OOC - Out Of Character

sweet, thanks! i updated my post accordingly. wish that 20 were for a real attack that could garner a crit... but i guess i shouldn't complain about good rolls. maybe i oughta hope that it doesn't come down to that third trip attempt, haha. also - don't forget that if one of the trips is against the dwarf he gets +4 on the str check for being a 'steady' race/creature.

It's all good, I've still got 5 more shots at it before I die, who knows...most recent roll was a lot closer...only 14 too high

how did you get so low so fast? i thought you were at 12 and then got hit for 15. have we really been going for 7 rounds or did i miss something?

Oh... yeah. I believe Alterith is at -5, which is why Ben mentioned "five more attempts"... even though (Ben) your current hp gauge shows -9?

I thought since he can go to -15, and since he failed this round, his hp would go to -10, thus 5 more attempts and he dies. If he's only at -5, then he has lots more attempts!

Just verified, you're right Andrew & Ben.

so that i can frame my next post correctly - did the right lieutenant (#4) already attempt to stand? or will the AoO for prone-to-upright occur in this round?

The Right Lieutenant is currently prone (the first AoO occurred just occurred in this previous round and successfully tripped him - he did not get up).

By the way guys, pre-rolled AoOs have to be done every new round (i.e. unused pre-emptive rolls are lost at the end of a given round).

thanks! and i figured as much on the latter point.

If you guys haven't gotten the 3.5 rulebook thing done, then I can provide something to that effect. the d20srd.org website is pretty good source of information, but if you want the full pdf, it's...on my desktop at home.....rats. xD I was just using the srd...

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20/article/srd35

yeah, you can use that.

Thanks, I'll look into it tomorrow. I plan on posting tomorrow too.

I thought we were allowed to run at an angle? Or am I mistakened? Are you allowed to go through an ally's square as long as they're not in melee and are willing to let you through?

Thanks for asking, Zadok. The answers are:

"... Run at an angle?" - Yes. The first diagonal square moved counts as 1 square moved, and the second diagonal square moved (in that same round) counts as 2 squares moved (i.e. it costs 3 squares of movement to move 2 squares diagonally).

"Go through an ally's square..." - Yes. You can (almost always) move through an ally's space under any circumstances, even if they are engaged.

Only a few more hours till the next promised post! w00t! *crosses fingers that Rasa doesn't die*

Oops, I forgot the -4 attack for firing into melee. I'm going to go edit my post. I knew something was wrong.

I'm not 100% clear on the rules for flanking... but I think you actually also get the +2 flanking bonus because I threaten your target from the opposite side. I know this is true for melee combat, but I don't know if it applies to ranged attacks as well.

http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Flanking

Great reference! Gotta love the D&D wiki/SRD.

Unfortunately, no, the default flanking rules favor melee attacks only. I remember actually reading about certain ranged weapon prestige classes (certain bow master-types) that eventually grant "ranged flanking" as a class feature.

excited for the upcoming post!

If the DM doesn't post on time, does that mean the pirates all just sit there and we get another action?

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i've got a full pdf version of it... but it's also like 70 megs. a little too big for email i think. andrew's version may be easier (good to see you back, btw) but if you want the full version i can probably get it to you somehow.

so the stripped down version i have is 2.33 mb. will that fit?

probably still too big for email. I suggest putting it on some common webspace (man, if only we could use the space we had originally planned for these forums) or on some file sharing site like dropbox or rapidshare or something.

2.33 might work. i think the gmail and hotmail limits are both in the range of 10mb...

also - sad face for missing with an attack roll of 25...

Yeah, I'm pretty sure 2.33 mb will be fine. I've emailed 5 mb files before, but like Alex said, around 9 or 10... I've never had such luck.

yeah, my email accounts have received upwards of 8MBs and more before. My email is snaphin@yahoo.com. I've also bookmarked the link people mentioned earlier.

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also - sad face for missing with an attack roll of 25...

Whoa. Hold up on that Alex, you might have just helped me spot an oversight. Potential edit pending.