rolled 5 = 5

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>>79159
I'm not sure what sort of spells to ask for, but it doesn't look like we have any real defensive buffs yet.

Hmm. And now that I actually read the update- it might be interesting to include her musical skill in later casting. Maybe as part of the longer ritual-style casting.

treating mental afflictions is no easy task, it could be done but only by truly experienced clerics

posible sugestions for this level's orison:
-Light: causes a touched object to glow, can be dismissed at will
-Detect Magic: it has a certain delay, but it can identify magic auras

and sugestion for lv1 spells:
-SHield of Faith: aside from providing a boost to AC, it can provide a temporal boost of the Sanity score of +10

-Animate Rock
you can infuse a small amount of rock with life for 1round/level (so, currently two) and instruct it to attack, defend or carry simple tasks

I vote Detect Magic for orison, as it is hard to deal with magic you can't even see. Light is extremely useful, but it has a partial substitute (torches/lanterns), while Detect Magic has no substitute.

For the first level spell I vote Shield of Faith, though Animate Rock looks fairly desirable as well.

rolled 7 = 7

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Trying the dice again

Uh, dang. Tough choices.

Animate isn't exactly what I wanted, but there are probably all kinds of creative ways we can apply being able to create our own drones from stone while underground. Problem is, something like shield of faith is essential for a cleric, especially since we're solo, and going up against a known mental hazard. So our choice is kind of made of us, there.

Detect magic identifies magical auras? As in- it tells you what they are? It doesn't give you the ability to sense them in the first place? Does being a caster give her ability to sense magic (but not identify it) already? (Not sure if that's a deliberate distinction you're making, or an accident of word choice).

I think I'd prefer light, really. We're going underground, and knowing we'll never be blind is a pretty valuable tool. (Plus, there's always the sneaky application of making things glow that shouldn't. That's a useful trick for catching an opponent off guard and causing painful blindness in a sticky close combat situation).

If we're really clever with what we light up, it's also a fallback means of communication. (Long distance signals, or writing on rocks or dirt).

I vote we take Detect Magic and Shield of Faith. Animate won't be terribly useful out of combat since we're so low level. 2 rounds is 12 seconds. Not much time to do anything!

>>79167
being a divine caster doesn't gives an innate ability to detect them, that'd be a spellcraft skill from an arcane caster

she does however, has a natural affinity to earth magic an can sense it by default

as for the spell:
Detect magic
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes

For the duration, you sense the presence of magic within 25 feet of you. If you sense magic, you
can use your action to see a faint aura around any visible creature or object in the area that
bears magic, and you learn its school of magic, if any.
The spell can penetrate most barriers, but it is blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common
metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or
dirt.

hp total increases to 18, btw

an apology to all, I had several things going on with life that kept me away but I'm back in full force, just need a little kickstarter for picking up the art and we'll be back on track, again, sorry for the inconveniences but things will go on~

It is good to hear that you are still around. It keep us from... abandoning hope. *rimshot*

sanity loss from close exposure to mangled corpse, -3

total sanity up at 82, still rather healthy and way over the norm

>>79643
Is there a sanity recovery mechanic?

rolled 2, 10, 4, 5, 8, 8, 3, 3, 7, 1, 8, 1, 10, 3 + 30 = 103

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damn, natural 20 spellcraft check!

okay so your master preety much never shut up about the subject, he has a natural knack for making them and he tried to teach you once or twice how to make them, but of course the best you could was to make a little lump of mud to move a few inches


recalling things, you figure out the following:

-to create a golem, first you need a physical shape, he has the spell of stone shape, wich he used to create your hammer, with it, with his skill, he could reform simple clay into the complex shape you see in less than six seconds

-the animating process is very short, almost instantaneous but usually drains a lot of his energy for a while, however you know he has very expensive scrolls wich can animate the golem without draining his strenght, last you knew he had three on him, so, he must be down to two if he's been taking care of them

-if not given a direct order, the golem usually takes the shape of it's creator, regardless of the scale, you have seen him create tiny foot long golems and beasts twice your height, he left without giving you warning or saying anything to your relatives, so it's little likely he knew you'd be tagging along, I think I'll go with >>562318 c) also, the pieces of scarf are clean from blood but the stone underneath isn't, so that was probably added after the literal rumble

