Farian, currently most of the group is in the Adventurer's Guildhall.  Sir Aberlayne is at the shrine of Yondalla, I had placed Farian at the House of the Sun, and Volsh has recently adjourned to the Wild Angel.  So, you wanted Farian to swing by the Wild Angel after touching base at the House of the Sun?

Who is good with people? We need someone to maximise our gold return from our big haul.

Hilariously, the highest Charisma amongst the group is a 12 (which about half have).  The highest Charisma in the party is Sir Aberlayne.  Dellas, want to dragoon your sister into, "Oh sis, won't you keep me from being cheated?"

"Is this one of those, 'You're so much better at this than I am?' things?"

"...Yes?"

"Ok, fine.  Give me the loot!"

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 88):

Wow... oh kind DM you read my mind!

Well done, Dellas...  Guilt her into it! :)

Welcome new Farian!

I shall do my best... though not today. Abby is still busy talking to her god and Dellas needs his beauty sleep

Haha, it seems that I went to bed too early. I might rejoin you downstairs.

Are slime gnomes something we would know about and a playable race?

A typo that's inspired a new race?

Or something that will soon be edited before you're slapped with a discrimination suit from the Gnomish Development Council (GDC)?

Sounds cool and disgusting at the same time... I love it!

The new Haazheel is arriving. His familiar is a European Eagle Owl, over two feet high, nearly nine pounds.

Have been skimming through posts. Watched the Giants beat the Reds.

Welcome new Haazheel!

Hi new Haazheel, hope you'll enjoy it here. It's a great game.

Thank you. It seems the first Haazheel was active; the second, not. I'm drafting several changes in him. Basic character is similar: Wizard with owl familiar. Should be done tomorrow if all goes well. It may be best to introduce him as a new arrival.

Cool. A new Farian and a new Haazheel. Hi, y'all!

Could always just say Haazheel found the experience into the fen (or dealing with the small gods) an eye-opening experience. That'd cover a bit of a shift well enough. ;)

Dellas will stay in his room... he mostly wants to sell the stuff and do SHOPPING!

Anyone entering the guild barracks will note that Lantamori is already asleep.

Lantamori, anything you have slated for the next day?  Gear you want to pick up?  People you want to talk to?  Anything you want to commission?

Apologies for the late notice, but it's the last week of the school year and I am massively busy. Booked most of the week after work, too; may not be able to post before the weekend.

I can go through at least the last IC thread but would appreciate any summary. Also, anything about any particular history, relationship, between your character and Haazheel.

In reply to Haazheel Thorn (msg # 105):

Dellas has saved your life several times and you owe him 500 gold. we were talking about you becoming my apprentice but the player left before we could finalise the whole deal. ;P

HAHA, actually Dellas and Haazheel had conversations about magic and trading spells between them. I guess that we respect each other as wizards and companions.

Lantamori plans on visiting Rosco Ironheart to commission a mithral shirt for her.  She has enough existing funds prior to the sale of the new items to cover it.

She'd also like to see if she could put together some masterwork tools.

Other than that, she'll help see if she can find a buyer for the embroidered silver cloth.

Haazheel, summary thus far is the group got together at the Redhaven Guildhall, most of them not knowing the others.  Eager for adventure, they decided to team up as at least a temporary band.  Lantamori wasn't with them at first, but instead a halfling rogue named Drogo.

They took a job going after goblins besieging the village of Boltharrow.  During the course of that adventure, they found the goblins were in an old ruin, defeated most of them, and found an ancient tomb under it.  They defeated several undead that lingered there, some by combat, some by just helping them finish their unfinished business.  They found a treasure trove of usual magical items in that tomb.

In between the goblin fight and the next day's tomb exploration, Drogo left the group (to deliver some goblin babes and goblin wives to a temple) and Lantamori (who had been visiting her uncle in Boltharrow) joined the group.

After their success in the tomb, the group went back to Redhaven, took care of some business, and decided to take on another job, investigating the disappearance of all the animals (and the appearance of mysterious lights) from a village called Fen-on-the-Fen.  In the course of that adventure, they became allied with the village's patron, a small god called the Stone Tree.  They fought many kobolds and alligators (and a couple of kobolds piloting a device that looked like an alligator), rescued a young man under the influence of a new, rival small god and kept him from carrying that unwholesome divine influence into his village, wounded a small god unto death, fought several giant beetles, Volsh convinced the wounded small god to take his divine power and bugger off into another plane to start over doing some sort of good, and then the group raided the abandoned kobold lair, found a trove of treasure, fought a phantom fungus, made off with the loot, and are now back in Redhaven.

The group has risen from Redbadge (lowest Guild rank) to Blackwarden (second Guild rank).

You're currently just back from a long day's ride, relaxing and discussing things before bed, checking out the Guild job board with an eye to deciding what to do next.  Tomorrow your paladin (Sir Aberlayne, Dellas' sister) will be selling your loot so everyone can get their fair share to save or spend as they please.

Wow. I'm impressed. Thank you.

Yay! I can't wait to disturb local economy with my new found wealth. I'll check for some magic items and scrolls mostly.

Volsh and Farian, we can carry on your conversations from the previous night, even as we go about our business of infusing Redhaven economy with gold and deciding on a job on the next day.

Okay thanks...I have been a bit lately, sorry for the slower posting rate.

Heads up - Narthian will be a little scarce until Sunday or Monday. Big soccer playoff weekend here for me to referee.

So was a loot amount distributed to everyone...i did not see the post if so?

Loot is sort of being distributed as we speak.  Soon as these guys get out of the antiquities store (i.e. when I update tomorrow when I am coherent), gold for all!

Just FYI, my writing and/or posting may be negatively affected for a while. Please NPC Averdante as needed.

Sorry guys, not dead, but have some writing deadlines looming and then my cat chose this weekend to reenact The Exorcist from both ends over most of the house.

My wizards, please make percentile rolls (75% chance of success) to see if the scrolls you want/teacher you want is in question.  To scribe into someone else's spellbook (if copying a spell from someone) requires a casting of read magic (or just the help of the spellcaster in question to understand their magical shorthand).  Then you spend a day copying the spell.  And the end of the day, you need a Spellcraft check of DC 15 + spell's level to see if you did everything correctly (you get a +2 to the check if the spell is from your favored school, and of course you cannot learn anything from your prohibited schools).

If either of you want to copy spells from a wizard in town (say someone in the Mage's Guild or the Adventurer's Guild), the fee is 50gp x spell level.  If you guys want to charge each other fees for copying out of each other's books, that's up to you.

I believe the gold tally per person, according to Dellas, is 550gp.  If you need to do some pre-emptive buying of stuff, now is the time to do it.

I hope to do an update in the next pair of days, but everyone go ahead and tend to whatever bookkeeping tasks you need to!  :)

Hi all, my apologies for going AWOL for a bit.  I'm afraid it will only get worse, as I'm going on holiday with my extended family for all of next week. :-)

I'll get caught up with reading, and will try to look into any shopping Bruenor might be interested in.  If things move along, DM please feel free to NPC Bruenor until I'm back.  Not sure if I'll be able to log in during the week.

