As if you thought you could gloss over that little revelation with half a post. Tsk.

Better explanation for you?

Heavy. I asked for that, I guess. Will post when I get home from work.

Can I get an official marching order from you? So far it looks like we have:

1. Inanah
2. Isolde
3. ?
4. ?
5. ?
6. Hasan

That leaves Bencor, Kathra, and N'Rell for positions 3, 4, and 5.

Happy to pick up 3.

I was near the back. If 6 is already taken, I'll take 5.

Puts me in position 4, it looks like.

I get the feeling Isolde has found herself in the company of people she did not expect to when she woke up today? Haha

Well, yes, but a Shield-Maiden of the Mithral Hall doesn't normally roam the Realms seeking adventure without a good reason. Or even with a good reason. This should be interesting.

How close do you want to let them get before you spring the attack?

I was thinking 30 feet, so most should be able to reach them and make an attack in one turn.

Unless anyone else has other thoughts.

In reply to Inanah Nightbreeze (msg # 156):

OOC, that's good by me. IC, you're the one calling the ambush, no time to debate. Kathra wouldn't care what choice you made, so long as you made a reasonable one, which this counts as.

I've got plenty of range to work with. It's up to you.

30' is fine. 25' is better, but if we go at 30', I'll just head as far as I can and ready an attack. Better for Isolde to be the target than anyone else, I suppose.

You won't hear argument from me on that. ;-)
This message was last edited by the player at 02:29, Sun 03 Mar 2019.

Inanah, you're leading the ambush, so it's your call. Go ahead and post IC to begin the attack when you're ready, indicating how close you're going to let them get.

Sorry for the delay. Was a busy, busy day.

You will get a surprise round against the raiders. Please roll initiative and post your actions for the first round.

And Sneak Attack doesn't necessarily apply, as you don't have Advantage, Inanah. If you hold your attack until Hasan or Isolde engages your target in close combat, it would apply, though.

I'll edit my post

Was Inanah hiding? That would give her advantage.

Yeah, I guess so.

I kind of just assumed all of were hidden, but if we were not then by all mean subtract the sneak from it.

I added initiative to my post. It sucked btw, so I'm not holding anyone to the plan. Maybe all others got trigger happy and Inanah was the only one that waited. ;-)

DM, could you verify my Spell DC? Seems a bit odd to me that my melee attack is +5 but my spell DC is only 12.

I think it should be 8+ proficiency modifier + your wisdom modifier.
Melee attack is proficiency modifier + strength (or dex for some weapons)
This message was last edited by the player at 15:59, Tue 05 Mar 2019.

In reply to Inanah Nightbreeze (msg # 169):

Thanks for confirming. The base 8 seems odd to me. The formula you quoted, which is the one I saw & am using, boils down to start at 10+relevant stat. It's still weird to me that my cleric at 1st level is a better fighter than spellcaster.