Gods and Monsters [OOC]

[ValarMorgulis]

The OOC thread for Gods and Monsters.

Characters:

Ragnhild Giantsbane (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1055197)
Nerissa Roubis (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1054562)
Fargor Xiloscient (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1054624)
Breena Folkor
Toruk Makto
Half Orc Barbarian 20
Medium sized
6’4” 245 lbs
Speed 40’

S – 24 +7 *Save +13
D – 13 +1 Save +1
C – 24 +7 *Save +13
I – 10 +0 Save +0
W – 12 +1 Save +1
Ch – 8 -1 Save -1

Saves Str/Con
Passive Wisdom +17

AC 22 w/o Armor 22
HP 285 20d12 hit dice

Prof Bonus +6

Skills
Acrobatics (Dex) +1
*Animal Handling (Wis) +7
Arcana (Int) +0
*Athletics (Str) +13
Deception (Cha) -1
History (Int) +0
Insight (Wis) +1
*Intimidation (Cha) +5
Investigation (Int) +0
Medicine (Wis) +1
Nature (Int) +0
*Perception (Wis) +7
Performance (Cha) -1
Persuasion (Cha) -1
Religion (Int) +0
Sleight of Hand (Dex) +1
Stealth (Dex) +1
*Survival (Wis) +7

Weapon
Great Axe - +16 att/+10 dam (+4 rage), 1d12

Stuff
Cloak of Protection
Immovable Rod
Boots of Spider Climbing
Bracers of Defense
Ring of Protection
+3 weapon

Rage – Unlimited, +4 damage. Advantage on Str checks and saves, resistance to bludgeon, piercing and slashing damage.
Unarmored Defense
Reckless Attack – Adv on att rolls for me and against me.
Danger Sense – Adv on dex saves vs traps and spels I can see.
Feral Instinct – Adv on Initiative, can act if surprised and enter a rage.
Brutal Critical - +1 damage die to critical roll
Relentless Rage – 0 hp = DC 10 Con save to drop to 1 hp instead.
Persistent Rage – Only ends early if unconscious or chose to end.
Indomitable Might – Can use Str score as Str check if total is lower.

Path of the Totem Warrior
Spirit Seeker – Cast beast sense and speak with animals as rituals.
Totem Spirit – Bear, resist all damage except psychic
Aspect of the Beast – Wolf – Can track at a fast pace, use stealth at a normal pace.
Spirit Walker – Commune with Nature as a ritual.
Totemic Attunement – Wolf – Rage = bonus action to knock prone Large or smaller creature with melee att.

Darkvision 60’
Relentless Endurance
Savage Attacks - +1 damage die on critical

Common, Orc

Personality traits – I place no stock in wealth
My clan is the most important thing to me.
Slow to trust
Wanderer - I have an excellent memory for maps and geography, and can always recall the general layout of terrain, settlements, and other features around me. In addition, I can find food and fresh water for myself and up to 5 other people each day, provided the land offers such.

[AvatarVecna]

Fargor Xiloscient (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1054624) is ready to do his duty...and I guess I'll have him speak in bold teal from now on.

[King539]

Breena is here. Her speech is Light Blue.


Breena "Oneshoe" Folkor
LE Forest Gnome Wizard (Diviner) 20
Background: Sage.
HP: 122/122
Skills: Arcana, History, Religion, Investigation.
Stats: 8/14/15/20/12/12
Saves: -1/+2/+8/+11/+7/+1. Advantage on Mental Saves against magic.
AC: 17
Magic Items: Broom of flying, robe of useful items, wand of web, staff of power, ring of spell storing.
Languages: Common, Gnomish, Draconic, Infernal.
Initiative: +7


Racial: Gnome Cunning, Darkvision 60 feet, Natural Illusionist, Speak with Small Beasts.
Class: Portent, Greater Portent, The Third Eye, Expert Divination, Arcane Recovery, Spell Mastery (Shield and Misty Step), Signature Spells (Counterspell, Fireball.)
Feats: Resilient (Con), Alert, War Caster.

