I'll act today. I'll pay better attention; I hadn't realized the players were up again.

Taken the liberty not to wait on Saskan for now... it's been two weeks...

Maybe GM could remote Saskan to simply strike at N10 ?
This message was last edited by the player at 05:19, Fri 15 June 2018.

I will NPC Saskan.

Once combat is done, I will do a review of cast and characters and see if we need fresh blood.
I sense we do as Saskan isn't really available it seems. The rest of you are fine.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 951):

You have done one save... supposedly against the Ongoing Damage.
Still, one takes ongoing damage at the start of one's turn, i.e. Saskan ought to be at 14 HP now
You also need to amke a second save for the Weakened

Correct.

Awesome.
Stahl and then foes

I'll post within the next few hours.

As a reminder for the future, Stahl has the option to ignore one square of any forced movement and he'll definitely make use of that to stay out of the portal, as well as to stay next to his quarry.
This message was last edited by the player at 11:57, Fri 15 June 2018.

Interrupts are generally the player's choice, Vynthear. If shield won't help you, you're generally not required to use it. Generally. This game may be different, but then what if a character has two interrupts for the same situation? They can only use one.

In reply to Stahl Tropfstein (msg # 956):

Yeah, but at the table you can decide prior to any rolls.
Here it's a bit meta, since I know it is futile ^^

GM: The skeletton is lunging at you, want to use your Shield ?
Vynthear: Nah, those are whimps, I can take the blow
GM:[rolls] Critical
Vynthear: Ouch, at least I didn't waste my spell

In reply to Vynthear Klayde (msg # 957):

But you don't decide prior to rolls, at least not with shield. You can only use it once you've been hit.

One can get into whether or not players know the amount by which they've been hit, but responses to FAQs for 4th Edition repeatedly fell on the side of not requiring players to guess at whether a power would be useful or not.

And, again, what if a player has two interrupts that could work in a given situation? If they are forced to use one, how do they decide which?

What's your concern about it being "meta"? Some people use "meta" to mean "cheating." Is that how you think of it, because I don't think anyone would think that of you. I certainly wouldn't. There are shades of metagaming, and using shield only when it would be useful only enhances the game for everyone. I don't see a downside. But I might not be seeing it the same way you do.

One is, of course, allowed to choose to waste a power that won't work, if that's more interesting to them, or is otherwise their preference.

Good Points.
GM, do I need to waste that Shield or not ?

Shield is Triggered, hence you have to be hit for it to be able to be used.
Hence I allow fully, no worries, that you get hit and then use it, regardless of the hit.
Stahl said it perfectly, so go ahead and use it if you wish, if you don't, then hit remains.

Errmmm....
I get hit, I see it's a critical, I see my Shield won't prevent being hit, thus I opt not to use Shield.
Okay ?

Since the enemies went, I assumed it was our turn again, but now I'm thinking I misread. I'll move Stahl back to where he was on the map and I won't apply my rolls yet. Unless there's a drastic shift to the battlefield, though, what I rolled for should still apply when I do act.

In reply to Stahl Tropfstein (msg # 962):

Well, if we want to attempt to go via Initiative (we never really did it very exactly I think, as it just doesn't work that well on a forum) I think it is again Ignatz, Warfryn, Saskan, NEW ROUND, Vynthear, Stahl, Foes, ...

Does this happen now or on my turn?

We have again well passed the 48h... :-(

Your turn.

And yeah, this is a two sided game. I can post, but if I have to npc 50% of the party, perhaps things need to change. The game has to end, players have to be shifted or the game has to be reworked. I can not force participation but I can do other things...albeit I hate that.

I’m still in the moving/no internet slump, but I think I can get my turn in today

Other players could play characters whose players are absent. As another idea.

Honestly not a bad idea. Would just need a thread where upto date characters are posted with full sheet? Would make it fairly easy I suppose?

Would not be opposed to this.
Only issue I have: don't like my CharSheet ^^

Warfryn is after Ignatz but should I just take my turn now?


And we need a new thread

Thread made. I can copy all your sheets in if needed. Will lock this and make a new thread also.

Yes. I will npc those lacking later to move things along.