I mean... The same can be said for spells with saves. You still take some damage (almost) no matter what.

Level 3 fireball vs. level 3 MM:

Fireball
Failed: 28 ave
Saved: 14 ave

MM
17.5 ave

Maybe unconscious, but stable.

Are you annoyed by the pace of the conversation? Or just Sen?

In reply to The Mists (msg # 20):

Just Sen. I'm having fun.

In reply to SIRE (msg # 21):

https://drive.google.com/open?...VeB3-8pRCkej1SVooWob

Can you bold Sen's gray?

Or is that too much hassle? Seems like it would be on a phone.

In reply to The Mists (msg # 23):

I can do it. I'm on a PC now and I have a custom dark background set.

In reply to SIRE (msg # 24):

No way to pump the woman for information about what she meant by?:



It struck an unexplained ominous tone.

Will edit a response.

In reply to The Mists (msg # 26):

Am I missing things, or do the exposition breaks feel more significant because of the forum?

No, I don’t think so. I am figuring this thing out too. Soon, you’ll have more options than you know what to do with I think, but it starts off a little railroady.

In reply to The Mists (msg # 28):

All adventures do. Just making sure that the statues were decoration, mostly.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Do you like the images, or do you prefer theater of the mind?

In reply to The Mists (msg # 31):

I like them, but more for scenery than characters and not enough to hassle with if it is a hassle

Super easy, barely an inconvenience.

Maybe.

If I buy CoS on dnd beyond, will you buy me lunch sometime? I think it will make things a lot easier for me, like with player maps and textblocks, etc.

In reply to The Mists (msg # 34):

Why don't I just buy it and we share a log in?

I think there is a way to share content among accounts if the GM owns it. I will figure that out and let you know. I'll but it and you can give me money later if you feel strongly about it.

In reply to The Mists (msg # 36):

I'm just saying I think it is more likely that I pay you for it than that I get a chance to take you to lunch any time soon, and that I am reaping the benefits primarily as the player.

Meh, I have been using a pirated pdf this whole time anyway.

In reply to The Mists (msg # 38):

We should play D&D

So, the whole mapping deal is a tough situation. I think maybe we will go back to your idea of exploring the whole floor using some algorythim, since exploration has turned out to be pretty boring over forum.

I think it would still be worthwhile to post maps, but the whole secret room thing will just have to be a thing we suspend disbelief for. Besides, we have already seen how it becomes obvious when most of the map is uncovered.

Actually, let's still take it room by room, for now...

I will get back into this. Probably this week. Maybe even today.

I think that from now on, what I want to do is the following for initiative:

Nat 20: Character may take a bonus action, as well as an object interaction, an any free actions, but not a move action or action at the start of combat.

Nat 1: Character cannot take a reaction until his or her initiative count.

If there is a tie of naturals, it is settled by dexterity. If that is a tie, it breaks in favor of the player. If it is between two players, or two npcs, then whoever controls the character decides.

In the above case, Inmondo would not have had to use a Ki point to disengage, but Ritin would not have been able to take the dodge action before the ghasts went. The ghast rolled a 15 and a 10 (+5), I think the 15 was 'first' but that is all kind of nonsense because it is the dice roller and they were rolled 'together'.

I think this favors characters since I think they often have more bonus actions than npcs, and will probably exploit the flat-footedness of a Nat 1 more. I guess we'll see.
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:41, Tue 30 Mar 2021.

The issue I have with that stack exchange, is that it doesn't include that the other square has a creature (Ritin, in this case). So, if you have two square that are blocked on two adjacent sides (one by a wall, and one by a creature), but the corner touches the target square, that doesn't seem like enough to bypass all cover.

Imagine you standing at your door, fighting someone on your porch. Granted, your door is probably 36" maximum, if you have a big door. But imagine someone next to you trying to attack past you. Maybe not impossible, especially with 12" more on both sides, but if you can adjust in your square, then so can the defender. At the very least, it would be 10% more difficult to score a hit with risk of injuring your companion.