-a created golem will last until it is destroyed, it will ALWAYS follow it's creator's commands, it can be commanded to obey someone else, and that person can command it to obey yet someone else, but the original creator always has priority, in the absence of an 'owner' it will remain carrying the last given order, you assume that it was some kind of defensive order so it will probably not move until it senses danger, OR it feels threathened

-you know it is inmune to magic and it can unleash a tremor wave that slows down those nearby for a few seconds, but it can only do so once per day, it's not sure if it has done so recently or not

-you have such an understanding of the magic binding together AND the nature of the materials, that you know that it's HP is (wichever number the dice result is)

AC: 21
Hit: +18 (2d10+9)
Darkvision traits
moves about 20% slower than you

as to avoid cluttering the main thread, I am placing the posible outcomes here

1-have a jealous fit, so your Master left you to 'comfort' some other ladies? react poorly and make sure they won't be a danger to themselver or to others

2-5Try to reason with them that they have to stay and ensure someone will come to help them

6-9"HEY LOOK WHAT IS THAT THING" and then run away, they where good without you, why not let it stay that way?

10-12provide for them, spend a little extra time fortifying the place and make sure they are well set and leave

13-15run off on your own all the way back town, get help and return as fast as you can, it doesnt takes that long with a horse, right?

16-19can't just leave them on their own, Master can take care on his own, right? and he went out of his way to help them, better honor his deeds like a good disciple

20- magnets, magic and miracles

>>79762
What? Shouldn't suggestions be deciding that, rather than dice?

>>79763
yes, but the problem is, there where a lot of GOOD sugestions but each pointing in rather diferent ways, and with no sugestion lacking good logic, it seemed like the way to go, unless I'm overseeing something and then I'm willing to correct myself

I just see it as when we have many ideas at once but we just go with the one the whim hits closer to

>>79765
Yeah but... like half the things rolled for there weren't suggested. No one was jealous at them, or pointing at a three headed monkey and ducking out, or suggested fortifying, or running back to town alone. There was a 2-1 disagreement if moving them right now was a good idea, without any further specifics.

I mean, the one thing we agreed on was to break the news of their brother's / husband's passing to them.

14's far from the worst option on the list, but that does mean we're double-timing it back to town, and then escorting transport to and from the house after dark, possibly with monsters on the road. Not sure how to limit the risks on that.

>>79766
all valid points, the jealousy option was provided as a massively bad scenario on a negative roll, it was not sugested by anyone but it IS relevant to the character's provided backstory, however I'll give you that, I'll go back on that and work with what sugestions I have in a les random manner, thanks for the feedback

Well, there's nothing fundamentally wrong with rolling for outcomes. Especially if there's no other way to resolve a deadlock. It's just, rolling for our character's decisions or emotions feels a lot weirder than rolling for the outcome of an attempted action. It feels like things that should be up to us, or determined by who the character is, are being left up to chance.

There's also nothing wrong with the character having a bad or unexpected reaction, contrary to what the suggesters might have wanted. Or having the character to use their own judgement to interpret unclear instructions, or to get by when there's no consensus. Or even to hesitate or lock up, if we're divided badly enough. That's part of the medium, unless the player-character gap is nonexistent.

Anonymous 2015/03/30(Mon)14:16 No. 89942 ID: ec1947
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>>79777
I think I'll go with that, thanks Anon

Are you just taking the first suggestion you get every update? That isn't cool.

>>89989
I try to take all in account, was there something I overlooked or should I try to pace down slower?

okay what is a good roll and what is a bad one? we are getting contradictory information. an 18 should have been a good roll and made the spell work. unless this thing has a stupid amount of spell resistance. what the hell is being rolled for?

>>89993
Maybe it was his saving throw rather than our spell roll?