1: Find Familiar (owl), Disguise Self, Shield, Mage Armor, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Grease, Detect Magic, Expeditious Retreat.
2: Levitate, Misty Step, Mirror Image, Suggestion, Detect Thoughts.
3: Fireball, Counterspell, Haste, Glyph of Warding, Leomund's Tiny Hut.
4: Fire Shield, Greater Invisibility, Dimension Door, Stoneskin, Polymorph.
5: Conjure Elemental, Scrying, Wall of Force, Hold Monster, Cone of Cold.
6: Contingency, Disintegrate, Magic Jar (:small amused:).
7: Forcecage, Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion, Finger of Death, Teleport.
8: Demiplane, Feeblemind, Dominate Monster.
9: Time Stop, Gate, Shapechange, True Polymorph, Meteor Swarm, Foresight, Prismatic Wall.

[ValarMorgulis]

Can everyone post a character image? I'll use it for tokens.

[AvatarVecna]

Can everyone post a character image? I'll use it for tokens.

Fargor Xiloscient

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/47/97/84/479784f97216d9b5031f0a2a525adcb8.jpg

[Ajadea]

http://pathfinderwiki.com/mediawiki/images/thumb/1/1b/Akina.jpg/250px-Akina.jpg

For Ragnhild, who speaks in Bold Dark Grey.

[ValarMorgulis]

What have gods ever done for clerics? Besides granting them spells? :smallbiggrin:

[King539]

Why is the OOC in the IC section?

EDIT: Breena's picture.

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiKtqzr1azRAhUW5WMKHUHrCJgQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F197384 396146813319%2F&psig=AFQjCNGV1S_Jon96jCcww9WUtgn77Wwy1Q&ust=1483762942991971

[ValarMorgulis]

Picture is broken for me.

I put this in the wrong forum but it will be moved to the OOC forum (which I wasn't aware existed because it's a subforum).

[Lioslaith]

I'll try and throw one up for Toruk

https://wrathofzombie.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/half-orc-2.jpg

[ValarMorgulis]

Frightened and stunned conditions no longer apply now that Bane is gone (on the other side of the portal).

[ValarMorgulis]

Initiative

Bar-Iguras demons (4): [roll0]
Yeenoghu: [roll1]

Closest demon is 45 ft. away. Yeenoghu is 50 ft. away. I'll put up a map soon.

So far, initiative is:

Breena -> Yeenoghu -> Lair Action -> Bar Iguras (4) -> Ragnhild

[Ajadea]

Dammit I forgot Brynnen has advantage on initiative!

[roll0]

EDIT: Though I guess she still got 10.

[ValarMorgulis]

Added a brief description of the iron spikes that dot the landscape to my most recent post. None are near enough to have any effect on this combat.

I'm noticing that Cha saves tend to be pretty low. Is Cha being used as a dump stat?

[Ajadea]

For Ragnhild, yes. She's pretty much here to smash heads and take body parts. Looking at the sheets - our punchy people dumped Charisma and our casty people dumped Strength, more or less universally. That's not surprising, given that we come from a 3.5 optimization board, and in 3.5 Charisma is the dump stat of the day.

Another, more relevant, factor is that there isn't anyone in the party who's proficient in Charisma saving throws. The classes proficient in those saves are Clerics, Paladins, Sorcerers, Bards, and Warlocks - and we've got a Ranger, a Barbarian, a Monk, and two Wizards (Nerissa has levels in Warlock, but her first level was in Wizard so she gets the wizard saves)

Though honestly if I'd known the party makeup would be like this, I'd have probably rolled a cleric myself! I hope Ragnhild's Cure Wounds is enough for mid-battle fixing up, because that's all the healing we've got.

I'd recommend reposting Toruk's sheet here, because the Recruitment thread is going away in a month.