Happy Father's Day to those of us who are Dads!

Nice catch Averdante, I was hoping to give you guys the feeling that he doesn't really care... and that magic is exciting!

Hey all, it seems to me the Armor of Phoenix Knight (Masterwork Full Plate, fire resistance 2 (red dragon hide & phoenix feather dust)) may be quite valuable.

After his initial fascination wears off, Bruenor would like to consider selling it and getting something more suited to a Blackwarden's adventuring.

Masterwork full plate = 1650gp, but it seems like the fire resistance adds quite a bit more to that?  Just not sure...can anyone help work out its value?

There's not really a monetary value for the small amount of fire resistance, because it's not in that neat increments of five that the D&D magic item system likes so much for resistances, but we can extrapolate.  Magical armor of fire resistance is +18000gp for 10 points of fire resistance.  Dividing that by ten and you get each point of fire resistance is worth 1800gp.  So the 2 fire resistance on the armor, by the formulas of the DMG, is about 3600gp.  If we want to get technical about it.

Now on the other hand, several of the magical items and magic weapons you guys have found over the past couple of adventures would, if fully broken down by magical item creation value, be worth quite a lot more than the Armor of the Phoenix.

My advice?  Wear it.  Be awesome.  There will be rewards for everyone in turn.  :)

Reminder while Haazheel is IC busy: He's already has indicated that he'd be fine with the proposed trip.

In reply to Haazheel Thorn (msg # 122):

Same here, Dellas needs money for his spells.

In reply to Dellas Nump (msg # 119):

LOL No problem. Glad to help!

Sorry been kind of swamped lately...will try to update this weekend, and be more responsive going forward.

No prob, Volsh.  I'm hopefully going to get things resolved here at the Guildhall today, and so if anyone needs to do anything over the next three days, be ready for that.  I know Lantamori wants a mount, and Haazheel and Dellas are exchanging spells.

While trying on new horses, Lantamori discovers that the horse makes her shortbow look small.  It hadn't been a problem on foot, but on horseback, the scale just doesn't seem right.

Now she has to go shopping for a new bow as well...

Luckily, they have 3 days until the caravan departs.

And of course if there are fancier saddles, blankets, and bridles, she just has to look at all of them...
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At the moment it's kinda nice to be busy in character... reading all of your posts and learning new magic.

That was Narthian who expressed interest in going over the maps & routes with the caravan master, although Dante certainly wouldn't mind sitting in. Be good to know what the targeting range will be along the way (i.e., how close can trouble get before we can see/target it) -- medium, short, or point blank range? :D

Hi all, I'm off for a week-long work conference, so Bruenor will continue to be quiet for a bit.

DM - please feel free to NPC him if the next job starts up, and I'll try to jumpstart him when I'm back. :)

Don't worry, I'll spend all your money on a fancy mount!  :D  ;)

I've been checking in. Haazheel is fine with arrangements for traveling. He has some money to contribute if needed. He has time to interact if asked during breaks in his work.

I'll be putting up the first big travel post probably late Monday evening, so be looking for it then as we get this wagon train a-rollin'!

Sorry I have been tryingt o get caught up.

So it seems that the Caravan of Master Deyna goes right through the area that Volsh mentioned, Fort Cross.  Is everyone okay with the idea of combining the missions so to speak?  Obviously if there was some conflict then it woudl be up to Volsh to decide what he woudl pursue.

yeah, we're all cool with it as I recall. The caravan pauses at the fort for a day or two, if memory serves.

Haazheel, IC and OOC, agrees.

In reply to Volsh son of Vor (msg # 134):

Dellas learned that magic is expensive.... and traveling and killing tends to bring money... he's cool with it

Looks like we're waiting on Bruenor, Farian, and Volsh.

I think we should set a 48 hour window after the GM posts to get our combat actions in before the GM NPC's those that haven't posted when he gets a chance to post again.

Combat takes forever if we wait for everyone to post.  In a group this large, someone's bound to get tied up for a while and things grind to a halt.

In reply to Lantamori (msg # 138):

I concur! That's why our kind DM asked us for our standard battle procedures... though I think that our DM is busy at the moment..

I shall hopefully be able to update tonight.  Volsh and Bruenor will be wreaking havoc, as they do.

Farian is currently an NPC - though if anyone knows someone who would like to play our cleric, do send them my way.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 140):

My daughter likes to play Clerics... but she's only 5... and can't read and write yet.

What's the length of our dozen wagon caravan?

Jolly long!  A horse takes up a 10' long area, and so does a wagon (roughly), plus the relief horse herd which takes up, say another hundred feet on average, and then there will be some space in between each wagon because they're not driving on top of each other, and then Master Deyna's wagon is a little bigger...

Call it 450' long, tip to tail.  Hmm, so Farian's bless only hit Lantamori and him.

I assume you guys are riding up and down the length of the caravan, or strung out along it as you go, to keep an eye on things.

Thanks.  That gives us a good perspective on which targets we can engage within our range.

So the folks in front aren't likely to be able to engage a target in the back and anything attacking the middle of the caravan would have a round or two before anyone at front or back could get to them for melee.

Good to keep in mind.

Folks, GM

I am sorry, but my life has become a bit too hectic, so I need to drop this game, among others.  I was enjoying the game, and perhaps someday I can return, but for right now I cannot  continue.

sorry to see you go, Volsh. Good luck!

Sorry to read that, take care, it was fun to go adventuring with you

While RL comes first, leaving RPOL (even for a little while) hurts.

Sorry you have to leave, Volsh. Hope things get back on the right track for you soon.

So sorry to hear that, Volsh.  I really enjoy having you in my game.  I hope you can come back sometime!

Bruenor logged in today and didn't post, can we move on with his standard procedures when the GM gets a chance?

Thanks.

Yeah, sorry about the delay in posting guys - had a busier week than I wanted.  Will update tonight!

Hi folks.  I just joined and am playing Farian.  I hope you like how I play him.

My RPOL nick is mrkrrtft.

Welcome; may you roll 20s.

Hi new Farian, you'll like it here, it's one of the best games I've played on rpol

Could someone give me a recap of why we're in a caravan?  I'm slowly going through previous threads, but it's taking me a while.

Thank you : )

It was the job that seemed most suited to everyone, potentially profitable, and it takes Bruenor someplace that he needs to go to fulfill a personal vendetta. Or was that Volsh? I can never remember. Someone in out party is seeking information at a waypoint to our final destination with this caravan.

Anyhow, the basic concept is that we work for an adventurer's guild. We do a job and return to the guildhall to find a new one.

Premise is that you're a group of adventurers that came together about a month or so ago.  The country of Low'verok has a strong Guild system, and the Adventurer's Guild handles unusual situations that the Royal or local Duke/Baron's guards don't.  (They handle bandits, large raiding parties, thieves and whatnot, but if there's an obscure attack of kobolds, strange happenings in the woods, or weird monsters off the beaten path, people hire adventuring parties.)