I deliberately had her perform a new spell (Calm Emotions) wich not only would have the benefit of him not attacking, but rather inmediately make him friendly, and yes, that was his saving throw (the DC for Calm Emotions and Sanctuary is 12, he just had a very high roll)

I do have her updated sheet of stats/spells, but I was waiting until this is over to send it out

after that, he rolled an attack on disadvantage because he was freaking out due to the emotional turmoil (roll two d20's, take the smallest result... thankfully ignoring the natural 20 but 16 is enough to hit unarmored)

part of Lina's emotional turmoil and 'change of heart' was actually to acomodate the D&D 5edition spells/rules on her, and by that I mean, less charts, less fluff, more narrative

(by the way, the d100 rolls I asked was to determine gender of the coyote)

but yeah, since she still is in a daze, she tried to wing it as best as she could, I did not ignored the suggestion for sanctuary, it was a viable option but seeing as she did not had her focus on hand, did the next best thing, but even if she had used sanctuary, his save was too high and would have been overcome anyways

regarding replies, I try to keep the thread flowing and often I'll go with the first reply to move it fast, if multiple responses are given, I'll try to conform to her mindset

is there a norm? should I wait for 2-3 replies? right now the 'knock him out' reply seems fair, but up to you guys how this will be handled

I think most of us prefer waiting for 2-3 replies, since some of us... tend to disagree with some other posters a lot.
Do we have a new character sheet / spell list with the 5ed transition?

Netsuki 2015/04/01(Wed)23:11 No. 89999 ID: ec1947
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>>89998
very well, I'll try to pace down, right now I will hold off for 20 minutes if not, I'll crash on bed and reply tomorrow


the character sheet is here, also, instead of spell slots and levels, figured I'd go for a more flexible manapool system

>>89997
>>89998
I'd agree it did feel a little fast the last few updates. I appreciate the safety net that other suggestors can idiot check you, or think of something better.

For instance, my sanctuary idea was pure 'check stat sheet- is any of this applicable' since it seemed like talking him down didn't work. I actually thought the subsequent realizing who he was and appealing to that was more clever, since it picked up on the hint you gave us in the text I'd missed.

>new state sheet
I think the only new spell I'm not sure I can guess the effect from the name is spare the dying. Is that literally for stabilizing?

We lost purify, and we used that a few times. Does that effect get lumped under mend now or something?

>>90003

I guess I got on a roll while doing the dream sequence haha, sorry :Bc

only reason I took the control was because it ideally seemed like there was not much differnce and it'd show that she has a new skillset, but worry not, full usage of spells/skills/attacks go back to readers now

yes, spare the dying is an automatically "heal to 1hp" spell, it doesn't stacks up, to prevent abuse

my mistake, she does retains Purify Food and water, adding it to the 1mana spell pools

Neo Lina Netsuki 2015/04/03(Fri)15:53 No. 90028 ID: 9c7387
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Lv3

channel divinity
-you can either drive away the undead or control low level earth elementals

your bond with earth allows you to speak with animals at will

Barkskin, once a day, for one hour, you turn your skin to a tougher texture, granting a total of 16 ac regardless of wich armour you are wearing

cantrips (unlimited):
.shillelagh - you turn a wooden club or stick into a magical weapon dealing 1d8+2 damage, able to affect incorporeal targets, the handle of your hammer counts for this, it loses it's magical quality if you let go of it

.thorn burst, you bash your hammer to the ground and cause a spike of stone to emerge from the ground (100ft reach) and fly upwards at the target, (1d20+4 to hit) if the opponent is a living being, they are allowed a reflex save (12) if failed, they bleed from the deep wound losing 1hp for 1d6 turns)

.guidance, grant a 1d4 to any skill check, yours or your partner's

.mending, fix simple objects

.spare the dying, bring a dying subject back to 1hp
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1 mana
.purify food and water, up to 3 sq.ft. of material

.bless, confer a moral boost, up to three targets can get 1d4 to any roll during this encounter

.sanctuary, enemies attacking you must overcome a wisdom save (12), if it fails, they can not attack you for the duration of the encounter, spell fails if you attack them

.detect magic, allows you to figure out if there is a magic precense, it's type and location, it is blocked by sheets of metal, or thick stone walls, depending on the magic's strenght, your information might take a small while to be clarified