[ValarMorgulis]

Round 1

Map (http://www.evernote.com/shard/s3/sh/6659bf5d-7ef1-4bb5-9a92-5c64d55e01a6/64dbf293671127a5673dfb99490a2d79) (still need image for Nerissa)

So far, initiative is:

Fargor -> Breena -> Yeenoghu -> Lair Action -> Bar Iguras (4) -> Toruk -> Ragnhild

[AvatarVecna]

For Ragnhild, yes. She's pretty much here to smash heads and take body parts. Looking at the sheets - our punchy people dumped Charisma and our casty people dumped Strength, more or less universally. That's not surprising, given that we come from a 3.5 optimization board, and in 3.5 Charisma is the dump stat of the day.

For me, I put my 5 in Charisma instead of Intelligence (which is the official best 5e dump stat mechanically) because the original version of this character had pretty crap charisma too.


Another, more relevant, factor is that there isn't anyone in the party who's proficient in Charisma saving throws. The classes proficient in those saves are Clerics, Paladins, Sorcerers, Bards, and Warlocks - and we've got a Ranger, a Barbarian, a Monk, and two Wizards (Nerissa has levels in Warlock, but her first level was in Wizard so she gets the wizard saves)

Actually, the Monk is proficient in Cha saves...in all saves, actually. Benefits of being a monk.

[ValarMorgulis]

Welp, Fargor is definitely first. How did you get the +12 to init?

[AvatarVecna]

Welp, Fargor is definitely first. How did you get the +12 to init?

Dex 22 gives +6, Alert gives +5, Stone Of Good Luck gives +1.

[ValarMorgulis]

Feel free to take an action since no one is going to beat Fargor's init.

So far, initiative is:

Fargor -> Breena -> Yeenoghu -> Lair Action -> Bar Iguras (4) -> Toruk -> Ragnhild

[AvatarVecna]

:smallyuk: Well that bodes well, two crap rolls out of the gate...

[King539]

Could Breena go next?

Also, minor nitpick: It's Barlguras, not Bar Iguras.

[ValarMorgulis]

Ya learn something new every day. That's a L?

Looks like JNA didn't roll init, sooo... [roll0]. Nerissa can get half-cover by teleporting behind her allies.

Fargor -> Breena -> Yeenoghu -> Lair Action -> Bar-lguras (4) -> Toruk -> Ragnhild -> Nerissa

Okay, Breena, you're up next.

[AvatarVecna]

For reference on future attacks, Fargor is currently using Patient Defense, so attacks against him have Disadvantage. Doesn't make a difference on that attack, but might make a difference on future attacks.

[ValarMorgulis]

Current map (http://www.evernote.com/shard/s3/sh/33f764c4-97aa-4dd3-8be1-cbff045c246a/124461544b59ec394c4e8e631f88312f)

Post coming soon.

[ValarMorgulis]

Fargor -> Breena -> Yeenoghu -> Lair Action -> Bar-lguras (4) -> Toruk -> Ragnhild -> Nerissa

Talk about some crap rolls...

Current map (http://www.evernote.com/shard/s3/sh/831e90e5-99f0-47d7-979a-2a9e44fdddff/d1ab2c0729a87972aabab1a98d7917ae)

You believe you are on the 422nd layer of the Abyss, known as the Death Dells. It is the home plane of Yeenoghu the Demon Prince of Gnolls, also called the Beast of Butchery.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NBsC6JRLGsM/VdYzcLT-BjI/AAAAAAAAFOQ/kDzbcI-erk4/s1600/350px-Domination_by_JasonEngle.jpg

[AvatarVecna]

Disadvantage for the win! :smallbiggrin:

[ValarMorgulis]

Fargor -> Breena -> Yeenoghu -> Lair Action -> Bar-lguras (4) -> Toruk -> Ragnhild -> Nerissa

JNA, is there any place in particular you want to misty step to?

Yeah, disadvantage saved Fargor from a lot of damage this round.