The group's first job was to fight off a series of goblin attacks on the small town of Boltharrow.  In the course of that, they also explored an ancient tomb and killed some undead.  Their second job was to go to the town of Fen-on-the-Fen and investigate some mysterious lights and missing animals.  This turned out to be a rival small god who was flexing its newfound power.  The group killed the kobold minions in the small god's thrall, wounded the small god, and then Volsh convinced the small god to take its remaining power and go do some good elsewhere.  Which it then did.

The party returned to Redhaven after about two weeks, did some selling of loot, buying of goods, and looked for more possible jobs.  The caravan job seemed to fit everyone's tastes, and also brought the group to Fort Cross, where fellow party member Volsh has found a lead on a personal matter to him.  So, two birds with one stone.

Excellent. Thanks to both of you. : )

I'm gonna be gone until the 25th, finally got some time for some traveling.
Though I do think that I should be able to log in occasionally.

And hello to the Farian Mark-something-of-other. It's always good to have the priest actively engaged! :)

LOL, mrkrrtft = MrCarrotfeet

; )

Heh. No, we've joked about characters being Mark II or Mark III. I'm Averdante Mark II. I just can't recall how many Farians there have been, to know if you're Mark III, IV, or even V! Whatever it is, I'm hoping you'll be around a long while. :)

Carrot-feet, though... aren't those hard to walk with? ;)

I think at least 4 at this point.  This game has been running since June of 2014...

I hope to update later this morning.  If fatigue prevents me (fatigued posting is sort of like posting drunk - not recommended for clarity) then I should be able to update Monday morning.

Hi all, I'm still here, but please accept my apologies for the extended absence.  I got quite busy with work and home, and was having trouble finding time to get caught up...truth be told, the number of new posts was daunting, so I kept putting it off!

That being said, I'm reading through, and will jump in later today.

DM - Thanks for NPCing Bruenor!  By the way, so I can update my char sheet, which warhorse did he select and how much gold did it set him back? ;-)

I'm the new model, Farian Mark IV.  Improved titanium skeleton, worships Skynet.... J/K!!

I'm looking forward to being around a while.  I can't play too many IRL Pathfinder games because my wife and I have 6 kids (17, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3) so it's hard for me to get a 4 hour session in on a weekend or weekend night.  RPOL has been great for me for that.

I just make sure to check after dinner for any new posts and respond accordingly.

On another note, I was updating my character sheet, and decided a new portrait was in order.  Bruenor has evolved a bit from mark I, and I think this better reflects his current character.



Good Lord, I'm surprised you have time for anything!  ;-)

Bruenor - for your mount, I can refer you to Post #75 of Redhaven - A soldier's town.  Quoted below:



Bit and bridle is 2gp, standard riding saddle is 10gp, a military saddle is 20gp, saddlebags are 4gp, supplemental feed will be taken care of by the caravan.  Normal heavy warhorse is 400gp.  Silver and Jack are 400gp, Comet is 300gp due to his youth, Demon is 175gp due to his temperment.

Just FYI, current enemies left standing are:
Very wounded ogre in the trees, currently being surrounded by Sir Aberlayne, Volsh, and Bruenor.
Somewhat wounded ogre magician, in the rear of the party, bring beat on by Farian, and shot at by Averdante and Lantamori.
Lightly wounded very big female ogre at the middle of the caravan by the horse herd.  Not currently close to anyone but Averdante's magical stone cat.  About 150' away from Haazheel.  Currently wielding a live horse as a greatclub.

This gave me  BIG chuckle at a greatly needed time. : )

So... I'm not close to any opponent? Cool I can watch the others

Well, your mule Honeybee can gallop, so you could get closer to the action... just so you could sell popcorn, mind.  ;)

But what would I eat if I'd sell my popcorn? Plus Dellas doesn't want to ride into battle on a donkey... should have bought a war pony or something

How can I pass up a carnivorous horse?? :-)

Clearly you can't.  No one could pass up a carnivorous horse. :D

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I imagine, as Narthian is calling up for Master Deyna, that she's sitting on her wagon bench, rolling her eyes and going, "Isn't this what I hired you guys for?"  :D

But seriously folks, she'll be up next round once she finds a vantage point...

Hey DM, I don't have any experience w/ mounted combat.  Would you mind providing some guidance here, re: how it works?

I assume we work off the same initiative roll...but can Demon take an attack each time Bruenor does?  What sorts of attacks can he make?  I saw something about hoof strike & bite.  Does he have standard warhorse attributes?

Thanks in advance! :-)

Mounted combat uses your Ride Skill if you want to attack along with your hourse.

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/skills/ride.htm

It's called Fight with Warhorse.

You can also look at the mounted Combat section.

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/comb...ks.htm#mountedCombat

The horse will attack at the same time you do, on your turn.  A full attack for a horse is two hooves and a bite.  Link to heavy warhorse in the SRD is here:  http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Heavy_Warhorse

Thanks to both of you for the info!

Update tomorrow, probably very late.  I have a deadline for a rough draft, and right now it's in a sort of order that looks like I took the plot and hit "puree".  *cough*  Once I right that writing, we'll hopefully kill some ogres!

Hey all, just a heads up that Bruenor might be sporadic for a bit.  We're down in Houston, and the flooding here is pretty shocking.  We're in a 2nd floor apt, so should be safe, but who knows what'll happen with electricity, water, etc.  Lots of friends & family flooded.

I'll try to keep up, though, as to be honest...it's a welcome distraction from the rain & chaos.  :-)

Try to stay dry!  And if not, roll well on your Swim checks!

Nothing like some dead ogres and an a flesh-eating horse to take your mind off the weather...

Yikes. I just saw the news reports on Houston. Good luck Bruenor.

Farian, responding on this thread as the first OOC thread is nearly at the 1,000 post limit.

Yeah, unlike Pathfinder, your orisons are limited, so you'll get exactly four (at this level) of the spells you selected that day.  Your domain spell, which happens to have been chosen from the Healing domain.  Hmm, it also looks like you haven't put down your 2nd level domain spells, which are cure moderate wounds for Healing and heat metal for Sun.  You get to pick one for today.  And also, because you are a Good cleric, you can convert any uncast spells (other than your domain spell) into a Cure spell of the appropriate level.  You cast bless and command during the fight, which means you have one 1st level spell left, and two 2nd level spells.

So you can cast cure light wounds at 1d8+4 (you're casting a +4 instead of +3 because of your Healing domain ability), and cure moderate wounds twice at 2d8+4.  Also your domain slots, if you chose your Healing domain spells for each, which would net you an additional CLW and CWM.

cool thanks.

So who needs healing and then I'll RP it and roll for you all.

Volsh is down about 24 points.  He took a massive amount of damage in that fight!

The rest of the caravan crew not involved in the horse hunt were chopping and shifting the trees while you guys were looting and whatnot.  The road is now clear enough to go on.