.cure wounds, you recover 1d8+4 HP, for each mana point you spend, you can recover additional d8's
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2 mana
.calm emotions, up to 6 subjects around you perform charisma saves, (12) on a failed save they are calmed down and relieved from any mental effect, aggresive opponents lose will to fight unless provoqued, however they may retain hostility, targets may willingly fail the save

.spike growth, you set a trap to a 20square foot area, it takes a 12 spot check to notice it, you may center the trap anywhere in a 60ft radius, for every 5ft anyone walks in it, they take 2d4 damage from erupting stone spikes, plus they must succeed on a 12dc constitution check or have their speed halved until their wounds are treated

.suggestion, your words come out as extremely favorable, even to enemies, if they directly contradict their beliefs, they are allowed a dc12 charisma save, it fails if the suggestion puts them or their allies in direct danger

Tanavar Netsuki 2015/04/03(Fri)16:01 No. 90030 ID: 9c7387
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-Skilled
aside from the +2 to dex or int, Tanavar gets his proficiency bonus duplicated for his class skills (effectively making Acrobatic, Investigation, Stealth and Athletics 1d20+6)

-sneak attack
he deals 1d6 extra damage with finese or ranged weapons to foes he has an advantage against, this includes (but not limited to) unaware, distracted, prone, blind, unstable etc etc

-thieve's cant
he is able to read hidden messages and signs not only from his mercenary guild but a good deal of other asociations, likewise, he is able to comunicate messages in regular conversations to guild member but it takes four times as long to convey such a hidden message

cunning action
as a bonus action, he can dash, hide or disengage during his turn without it costing movement

>sanity
Oh dear.

so, hiking during the weekend, derping around, not sure if phone will catch signal up there nor do I particularly want to drain the battery/dataplan haha, but yeah, I'd kinda like to remain in the loop, even if the story doesn't advances, I'm likely going to take my sketchpad and charcoals, so, accepting sugestions of A.H. related sketches in the woods :B be it canon or non canon, background story or future speculations etc, give me something to do |3

Maybe sketch one of the bulldog monsters now that someone who has seen them is a perspective character?

>>90043
that needs to be a thing, yes

>>90030
That sneak attack is OP as fuck in the 5th edition. In there the extra damage also applies when any allies are near(5 ft)the enemy(so long as your own char does not have disadvantage), the fact you can do the sneak attack with any ranged weapon, you get an extra d6 of damage every other level, the fact that any crits you do double all damage dice, and you can use it for opportunity attacks.

I picked the rogue mage archetype so I can use one or two spells too. (including a cantrip that gives me advantage on any creature the next turn, and a lvl 1 spell that adds +5 to my ac for a turn as a reaction) Rapier as the melee weapon because it's 1d8 finesse.

I assume you are going to use it as you listed though, because you are mixing some other mechanics.

>>90105
he's only lv2, but totally going assassin archetype, and while it is heavily leaning towards 5th ed, some variety might apply, Lina is primarly a Cleric of Nature domain but some of her spells are tweaked to go off from earth element, Tanavar is primarly a Rogue Assassin, but he will let go thieving skills in exchange for fighter-esque skills

however let's asume Lina was distracting or fighting a target, Tanavar would have advantage against such a target so sneak applies

2/2 Netsuki 2015/04/10(Fri)09:08 No. 90183 ID: 225ed3
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rolled 8 + 2 = 10

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bam, right in the... well not quite face but he nailed the critter spot on!

no.... NOooooooo wasted a perfectly full damage on the quesdis thread haha D:

Netsuki 2015/04/13(Mon)17:43 No. 90262 ID: 225ed3
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Aaaanyways, pit stop for chapter 2 guys

I have learned plenty from this combat, I decided to take tanavar's bonus rolls as a fixed bonus in order to streamline the combat, also when Lina and Tanavar attack simultaneously I'll do the rolls in a single post, also I am implementing a new mechanic starting... NOW, Courage tokens, they are earned once per level or upon particularly heroic deeds, characters may expend a courage token in order to do a free attack at full damage without accuracy roll

in my head the dice mechanics where fun but I realize some might have been confused by them at first, so, I am trying to cut back on unnecesary rolls as much as possible but still keeping that random element, wich, truth be told, allows a lot of fun character growth


regarding the characters, both Lina and Tanavar level up to Lv4 and Lv3 respectively, Lina gets to have an ability score increment, wich area should she become better at?


