OOC - Out Of Character

heh, just looked at gary's con and i guess it doesn't matter much which way the rule would be interpreted. incentive to increase your con at lvl 4? probably not...

Are you sure you understand how this all works alex? you'd still pass out if you reach negative hp, it's just instead of dying at -10, you die at -con score. so gary would die at -10, I would die at -10, but you wouldn't die till -16. it just means you can take a 6 point heavier hit before you're dead than gary or me.

Diehard basically gives gary 10 extra hitpoints, but unlike us who fall unconsious when we get to our bottom, he just flat out dies.

RaSa wrote:

Are you sure you understand how this all works alex? you'd still pass out if you reach negative hp, it's just instead of dying at -10, you die at -con score. so gary would die at -10, I would die at -10, but you wouldn't die till -16. it just means you can take a 6 point heavier hit before you're dead than gary or me.

Diehard basically gives gary 10 extra hitpoints, but unlike us who fall unconsious when we get to our bottom, he just flat out dies.

uh... yeah. that's why my first question was regarding the Diehard feat. having a party member gain an advantage is better for all of us. i just found it amusing that i asked the question to try to give gary a bonus, but with the way his stats worked out, there is no change in the rule. i know how most of the rules work, seeing as how i've read most of the book... i was just curious how the house rule would be interpreted in the context of a feat that specifically calls out the negative aspect of hit points. in my previous post the 'your' was directed at gary. hope that helps you understand.

what's this about diehard? gary can act as if he was at +hp when he actually has -hp? what incentive do I have to heal him at this point? actually, nvm. i just read the srd. rasa, don't be a bad influence on the boy when i'm away.

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lol nevermind. I just read the SRD about Jump. Was it agreed that it was a 10 foot jump? That makes it DC 10. Except I have a movement speed of 20. And a str mod of -1. This effectively makes it DC17. If I fail by less than 5, I get to make a DC13 reflex save roll, and another DC16 Climb check.

If I were to throw an item, how would that work? Do I make an attack roll against an ally? and they can forfeit their AC bonus? or do I roll a "throw" check, and they make an opposing "catch" check? Just wondering for future reference, 'cause I can't make that jump >_>;;

also, we're not doing hp updates during DM posts anymore? we just have to look at the HP bars?

i don't think jerry said how far the jump actually was. i assumed that in a worst case scenario it was roughly 12 feet, but more likely somewhere from 6-10 feet. depending on the what you're throwing and the situation in which you're throwing it, you may not need to make a check. i guess if it were throwing a potion into melee combat, that'd probably require some sort of check (likely dex?) but i'll let jerry field that one.

lol, i'm not throwing a potion into melee combat, alterith has one on his person, unless he "lost" it...

wait...... how the hell do you only have a movement speed of 20? noobcleric >.<

she's got deformed legs

and according to the map the jump is only 10 feet at the widest, 5 feet or less in most areas.

The hp thing is just me deciding it'll be less work, since I mess with the hp bars anyway. So in the posts themselves it'll show less character hp statuses. Hopefully the roleplaying flavor becomes better and better to describe stuff. =)

The fissure is listed in my module as being 7 feet long. I know that ideally a map should be as accurate as possible, but I just wanted to capture the good old "dungeon feel" by randomly zigzagging out a fissure design, instead of having a gaping black rectangular hole crossing the room (which I guess technically a 7-foot wide fissure would describe).

I'll get back with you guys about tossing items to enemies.

heh, but for texture, have you ever seen a fissure that has a straight edge? I mean, it should have areas that are closer and areas that are wider.

Course not. But I'm not about to adjudicate the game with a fissure having a mean width of 7 feet. :p

yeah, dudes, i can still take actions and i'm auto stabilized, but... if i get to -10 i'm dead for good.

maybe... retreat? he did do 9 damage to you in the first hit... 9 more and you're six feet under (assuming the raptor doesn't eat you)

can't retreat, it would be out of character. i'm fighting defensively, that's the best i can do. worst comes to worst, i have 2 other campaigns to keep me busy while i make a new character lol.

haha, yeah i figured. i'll do my best to not let you die... but i may feast upon your corpse if you do.

hey, you already whipped up a new character for this campaign once, it shouldn't take you too long to do it again :)

Holg can't make a melee attack against you, and since the raptor is under his control, effectively an alternate melee weapon, he can't have it attack you either, at least, not until I'm dead. I plan to force all his attacks against me every round until I go under, so you should outlive me at least.

what a saint....... alterith is such a hero. Is bloodlust coming soon?

My character can't let you take the fall for me. I forgot how much fun it is to play good characters.

yes.... you're the type of person that will sacrifice themselves for other..... how cute :)

lol...Bloodlust is banished for a full day by the dm'ing gods themselves...he truly is a terrifying entity

[mumble] stoopid rools... bloodlust would've helped in this battle... [/mumble]

lol, yeah, but he already got out once today...I gotta learn to keep tighter shackles on him so I have him when I need him

didn't you use him twice today? or did he just almost come out that first time?

darn you, flavor text >_>;;

Also, I was referring to throwing something to an ally. PHB tells about throwing splash damage items towards enemies, but iirc, there are rule changes when dealing with allies. For example, you can forgo your dex bonus to AC when someone is trying to catch you from falling, etc.