FYI, I am on vacation, returning Monday night.  I might be able to do some sporadic updates, but I can't be certain.  We'll see how it goes!

Stay safe, Bruenor. I haven't heard but a bit on the radio, but they're saying it's bad.


Nothing so dire here, just messed up. First month back to work is always heavy, but it had new layers this year, ones entirely counter-productive to work requiring sustained focus. Since I'm bogged on work, no time for fun stuff. :P

It's been a bit shocking.  My elderly parents' house flooded w/ about 3 1/2 feet of water.  We've been slogging there all week trying to clean it out and pack stuff up (whatever's not getting thrown out).  Almost every house in a 10 block radius around them has been flooded, too.  The piles of rubbish out front of every house in the neighborhood is astounding.

And that's just that one part of town.  Other areas around Houston got hit just as bad.

Where's the "repel water" spell when you need it?  Or at least the "cast 100,000 Sham-Wows to appear simultaneously" spell. :)

Sad to hear Bruenor.  But glad you and your family are okay.

Glad the family's OK Bruenor. I live near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where we had a "500 year flood" nine years ago. It took months before the piles of destroyed belongings were finally cleared up. And months more before buildings were sufficiently repaired to be livable. And we're not anywhere near the size of Houston.

Hang in there and watch out for charlatans.

Hey Narthian, we're not so far apart, I'm in Davenport, IA.  The Mississippi (and nearby Rock River) repeatedly jumps its banks during summer, though our floods tends to be slower and steadier rises with lingering floodwaters, rather than anything like Harvey.  I had some relatives further down south (near Fort Madison) lose their farms during 1993.

Bruenor, glad to hear you're okay, and sorry about your parents' home.  (And LOL for the "100,000 Sham-Wows".)

Okay, guys, I'll be back home from vacation later tonight.  Hopefully I will be able to update tonight.  If not, then Tuesday morning.  Averdante, you'll be able to find what you need for Prreet alongside or in a creek bed.

It's a small world! I was doing ride-alongs with Medic Ambulance in '93 as part of my paramedic training. (I'm no longer an EMT, though, having given it up for the better pay of the IT world). I know the Mississippi well, as I grew up in Dubuque. The proof is in that I know how to spell Dubuque. :D

Reminder of collected treasure:

• 2000gp in various coins and gems (baggage horse)
• three small barrels of wine (on baggage horse?)
• a small stone pot of silversheen, (Sir Aberlayne)
• a slender metal wand of iron that had been being used as an eating stick (arcane protection from evil, 23 charges) (Dellas or Haazheel)
• a red glass goblet so large that it could have been used to bathe an infant.  Or at least a large puppy. (baggage horse, wrapped in dirty hides)

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Haazheel, shall we have a magical duel for the rod or shall we gamble for it?

Already "gave" it to you.

Thank you for your patience with me.  I had an unexpected day off on Friday (I'm working 12 hour shifts 7 days a week) and I spent it with my family.

Hard schedule. I agree that family comes before RPOL (well, it does, however banal the observation).

Some of the actions posted so far seem like they may take a while to complete while others much faster.  Just something to keep in mind when making any follow up posts to decide whether you've completed your previous action before starting something new.

Or whether you were interrupted before completion of your first task.

I'll be updating y'all on Monday.

Good point, Lantamori.

I know that I, for one, have a bad habit of posting too much too soon. It's my own impatience that's showing through. (PBP can be sooooo sssslllllooooowwwww). ;) Sometimes I catch myself, sometimes not so much. Everyone should feel free to call me out when I do it, and I'll reel myself back in. Or post a short term retcon where appropriate.

Haazheel, Master Deyna did listen to you.  In the first part of the post, she moved the caravan a little ways away, out from directly beneath Greensward, in response to your advice.

Embarrassment, repentance, and a quick replacement of post contents.

Farian is still keeping an eye out on both the surrounding area and the room we are looking at.  I just don't want to post a one liner saying such.

Ditto.

Update late Monday, folks!

Hi all,

Sorry for not posting the last 5 days or so.  Work was tough and then my family took a trip from California to Wyoming (in 3 days, 1933 miles sheesh), but now I"m back.  I'll post tonight when I get home.

Farian, glad to see you back!  Have fun trying to smash a vine.

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And also, Lantamori, your reactions and reasoning is a hoot.  This is like one of those scenes in a movie or TV episode where they're cutting back and forth:

"Don't worry, they're just shouting because they're exaggerating."

Cut to shrieks of dismay and general mayhem.

"He has magic to deal with the situation."

Cut to someone yelling, "It's not working!" "Then try harder!"

"They handle this sort of thing all the time."

Cut to flailing and monster roaring.

"They've got this."

Cut to, "We don't got this!  ARGH!"

What is ? I've never heard that and I probably imagine the wrong thing

Hullabaloo = ruckus = commotion.

DM, I hesitate to mention, but no additional damage? I'm free to try to escape again?

Thanks... but is this a commonly used word?

Narthian - correct, no additional damage this round, flex away!  The vine was more annoyed with Sir Aberlayne this round than you.  ;)

Dellas - Hullabaloo is an uncommon word in modern-day vernacular, but it's super-fun to say and I feel it should make a comeback!  :D

Haazheel - Yes, hullabaloo can be nouned or verbed as necessary.

Edit - Also, anyone currently entangled in the vine's entangle effect, which I believe is Dellas, Narthian, and Bruenor, all need to take a full-round action to do either a DC 20 Strength check or Escape Artist check to get free.  Sorry Dellas, you won't be able attack the vine until you get free!

Sir Aberlayne is full-on grappled by the vine proper right now, so she will be exchanging grapple checks with the Large plant.  Let's just say unless it rolls a 1 and she rolls a 20, it's highly unlikely she's getting out on her own.
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Then we can treat my attack as a escape roll... didn't work.

And totally! hullabaloo should really be used more often

It's kinda funny. I was looking over the Druid spell lists and am a little surprised to learn that there aren't a lot of low level spells to influence plants. At least, in compared to what I might do in order to influence animals. Narthian might have to find some time to research some new spells. Hold Plant would be quite useful in our current situation. :)

I think it's because affecting plants is more difficult because they're mindless.  Or at least that was the developers' thought process.  It's why charm person is so much lower level than charm monster.  Low-level plant monsters are supposed to present a different challenge to the players.

Of course, it's also really challenging when I can't roll for the NPC paladin worth beans half the time and everyone's been having awful luck with their saves and checks...  :(

I'm getting a bad joke vibe here: How many adventurers does it take to kill a homicidal weed?

Wait and see, folks, wait and see! ;D

8 adventures.  Ouch.  Wait, no, 9.  Oh dear.  Make that 10.  Sweet Lord above... Erm... plus some NPCs.  Hmm, I didn't know they could bend that way...

Lantamori is just ensuring a smooth transition with her presence with the new characters once the weed has had it's fill.

It's too bad that I didn't take Charm Animal. I'm sure that the squirrel is perfectly capable of saving us. :D

FYI, I just read everyone's posts and asked the DM a question.  I'll post after I get a response.