I think in order to make sure things keep moving, I'll give 24 hours from the time someone's turn comes up until they lose their turn. Unless folks think more time should be given.

[Ajadea]

Rolling strength save for Ragnhild before I decide what to do. [roll0]

[Lioslaith]

24 is fine with me, weekends are pretty sparse for me to post so if you need to skip or NPC Toruk that is fine with me. Just a thought, but skipping seems like it would skew the "playtest" to me.

[Lioslaith]

Rolling str save, misread the Indomitable Might feature. And only 2 attacks. Hopefully I'll get in sync soon.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[ValarMorgulis]

Round 2

Fargor -> Breena -> Yeenoghu -> Lair Action -> Bar-lguras (2) -> Toruk -> Ragnhild -> Nerissa

Need opposed strength check from Breena vs. the barlgura's grapple attempts (10, 7).

The barlgura that approached is still not close enough so I moved Toruk to the nearest barlgura (the one attempting to grapple Breena/pit fiend).

Fargor needs to make two DC 24 Str saves. Although if the first one fails, the second one isn't needed. If either fail, Fargor is knocked back 15 ft. If either fail by 5+, Fargor is also prone.

-- map (http://www.evernote.com/shard/s3/sh/0475f68c-6b11-4817-a1c9-916510c68a9c/c138988ac82132093a31f9741b5f469a)--

[AvatarVecna]

Before that happens, I'm using Opportunist to use my reaction to make an attack on him.

Attack: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1] (+[roll2] if crit)

Also, a statement and a question: first, while it doesn't make a difference this round, I forgot to upgrade my AC when I used the book, so my AC is 23 (again, does not make a difference this round); second, does this creature have enough reach to hit me the second time if I fail the first Str save and get pushed?

EDIT: Oh hey, a critical, nice.

[ValarMorgulis]

It doesn't have the reach to hit you once you are pushed back.

[AvatarVecna]

Str Save 1: [roll0]

If that save succeeds, these two are necessary as well:

Con Save: [roll1]

Str Save: [roll2]

If I would fail the Con save, I spend a ki point to reroll it.

Con Save Reroll (if necessary): [roll3]

[King539]

Breena's Strength saves:

[roll0]

[roll1]

[ValarMorgulis]

Doesn't Nerissa go after Yeenoghu? Or was the Hold Monster spell cast at the end of the previous round, along with the Misty Step and Firebolt?

[Lioslaith]

I'll go ahead and roll the wisdom save, just in case. I'll wait to post any actions until the spell issues resolved.

[roll0]

*edit: Well here's to hoping he is held.

[ValarMorgulis]

You might as well post your actions, as Yeenoghu will use legendary resistance if he fails the save.

[Ajadea]

I PMed JNA with a link to this thread - I don't think they knew about the OOC thread or Nerissa's place in the initiative order.

From what I understand - Toruk's confused and won't be acting, Yeenoghu is fighting, and based on the amount of spells cast, I believe Nerissa would be casting Hold Monster after Ragnhild's action? (which won't paralyze him but might blow a Legendary Resistance).

So time for Ragnhild to go smack some fiends with a hammer again.

EDIT: She's pretty much got one trick, but I feel like it's a good trick.

[Lioslaith]

You might as well post your actions, as Yeenoghu will use legendary resistance if he fails the save.

No action to take since I failed the save is there?

[Lioslaith]

Not to introduce too much metagaming here but we are 20th level so I think we might know a little bit. Someone may want to try and get rid of the confusion on Toruk assuming its the spell.

[AvatarVecna]

Not to introduce too much metagaming here but we are 20th level so I think we might know a little bit. Someone may want to try and get rid of the confusion on Toruk assuming its the spell.

I have no anti-confusion, unless punching could help.

Whose turn is it?

[Lioslaith]

Dispel magic was what I was thinking, lol Punching might help. Punch the demon prince moar!!!!

[JNAProductions]

Ah, okay. Nerissa's action (obviously) still stands, so hopefully Yeenoghu will be Paralyzed when my turn rolls around.

