Did we win yet?.  :/

I'm waiting to see what Damu and Nissa intend to do. If we don't hear from them by tomorrow, I'll move things along.

Would it make sense for the two groups to have their own separate OOC?

I've never played in a multi-group game before so this is a little new to me.

Sakr, in your latest post, are you implying you understand Elvish but responded in common?

Also, I’m assuming there’s a plan to integrate Harbek into the party pretty soon?

Happy Thanksgiving to all the Americans here.  To everyone else, have a happy Thursday.

Woo, nat 20 on the first combat roll.  :3  Off to a good start.

Just for future reference, might it be easier of the DM rolls Initiative for the party all at once and posts the results in the opening of combat?  That way we won't risk being delayed if someone in the line-up can't post in a timely manner for whatever reason.

In reply to Odette (msg # 118):

Lucky you. :)  Die roller hates me as always.

I'm fine either way regarding initiative roll.

I can roll initiative for everyone if you'd prefer that, though I'm not sure how that would speed things up, as we'd still have to wait for everyone to post their actions.

Do you want us to post what we would do even if there's a chance we won't act?

Or should we wait and post in initiative order?

On here I've always played post when you can, but wanted to make sure that's what was wanted here as well.  Good chance being middle of initiative that my action won't be called upon this encounter round.

Go ahead and post your actions for the round whenever you get the chance; there's no need to wait to post in initiative order. Once I have heard from everyone, I will resolve the round. If your action ends up being not needed, no big deal.

Haha, sorry that I keep screwing up when using the dice roller. Getting the hang of things.

I do have a rules question I've been meaning to clarify for future combat encounters. Since halflings can move through the space of any creature a size larger than them, does that mean I could do something like be in Odette's space and attack a creature, then move around to the other side of Odette to hide while still being within reach of the creature so as not to get opportunity attacked?

Actually, I've done a little more research while typing this out and it seems like this isn't the case because Halfling Nimbleness does not supersede the general rule of not being able to end your turn in another creatures space. I'm unclear whether it supersedes the rule about moving through other creatures' spaces being difficult terrain or not. I've never thought about this stuff that much before.

Also, if I use the Naturally Stealthy lightfoot trait to hide behind someone, what would be considered reasonable in terms of how long I could keep my stealth to try and sneak attack someone? Like let's say I hid on one turn, then the next turn I run up and hit something I was hiding from. Did I reveal my position prior to attacking or not? And if I didn't, and I was two-weapon fighting, would both attacks have advantage or only the first?

Sorry for the long post and annoying questions, but this stuff is kind of vexing me and I want to be informed about how it works for the future.

I play a Lightfoot Halfling Rogue in another game, so I can help out with those kinds of questions.  I had to contend with them myself.  ^^;

Normally you can only move through an enemy creature's space if it's two size categories larger than you are.  So, for example, other Small-sized Beings could only move through a Large or greater creature's space without being blocked by them.  A Halfling's racial ability ignores this limitation and allows you to move through any size creature's space so long as they're bigger than you - so Medium and up.  It does not, however, mitigate the "difficult terrain" situation, so you still move at half-speed even through an allied creature's square to represent shuffling past them.

As for the "Naturally Stealthy" ability, you can hide behind a creature that's larger than you are (so Odette is the perfect obscuring feature there).  You reveal yourself as soon as you make your attack, though generally speaking it's assumed a Rogue would time their moment to strike so as to actually get the benefit of being Hidden, otherwise the mechanic is kind of pointless.  Leaping out to make a strike would generally not negate being Hidden, though if you had to move a significant amount of space through open terrain, that would allow the enemies a chance to spot you with a Perception check.

As for Advantage from being Hidden, it goes onto the first attack you make, so it'd be on your main hand attack.

In reply to Odette (msg # 124):

Thanks! That all makes sense, and helps clear everything up for me.

 Ummm, ok ?. So what do we do team?. How many of us are left?. Losing the turtle leaves us rather short for direct combat?.

Mouse, Eilhana, Nissa, Raithan, and Guerin remain. As an FYI, the hole is big enough for all of those who remain to fit through, though it will be a somewhat tight fit for the humans.

 Cool. Thanks for the clearing of my misunderstanding.

 Onward then guys.

Folks,

I am going to be bowing out of this game. Harbek's Character Sheet was approved on November 11th, and I have been awaiting his insertion into the game since that date. It has been nearly a month now, and quite frankly, my interest has waned due to his (and my) inactivity over that period of time.

I leave with no hard feelings. Not every game here on RPoL is a good "fit" for everyone, and I have come to the conclusion that I should look elsewhere.

Best of wishes to one and all on this board for an enjoyable campaign. :)

In reply to Harbek Hardstone (msg # 129):

Dang, that's too bad.  Best of luck.

That's a real bummer, I was looking forward to his inclusion :/

Ah well. Our party is still sort of operable right?

Aaand in other more pertinent news, was combat actually supposed to start there? Last time the DM said combat start, like that. It's all well and dandy for you ranged characters who are probably close enough to start blasting away, but I don't actually know how far away these things are to inform my own strategy. Was something else supposed to be happening?
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Watching the news it caught my eye, the name of the British guy who got the second shot of the cov 19 vaccine in London. His name was William Shakespeare. I like that

Yes, generally I prefer if you wait until I indicate to begin combat, but it is okay in this case.

The creatures are 60 feet away.

I paused this round to see if Odette or Frida want to change their actions. Let me know either way and then I'll continue.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 133):

So I'm not trying to cause trouble here, but I'm confused.

I can certainly understand that combat would be initiated by you if we're surprised upon or there's no ability for us to surprise them so combat would start "normally".

In this case Sakir initiated the combat by attacking based upon the description of the setting.  If that is his action and he wouldn't have discussed it with anybody before acting, I'm not exactly sure how we would go about 'taking the advantage' while waiting for you to indicate that combat begins.

I guess the way I understand it, Sakir took the shot, so he would be "1st" in initiative and then the rest of us and the enemies roll for initiative.  The order would then be Sakir, then the order.  Most of us would not have advantage after Sakir's attack as they would know we are there at that point.

Am I missing something?

That's correct. I said in this case it is okay. You all get a surprise round against them.

Open fire everyone, see how good my archery is.

DM - Odette will maintain having cast Faerie Fire, so the creatures can all make their DEX saves or be highlighted.  Her giving the party Advantage on the next round of attacks is more important than her doling out damage first thing.