The gourd potions are 1d8+3 points of healing.

Noted, thanks!

I think I need a little direction and location here...
Bruenor and Dellas are in the hut where we found the chest and the vine

Narthian, Lantamori and Volsh are in another hut looking down a tree where something’s moving

And the others?

Lantamori is down, so it Haazheel.  Farian was heading down when Sir Aberlayne asked for help, and so he healed her.  Sir Aberlayne went to join Volsh, Narthian, and Averdante.  Bruenor and Dellas stayed behind to loot.

Farian has yet to definitively declare himself up or down since the healing.

Bruenor does speak Elven, and I gave him the contents of the scrolls, so when he next posts hopefully he'll be able to enlighten Dellas.

Posted!  Was that cryptic enough? :-)

I liked it. Got the heart pumping a little harder!

Bruenor, excellent narration of the scrolls!  It sounded just like a scene out of a movie.  :)

Dellas - currently you don't have a spell handy that will last long enough for a trap.  However, fire trap is a 2nd level druid spell (and a 4th level sorcerer/wizard spell).  Which means tomorrow Narthian could choose to prepare it.

Also, XP for the ogre fight and assassin vine fight, and story arcs so far: 2700.  I believe that should be enough to level everyone up to 4th!

Yes, level 4!
I’ve 5200xp now... I forgot to take notes of gainers xp... do I add the 2700 to that or did I already get the xp from the ogres

Lemme put it this way - If you don't have enough XP to get to 4th level... you do now!  (a.k.a. give yourself at least enough XP to reach 4th)

w00t!  This is officially the highest level character I have ever played that has leveled organically and not started out as a higher level.

By the way, thank you all for such good examples of good role play.  I feel my creativity starting to flow when I play this game with you all.  Even if I don't completely understand DnD 3.5. : )

Nicely done IC post.

Nicely done... anyway I wanted to leave messages like that but in different languages.

Thank you.

I decided to run a Pathfinder Newbie friendly game so I guess that has my creative juices flowing too.

Heh, good, simple warning.

Although it made me think of a sign more suited to a zoo: Please keep all body parts out of the building. The monster is on a restricted diet. ;)

FYI, I'll be leveling up Farian over the weekend.  Tonight and Friday night are too busy for me.

Hey guys, not dead, just in the middle of a writing deadline.  I will be able to post late Monday.

Thanks for the update.  And that you're not dead.

Note that everyone gains 1hp/lvl for the overnight rest.  Adjust your Bio accordingly.

Hey DM, I rolled hp for lvl 4, and rolled a bloody 1!

After doing so, I went back to check and saw we could've taken 3/4 max.  Hindsight 20/20 and all that...

While I think it's fair that we must choose before rolling whether to take the 3/4 max, any chance of re-rolls on a 1?  Thought it worth asking! :-D

Ugh. Had a post 90% written, then spent half an hour on the phone with MS CS, and that window got closed.... :P Will get something up later tomorrow; it's too late now when I have to be up in 7 hours!

Yar, I'll do 3/4 max or a roll for your hit points, whatever is higher.

Hahaha I totally forgot to increase my total health..

Sorry for vanishing.  Real Life took over again.  *sigh*.  I'm catching up and leveling Farian this week.

Folks, it looks like you're ready to move on but that's not the way it actually looks in character.

To give the DM a clear indication that you're ready to ride off after Lantamori, it would be nice if folks mounted up and said they were riding off.

Otherwise, I'm afraid that we're going to sit while we "give everyone a chance to post".

We shouldn't expect Sir Aberlayne to lead the way or always have the right answers.  She's an NPC and we shouldn't be relying on the DM to lead us around.

Agreed. I also think that we've had enough agree that we need to head out that the DM could push us through the door without complaint.

Narthian, if you want to get the mounts who aren't coming into battle to park themselves, I'll need a Handle Animal or wild empathy check.  If Mask is staying with them, he's a bit better trained, so that'll give you a bonus on your check.

I'm sorry for my sporadic attendance.  My head's not really in the game with any of my RPOL games.  I'm even trying to GM my first and I'm having a hard time staying focused.  It is not this group or the GM that is causing me to be unfocused I wanted to let you know.  I'm just really tired when I get home from work, and I don't have any time at lunch to review and post.

I'm going to keep trying to play as I like the story and the other characters.  I'll let you know if I don't think I can keep up.

Yeah I know... two posts in one day. Please don't faint ; )

I've leveled up Farian, would someone be able to check that I did it correctly?

Here is what I did.

Rolled 1d8+6 for more HP
Updated Base Attack Bonus and related attacks
Updated Saves as Will and Fortitude up'd by 1
Added 1 point to Spellcraft as I believe humans get one skill point every level.

Did I do that correctly or did I miss stuff?

btw, I'm on vacation from now until 11/27 (go back to work o 11/28) so I'm hoping this will help me to get back in to the swing of things.

You shorted yourself some skill points. Each level you will get the cleric base of 2 + your INT modifier, + 1 human bonus. So if your INT is 12 (a +1 modifier), you would get 2+1+1=4 skill points.

BAB and Saves look correct. I can't comment on the HP as I have no idea where the +6 would come from.

Also, I'm glad that your sticking it out. Sometimes that drain that you're feeling can be from being in too many games. I play in just two now and can usually keep up.

Thanks.  I'll make teh changes for skills.  Forgot about that point. Hero Lab for Pathfinder has made me lazy : )

The drain has been from stress at work (i'm a trainer so developing and delivering material), my wife's been sick so I've picked that up, and my daily 1.3 hour drive to work and back.

I'm only really in this game, and starting to GM another game (I want to learn more about Pathfinder).  My other games have tailed off due to GM real life stuff.

Thank you!!! for the encouragement. : )

Farian - Hit points should be max at level one (8 for you), then rolled or 75% of max otherwise, plus your Con bonus each level.  So, at least 32, or a max of 38, no more.

Thanks DM.  I think I'm good then.

By the way all, thanks again for the encouragement.  I'm about ready to start out on a new venture....

I'm GM'ing my first Pathfinder game here.  Core Rulebook only.  I just finished going through 18!! submissions.  Who would have thought a newbie friendly Pathfinder game would have garnered so much interest.

link to another game  (submissions are closed, but it's an open game for lurking I think)

There's always interest for Pathfinder.  :)  I'll probably drop by to lurk later on.  Hearty luck to you on GMing!

Update on this game tonight peeps!

Quick RPOL DM tips (learned the hard way) for you Farian:

1. Be selective. Watch for clues in the character submissions for non-social characters / players. Nothing ruins a game faster then jerk characters or ones who don't fit the tone of your game.
   
2. Respond to everyone who applies - yes or no. It's up to you if you want to include why.
   
3. Start with a large party. There's a natural attrition on RPOL.
   
4. Have fun!

Another thing that's helpful, make sure you have a template for people's character sheets.  It helps you, as a DM, find any relevant information if it's in the same place in everyone's sheet.