[ValarMorgulis]

Saved by dodge once again!

Ok, so as I understand it, Toruk still needs to go, and then Nerissa casts her Hold Monster spell, and then we're at the top of round 3.

[AvatarVecna]

Actually, I didn't use Patient Defense this turn, so unless somebody else was giving him disadvantage to hit me, he hit. It only lasts for the round I use it in.

[Lioslaith]

Saved by dodge once again!

Ok, so as I understand it, Toruk still needs to go, and then Nerissa casts her Hold Monster spell, and then we're at the top of round 3.

Did I miss something? I thought I was confused and couldn't act?

[ValarMorgulis]

My bad. Updated my last post. We're at the top of Round 4.

[ValarMorgulis]

Paging AvatarVecna.

[AvatarVecna]

I was waiting for either a map update to show where the demons actually were, or an explanation for how this guy is biting me when I'm 30 ft away from him.

[ValarMorgulis]

I see, it was supposed to be Breena and Toruk that he made a bite attack against. Managing combat in PbP is proving to be significantly more difficult than IRL. :smallredface:

Round 4
Fargor -> Breena -> Yeenoghu -> Lair Action -> Toruk -> Ragnhild -> Nerissa

--map (http://www.evernote.com/shard/s3/sh/3adffb2e-e7c2-4d83-8923-63ab9f55e78a/0b657eda480cfc109429cae7c9691c7d)--

[AvatarVecna]

Damnit, rerolling the attack damage.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[JNAProductions]

Yeenoghu has a +13 Wisdom save? Hot damn.

[AvatarVecna]

While I have an idea of how it's gonna go, Y needs to make two DC 19 Con saves against the Stunning Fists if he wants to act this round.

[Lioslaith]

Is Toruk up? If so is he still confuzzed?

[Ajadea]

I think the confusion only lasted one round.

[Lioslaith]

I did too but I wasn't sure so I wanted to clarify before I posted up an attack only to have it nullified if it didn't.

[ValarMorgulis]

Sorry, been out sick (still am).

Here's Yeenoghu's saves vs. stunning fist:

[roll0]
[roll1]

He'll use a legendary save if he fails one.

The effects from his flail (confusion and paralysis) only last until the start of Yeenoghu's next turn. So, Toruk should be okay now.

[ValarMorgulis]

I believe Toruk is up now since he's no longer stunned.

[Ajadea]

Forgot my Colossus Slayer damage. I knew Ragnhild's rolls didn't look complicated enough:

[roll0]

[ValarMorgulis]

Expect a post from me today or tomorrow.

[Ajadea]

Hey, rules question for the DM: Can I do the -5 to attack/+10 to damage from Sharpshooter when throwing my Dwarven Thrower or javelins?

[ValarMorgulis]

As it's not technically a ranged weapon, the -5/+10 wouldn't apply.

Okay, so now that Yeenoghu is down, any thoughts on the combat? Anyone actually take significant damage? Seemed pretty easy for you guys, even with a few mooks thrown in. He has a few powers that apply to gnolls, so I could have added some gnolls in, but I think they would be too weak to matter.

[Ajadea]

From the perspective of a relatively low-optimization ranged character, this was an easy fight. Ragnhild took barely any damage (a couple points from Entangle, but that's it) and was dealing a pretty solid amount of damage per round. There wasn't anything that necessitated a Cure Wounds as far as I'm aware, or damage severe enough to throw down diamond dust on a Stoneskin.

[King539]

This was fairly easy. Breena is rather more high-op, and her original form didn't take any damage at all.

[AvatarVecna]

Fargor isn't particularly high-op, for melee or stealth, but he did about as well as I expected him to do in a straight up fight: namely, he dodged a lot and used flurries and opportunist to get lots of attacks. Saves were particularly high, so I couldn't land a Stunning Strike, but most of my abilities weren't ruined by the uberstats.