regarding the author, I guess I had my flaws earlier, but I hope I am pacing myself properly now, comments or complains well recived
as for the art style, I've been trying mixing real media, art from the tablet etc, all for the sake of remaining active even when away from the computer, but, what do you guys think? you'd rather have me keep a more consistent style, or are you ok with the slightly variant styles? I -am- working on improving the quality from the tablet sketches, but it's cnsiderably more challenging

lastly, anything to point out, ask or sugest?


I'll likely take tomorrow to fish feedback here and prepare the character sheets and resume the adventure on wednesday from Tanavar's point of view for a while

>>90262
I liked that bit of combat. Seemed sufficiently balanced between risky and safe, and we won even though most of those crossbow attacks missed.

How about a bonus to CON?

>combining dice, unnecessary rolls
You can pretty much handle dice any way you want to. You can use the on-board dice function, you can just give us the outcomes all at once, or hide the numbers completely behind the screen. There's no rules there- do what you think works.

Although since I didn't always know what we were rolling for, or what the check we had to clear was, that did leave them a little up in the air.

>Lina gets to have an ability score increment, wich area should she become better at?
Given our play-style, probably wis, so we're a better caster.

Although if Lina's the default tank, me might need to upgrade con later too.

>art
The variable style doesn't bother me.

Wisdom is probably best, since going crazy is a very real risk.

... tho perhaps more Constitution might keep her from losing her lunch?

ok so, Courage tokens!

in cases where bravery, righteous causes or a desesperate need, the laws of destiny can be altered, a courage token may be spent on an attack roll, a save roll, a skill check or any other effect where dice might be involved and the result will be top notch, yielding either maximum damage, top performance or the like

courage tokens may be regained due to heroic actions or good deeds

in order to activate a courage token, three sugestions must clearly state that they want to invoque it and the action of all three posts must be roughly similar

Netsuki 2015/04/14(Tue)16:14 No. 90293 ID: 225ed3
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level up!
Tanavar graduates to full fledged assassin, he learns the value of a well placed attack against a helpless target

Assassinate: whenever he attacks a target wich is not engaged in combat or hasn't had it's turn yet, his attack roll goes with advantage his sneak attack becomes +8 and he rolls twice the amount of dice for his regular attack (in the case of crossbow, 2d8+12 and in the case of daggers 2d6+8)

Netsuki 2015/04/14(Tue)16:18 No. 90294 ID: 225ed3
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new spell awakened!

Shatter: singing the right key as she swings her hammer down causes a shockwave to burst anywhere up to 60 ft away from her, a 10ft sphere of destructive soundwaves form there, causing 3d8 sonic damage, living beings are granted a constitution saving throw, on a successful save they take half as much damage, creatures made of stone, crystal or metal roll the save with disadvantage, nonmagical unattended objects automatically take the damage if they are in the spell's area

>>90294
WOW that is a good spell. Can it be combined with a melee attack?

>>90295
no, it eats up the entire turn, she can still move and cast, but not do any other minor action, nor does the hammer movement counts as an attack, as it's more of a ritual than a full blown swing.

it came out of her realization that the mine itself can lend for that kind of situations, however at the risk of making the structures brittle and prone to rockslides if used wrong

as a rule of thumb, a bottle has an HP of 1d4
a cheap wooden barrel has an hp of 1d8
a common iron shield has an hp of 4d8
a perfect 5sqft of stone has an hp of 5d10

all within reason, lose rocks might dislodge with far less than that, and crumble a poorly made structure or natural wall, wine bottles might burst with little less than that due to pressure, and a good quality of wood on the barrel along with good craft as well as a properly made shield of good materials might greatly vary an object's durability, if Lina is set to destroy an object I'll secretly roll the object's HP (probably posting it here?)