Also, online generators are your friend - for NPC names, tavern names, town names, etc., never be caught without a detail to add to your world.  :)

"Be Selective"
Yep I learned that.  I ended up having 18 total submissions so that was cool.  The first 4 were my core, and then I found two more out of the next 14.

"Respond to everyone"
Yep, i did that too.  I was surprised at how many applicants were surprised that I wrote them back apprising them of the selection process.  I did garner some nice "good GM" type of feedback just for doing that.

"Start with a large party"
I ended up starting out with 6 and I have 2-3 more in my pool that I'll call upon if there are issues with these 6.  i also know that I can ask people to leave if they are being jerks.  It is *my* game.

"Use a template"
Yep, that was the first thing I asked everyone to do.  I have one player who if they don't use the template, I'll replace.  It's not that hard.  Just don't be a lazy player. : )

"Online Generators"
Yep, I found those too.  I have a short story arc I want to go through but needed help with the dungeon, monsters, npcs etc.

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Thank you for all the tips.  I really appreciate it.

Excellent! Good luck!

Had a late Thanksgiving, followed by Christmas decorating.  Update tomorrow!  :)

Hey guys, just checking, but I thought only those trained in riding and riding warhorses were keeping their mounts - Lantamori, Bruenor, and Sir Aberlayne.  I thought everyone else had dropped their mounts off at Greensward, so that you guys could track through the forest unencumbered by skittish horses.  That was that whole discussion with leaving the horses behind and hoping they'd be there when you get back.

If that is not the case, then I need some clarification on who has a horse and who doesn't, and how many mounts were left behind.

I thought all of the party were riding (faster); perhaps I wasn't paying enough attention. BTW, it seems some are making for the castle and others are checking out the baddies' doings.

Yup, good 'ole split-the-party action!  Nothing could possibly go wrong...

As for the mounts, I thought some had been left behind due to people not wanting to have to keep track of them during a possibly protracted battle, if the mounts (or riders) were not battle trained.

Yes, oh wise and powerful DM, you are correct that there was a discussion about leaving the untrained mounts behind in the forest.

Most followed the result of that discussion, but Haazheel did specifically write that he retained his own mount and followed the others still on horseback.  When he first beat us into the keep, I had to double check as well because it was a little awkward but it did not break continuity with his previous posts.

So yes, standard operating procedure:

1. Make a plan.
   
2. Split the party.
   
3. Don't follow the plan.

No wrongdoing all around and I don't think we need anything changed.  It's just that no one noticed him following the horseback group until he was suddenly there.

I guess I got lost completely in the discussions.... sheesh. We'll I'll play it out.  I then just tether my horse inside the keep.

So... in this case, only Dellas' Honeybee and Averdante's Cloud, plus the horse Volsh borrowed from Master Deyna, were the only ones left behind?  Because Narthian didn't have a mount (he said he was better on foot, he said).

All righty then, carrying on with the plan, as one does.  :)

Actually, it's Mask who stayed behind. Cloud is Lantamori's horse. ;)

I just wish I was 1 level higher. Thunder and I could have infiltrated the pack! Hopefully the noise of the tussle will allow me to get a good peek at what's going on so we can form a plan that we can stick to. :D

I am better on foot, btw. Stealthier, anyway, if not faster. Don't worry about me, I have three plans in mind, with Plan C being Improvise. ;)

(Plan B is always Run Away Screaming Like a Frightened Goblin!™)

::chuckling::  New Lantamori makes me laugh (not in a bad way)...especially in-character.

Wait...Lantamori is new-ish, right?

Dellas, just FYI, you were in the Baroness' quarters, while Haazheel is currently on the wall with the guards trying to convince them not to make wolf-kabobs.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 269):

Oops... silly party splits

In order to expedite this, can we just vote yea or nay on whatever plan Narthian comes up with and go with the majority, please?

Otherwise I predict that we're going to be planning for the next two weeks or more in real time.

Haazheel may have a suggestion or two when he hers a plan. Once he's done so, he'll go with whatever the group decides.

Well, we are roleplaying and Dellas would totally first talk to the potion maker, hoping to get information and some scrolls they haven’t used yet.
Though I guess we could talk out of character about our plans and choose the one we want to try.
Also we’ve a lot of question for our poor DM (sorry)

Hi all,

I need to leave the game.  I don't have the mental energy to stay up a bit later and make posts after my long day at work and my drive home.  I don't want to do a disservice to all of you so I am withdrawing from the game.

Thank you for helping me learn DnD 3.5 and for offering all the advice for Farian.

Also thank you for the encouragement on my starting a game here on RPOL.  I will also have to close that one as well.

I'll still keep my account here as you never know when things change.

Thanks for the ride.  Good Luck!!

Sorry to hear that, it was fun playing with you... hope all goes well.

Farian it was great having you, and I hope when things calm down you get a chance to come back to RPoL.  :)

Good luck, Farian!

All righty then, with our Farian departing, and Volsh's player long gone, I am opening up recruiting for replacement players, because playing 3 party NPCs plus everyone else is hard.  If anyone knows someone who wants in on this game, now would be the time to direct them this way.

And I am definitely looking for replacement players, rather than new characters.  This is a terribly awkward time to introduce a new character, story-wise.

It is unlikely that someone able bodied would be left alive in the keep at this point so replacement's would be good.

It's also a good red shirt opportunity to show how dangerous the situation is.  Then you'd have fewer PCs NPCs to deal with.

Narthian should continue to take the lead and everyone grab a silver weapon if they haven't already done so.

16 silver arrows left for Averdante.

Hey DM, can Bruenor use the halberd from horseback?  I don't see anything in the rules specifically preventing this, but wanted to check if there were any sort of logistical limitations from your side?

Thanks!

Yup, you can use it from horseback, no worries.

I will be making a cross-country trip this next week (leaving in the morning!). I will have my laptop, but posting may be delayed and/or impaired by traveling or exhaustion. (There's nothing like a bad back to insure one does not sleep much or well on strange beds. :P )

Hey everyone! New(est) player of Farian here, just waiting on getting my changes to the sheet approved. What exactly is going on IC (if anyone feels like explaining)?

I would suggest catching up from msg #210 to figure out what's going on.

link to a message in this game

In reply to Farian Raymellie (msg # 283):

Welcome new Farian!  Introducing Bruenor Sedricson at your service.  Fighter, with a demonic (at least in personality) war horse, and a chip on his shoulder that comes and goes.

Glad to have you with us.

Might be good to read from where Lantamori's directed you, but in short, we're currently holed up in a baroness' keep that's been long-beseiged by a pack of werewolves being led by some sort of vampiric/undead woman.  We've been given some silver weapons to pick from, and are almost ready to bring the battle to them; starting with peppering them with some arrows from the walls of the keep.

Welcome New Farian!

Welcome, between Farian and Dellas there wasn’t much interaction but for Farian to explain Dellas a few things about the gods.