[Lioslaith]

Same thoughts with Toruk, the damage he took was minimal compared to what we fought. From a pure numbers crunch standpoint it was easy, at this level of play I tend to look for more RP than combat. I know this was a playtest and am not applying the RP vs combat in this instance, just saying that personally I think the higher levels would benefit from more story and less combat.

[ValarMorgulis]

Next battle will almost certainly be more difficult.

[King539]

Would Breena have time to throw up a Simulacrum beforehand?

[JNAProductions]

Same question for Nerissa.

Also, I didn't even get to use Feeblemind! I was gonna burn through his legendary resistances, then cripple the dude!

[ValarMorgulis]

You'll want to wait on casting more spells until the next scene starts, otherwise you'll lose the spell (not that it matters since the gods are about to recharge your abilities).

[Lioslaith]

I think I'm the only character that doesn't actually need a recharge... hmmm

[King539]

Breena finally shows her Evil alignment.

[AvatarVecna]

Here's hoping MW doesn't screw stuff up, otherwise I'll need to remake a bunch of characters...

[Ajadea]

oh dear. It looks like Mythweavers did screw up. Eeeh.

[ValarMorgulis]

Oof. Good thing 5e characters are simple. Lost a couple of epic level 3.5 characters though. That's gonna be rough to re-do.

[Lioslaith]

No need to wait on me/Toruk, he is studying the gods, probably wondering where Gruumsh is and seeing what sort of benefits he can gain from this whole ordeal.

[King539]

At least Toruk and Breena survived...

[Ajadea]

Aha! Ragnhild lives, on account of me exporting her sheet to a textblock in the Recruitment thread.

I'll leave this here until I get around to recopying her into the sheet:


Hill Dwarf UA Ranger (Hunter Conclave) 20 LG
AC 22 HP 204 Speed 25ft

Str 20 (5) Dex 10 (0) Con 16 (3) Wis 16 (3) Int 19 (4) Cha 8 (-1)

Attacks (includes Dueling bonus)
Dwarven Thrower (bludgeoning|60 ft) +14 2d8+10 (+1d8 vs giant)
Javelin x18 (piercing/120) +11 1d8+7
-----------------------------------
Darkvision 60 ft
Dwarven Resilience: adv. on saving throws against poison, resist poison damage
Stonecunning: Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to the origin of stonework, add double your proficiency bonus to the check.

Favored Enemy: Undead
(+4 damage, adv on Survival, adv on Int to recall info)
Greater Favored Enemy: Giants
(all of the above, +adv. vs spells & abilities)
Dueling Style - +2 damage on attacks with melee weapons when only 1 weapon is wielded
Fleet of Foot - Dash as Bonus Action
Vanish - Hide as Bonus Action; can't be tracked
Feral Senses - Attacks vs invisible creatures don't have disadvantage, aware of all invisible creatures within 30ft
Foe Slayer - 1/round, +Wis mod to attack OR damage
Primeval Awareness
Hide in Plain Sight

Extra Attack
Colossus Slayer (+1d8 per round vs enemies not at full health)
Escape the Horde (opportunity attacks vs Ragnhild are made at disadvantage)
Volley (As action, attack all creatures within 10ft of target point)
Uncanny Dodge (As reaction, halve dmg)

Spells known (11 known, 4/3/3/3/2 slots, DC 17 Save, +9 Spell Attack):
1: Cure Wounds, Longstrider, Hunter's Mark, Hail of Thorns
2: Pass without Trace
3: Lightning Arrow, Protection from Energy
4: Freedom of Movement, Stoneskin (includes 10 doses of diamond dust for casting), Grasping Vine
5: Conjure Volley

[ValarMorgulis]

Giving folks time to chime in the IC and rebuild their chars if needed.

[ValarMorgulis]

Time to move forward?

[Lioslaith]

Are we ded?

[ValarMorgulis]

Been super busy with a L100 pentastalt app. But if folks are still interested I will soon be finished and able to keep going