I think the DM is expecting folks to position themselves and act in the thread based on where folks were going.

Such as folks grabbing their horses or rushing to the wall.  Were they following Lantamori and already on the wall and ready to fire?  Were they hanging out with the Baroness to ask about her relationship status?  Were they waiting to speak with someone else and searching out the brewmaster?

I had read something about wanting to meet the wolves outside the walls, so I was waiting for that to happen. Obviously if they aren't going to be lowering the drawbridge, then Farian will have to embarrass himself with his abysmal ranged skills.

The guards will lower the drawbridge, they're just going to want some kind of signal or plan (even a quick one, "Up at my shout!") so neither the wolves get into the castle or you are left across the moat to be torn apart by them.  There is a portcullis that could be lowered while the drawbridge is down, which will provide protection to the keep, you'll just have to clear the portcullis of foes (if any) before re-entering the keep.

Sorry all, got busy with real life!  Will get caught up now.  :)

Hey guys and gals!

I am taking over Volsh. :) Look forward to gaming with all of you!

Welcome new Volsh!

I stand behind you, O, mighty warrior!

Yay, a new Volsh. We are in need of his spear and muscles.

Welcome new Volsh!  Timely arrival!

Update on Monday once I'm coherent from working this weekend.  If anyone who might be fighting hasn't already rolled an attack and damage, you may want to do so, just in case, you know, things go down.

Should those of us at the door roll? I can't imagine we'll be in combat that quickly, but I could be picturing this scenario wrong in my head.

Wouldn't hurt.  ;)  Or rather, it might hurt other people...

Dellas is still inside the main building... we’ve got to write our location in our posts

Made it back from my trip on time, but promptly ended up with an injured horse. Posting will be erratic for another week or so while I get her trained to submit to the sometimes painful wound-care necessary.

I might be busy from the 29.01-08.02

I was very confused by that statement until I realized you must not be American lol.

In reply to Farian Raymellie (msg # 303):

Hahaha... yeah

If I run up to the wall, can I shoot? Or can I easily shoot at the elemental through the port cullis?

You can certainly shoot through the portcullis, but with the usual -4 penalty for shooting into melee, as the field is crowded with four teammates, a horse, and a pony.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 306):

Decision... decision...  l

Hey Volsh, noticed you're taking AOO's vs the elemental and the wolves.  I'm not so across the rules here...  Does Bruenor get AOO's vs each or any of the 3?

Did a bit of reading...is that because all 3 are attacking unarmed?  Vs an armed opponent, you only get AOO if they leave a threatened square, yeah? (ie. not if they enter one)

Thanks for any guidance here. :)

Normally, anyone who is NOT flatfooted enjoys a single AO in a round. This can be applied towards any of the enemies who:
- enter or leave your threat range or threat square
- perform an action that provokes an AO (eg: cast a spell)
- some other conditions I forget

So Bruenor by rights should also enjoy a single AO against one of the 3 enemies who have just arrived within his reach.

Because Volsh has the Combat Reflexes feat, so per round, he enjoys that single AO, plus additional AO's equal to his Dex bonus.

But correct me if I am wrong DM.
This message was last edited by the player at 03:33, Tue 23 Jan 2018.

If they were arriving with your extraordinary reach, yes, you would get an attack of opportunity, say if you were wielding a longspear.  But the wolves, fire elemental, and Volsh all have the same reach (Widowmaker is a regular spear in terms of reach).  Just coming up to someone in combat doesn't trigger an AOO, because otherwise we'd all be a lot deader, PCs and monsters both.

Now, if these guys try to squeeze past you to get to the castle, then by all means, you may AOO anyone who is foolish enough to come near you.  Or if you try to get by them, for example to try to flank, then anyone you pushed past would get an AOO (unless they Tumbled past).

But right now, Volsh, no AoOs.  But if anyone tries to get cute and push past you, I'll just refer to the rolls you made so you can dissuade them.

Hah...thanks for the clarification DM! And sorry for my misunderstanding!

Sorry to Bruenor and everyone else too!

Ok here's the text from the DnD wiki on Attacks of Opportunity. Included the link here. It is a great resource for everyone - quick reference by links and search, without having to flip through books...

Two kinds of actions can provoke attacks of opportunity: moving out of a threatened square and performing an action within a threatened square.

http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/S...tacks_of_Opportunity

I just assumed he had a weapon with reach when I read this. Whoops.

Maybe next time I'll cast Enlarge Person on you before we get into combat for all those delicious AoO's... Lol

Heh..thanks Farian! :D

There is one big hole in the AoO rules and the Withdraw action. Given the way the rules are written, there is no way to Withdraw from someone with reach that you are adjacent to without provoking an AoO. Thus making it impossible for a front line fighter to heal himself without also provoking - much less escape from a bad situation. (Note: a paladin using Lay on Hands doesn't provoke if using it as an attack on undead, but as healing it is undefined and thus assumed to provoke as with most Standard Actions). I've seen many PCs try to back off to heal/regroup after a bad round (usually with giants) only to be cut down by this rule. Personally, I'm not a fan.

Yeah, it's what I'd call a Dumb Rule.  If you're going to basically put your whole turn into moving away defensively, I'll give you your whole movement to withdraw.  You're not attacking, healing yourself, or doing anything but moving away and keeping your defenses up, so why would you only protect yourself for five feet?

Looks like they fixed it in 5e with 'Disengage'. Per the SRD: "If you take the Disengage action, your movement doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks for the rest of the turn."

So, reading a bit further in the d20 SRD, http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/actionsInCombat.htm
"Attacking unarmed provokes an attack of opportunity from the character you attack, provided she is armed. The attack of opportunity comes before your attack. An unarmed attack does not provoke attacks of opportunity from other foes nor does it provoke an attack of opportunity from an unarmed foe."

The Fire Elemental would seem to be making an unarmed attack; so would Bruenor get an AOO against it?  I believe Volsh would not, as he's not being attacked directly.

Bruenor has a reach weapon (halberd), but as the wolves aren't attacking (unarmed or otherwise), there would not seem to be an AOO there (yet).

Actually, monsters have natural weapons that don't cause AoO's. Otherwise everything would just be a series of attacks followed by AoO's all day long.

Unarmed attacks provoke when they're done by, say, a human (that doesn't have Improved Unarmed Strike), or a monster that normally would use a weapon that has lost it and doesn't have natural attacks.

Also, Bruenor is attacking from horseback, close enough for Demon also to attack the fire elemental (who while big, is not Large).  You'll get one AoO for one of the wolves (or two, if you have Combat Reflexes).

So, wait...now I'm confused.  Sorry to keep going on about this, but it's interesting to me, and I'd like to fully understand the rules.

Farian's post indicates that creatures that normally attack unarmed (ie. natural) would not draw AOOs.  It would seem elementals and wolves would both fall under this category?

DM, your last post sounds like Bruenor is getting AOOs on both wolves (but not the elemental?).  Bruenor does have Combat Reflexes.

Of course the DM's rule is law here, but just looking for a bit of clarity (and then I promise I'll post!). :-)

Thanks!

Bruenor gets AoO's because his weapon has reach and the wolves have to walk through his threatened range to attack (the most common instance of someone getting AoO's). With a reach weapon, you threaten a 10' range instead of 5', and since the wolves only have 5' reach, they move through your threatened squares to attack you.

At least that's what I'm assuming is happening.

Also, to explain why you won't get an attack on the elemental, it seems by the DM's last IC post that the elemental isn't moving to attack you.

The halberd, unlike Volsh's spear, is a reach weapon.  Reach is a big creature's or polearm-weilder's biggest (no pun intended) asset.  You charged straight up to point-blank melee range with the fire elemental so both you and Demon could attack (and Demon does not have reach).  But when the wolves creep up to your threatened area (10' radius around you, instead of the normal 5'), you can take the time to slash and stab at those moving into your danger zone.

Most big brutish monsters with reach (giants, large animals, large humanoids, etc.) don't have Combat Reflexes, so they only get one AoO per round.  A party of adventurers can mob a big monster, have one person take the AoO, and then pound on him from close range, or drop the baddie from a distance, assuming death is on the menu.

Oh, but beware the smart, nimble monster with reach and Combat Reflexes, because that would be like Bruenor and Volsh fighting each other.

In 3.5 the halberd is not a reach weapon.

Oh, all those lovely polearms: halberd, voulge, septum, partisan, fauchiard, military fork, bec du corbin, bardiche, ranseur, lucern hammer, pike, pole-axe, glaive, guisarme, guisarme-glaive, guisarme-guisarme-glaive... *wink*

They went and stuck the halberd in a group where nearly every other polearm on the blipping list is a reach weapon, and that is one of the few that is not.  How rude of it!

Well then, until you get tentacle arms, Bruenor, not need to worry about reach right now.

A halberd is as long as a poleaxe; length of all polearms is variable. Omission may have been an editing mistake.

Ok, back where we started.  Clear as mud.  ;-)

Bruenor will post his regular ol' attack, no AOO's, shortly.

Except that we know when the AoOs will occur now.  And with what.  It's just now not. :D

Also, for clarification, the Pale Woman and her two wolves are 150' away from the drawbridge for anyone who wants to run off the drawbridge and get to her on foot.  She's still roughly 100' away for those firing from the wall, because she's at the edge of the woods.

Farian, the wolves on the wall are on the opposite side of the keep from you, so for now the people on the wall above the drawbridge, and on the drawbridge itself, are unaware of the climbing werewolf.

Not that it matters, but in games the I DM, I house rule the halberd as a reach weapon, assuming that it is the longer version of the halberd. Otherwise, you might as well have a great axe. Stupid rules are made to be house ruled. ;)

We'll worry about making an extension for this halberd after the battle.  Right now, you've got a werewolf pack trying to eat you!  :D

So how do we handle it when people get hurt? I don't expect you to tell us exactly how much damage they've taken, but could we maybe get an approximation? Like, "Less than 25% hurt", or "Near death"? That way I don't waste a higher level heal spell when they've only taken a bit of damage.

Just use HP when OOC. No need to be cryptic.

So, the werewolf is 5ft in front of me?

Oh yeah, the werewolf is trying to bite your face.  He's all up in your business, Dellas!

Sorry for the absence; came down with the flu last Friday, then had to get the side-effects under control. Still in battle, but making solid progress. Yay, steroids.

Will try to get caught up ASAP.

Just for the sake of getting everyone on the same page.  Using a ranged weapon in melee draws an Attack of Opportunity (AoO).  AKA, the wolf should get a free shot at Avedante before the elf gets his shot off.

Since we've had some difficulty with AoOs in the past, I'm assuming that this wasn't intentional (yes, sometimes you may intentionally want to draw an AoO).  If Averdante would like to avoid the AoO, he could take a free 5ft step back and then fire.  This also frees him from melee so Lantamori could take her readied shot in the clear.

If you do not MOVE as your move action, you may always take a 5ft step without drawing an AoO from that movement.  So in theory, if you had a crossbow, you could step back 5ft, use your MOVE action to load your crossbow, and your standard to fire it.

Having said all that, I think we should have a House Rule that going forward, if you draw an AoO by accident, the DM should take the AoO and hope that you learn from the painful mistake.  Or, we could just say that AoOs don't exist and make things easy.  Personally, I think they're realistic and add to the strategies available in combat.

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/comb...cksOfOpportunity.htm

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/comb....htm#standardActions

Thanks for the clarification Lantamori. I agree DM should go ahead with the AoO we draw accidentally so that we may learn. And I agree we should keep AoO in the game.

I would like to point out that there are ways to make people trigger AoOs from taking 5' steps, but I am 99% sure that none of those options are available in this game, so I suppose it won't actually come up. Just so you're not assuming you're safe all the time. ;)

But yeah, I agree about keeping them in. I don't feel like Farian will be getting a lot of them, but if Bruenor or Volsh start wanting to focus on getting more, we can work out ways to do that. Like taking a Spike Chain proficiency.

See what spending half an hour searching the SRD gets me... no better informed than I started out. I went looking for that, sure there was some ruling about ranged weapons in melee, but not able to find it/sort it out enough to know what would be the best choice of action for him. Even trying to back up to disengage specifically to put some distance between him and the werewolf to stick with ranged attacks creates an AoA.

I'm not terribly proficient in 3.5. I've given up all other 3.5 games because it's just a beast to figure out -- and a nightmare to try and create a viable character for.

So, I just said screw it, and had him shoot. He just had a werewolf come over the wall into his face, after all. Dropping his bow to draw a sword he sucks at using -- and isn't silver or magic, so wouldn't likely do noticeable damage even if he did get a lucky hit -- didn't seem like a logical action for him, anyway.

This page has a listing of actions and whether or not they trigger AoOs. Ranged attacks trigger them, but it usually doesn't matter as you typically aren't in melee range when you shoot a bow.

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/actionsInCombat.htm

Yes, using a ranged weapon in melee WILL trigger an AoO.  However, something that will help Averdante is the fact that if you flank (get on the opposite side of the foe with an ally on the other side of him, basically making a You-Enemy-Ally sandwich) you get a +2 to your attacks.  AND, as a rogue, you'll get your sneak attack.  Your sneak attack damage will make up for your sword not being silver.  Or you could ask someone for a pot of silversheen and take a round to coat your blade before leaping into the fray).

Hey all, I am going on vacation starting today and going to the 18th.  I will likely have Internet access during several days of vacation, but I can't guarantee I'll be able to post.  I will try to do so if able!

Have a good holiday DM. :)

Yep, enjoy! And don't stress...enjoy your holiday, and we'll be here when you get back. :)

Have a good one

Enjoy the holiday. Hope it's a good time!

Okiday, I am back from vacation, and just about recovered.  I shall be resuming posting tomorrow morning!

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 348):

Glad you're back!  Funny how that works...you have to recover from your vacation. :)