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[D&D] The Lost Mines of Phandelver

Moyank24 said:
Thanks!

@ravenvii I'd like to sneak attack ruffian #4, and not get hurt doing it. Make it happen! :p
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You dart past Syllin with your shortsword and --

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The ruffian has an AC of +

Portia: 16

Yep, and you attack with 1x6 + 3, plus 1x6 for sneak attack, so

Portia: 2 + 3 = 5
Portia: 1

You deal 6 points of damage to ruffian #4, killing him.
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-- and drive the blade up into the Redbrand ruffian's abdomen and behind his ribcage. He was shouting obscenities at Syllin and did not even notice you coming -- his impending demise came as a complete surprise. In the middle of another obscenity, he choked as blood filled his mouth, and his knees buckled. He slowly looks at you with unbelieving eyes before toppling forwards onto the ground, dead.

>>> Good thing we don't track kill count in this game @Moyank24 -- your ratio is probably out of whack. :D

@twietee you're up!
 
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Seeing Portia running havoc at these guys plus my lost mug in the pub makes me incredibly bloodthirsty.

I'm also tired of healing Pluto so I'll kiss my handaxes goodbye and throw 'em at Ruffian #3.
 
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twietee said:
Seeing Portia running havoc at these guys plus my lost mug in the pub makes me incredibly bloodthirsty.

I'm also tired of healing Pluto so I'll kiss my handaxes goodbye and throw 'em at Ruffian #3.
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You take aim, and let the handaxe loose --

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The ruffian has an AC of +14, and you have +4 with the handaxe, so:
Veit: 9 + 4 = 13

Close, but no cigar.
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The ruffian twitched as the handaxe flew past his head and lands on the ground with its handle sticking up at a 45 degree angle.

The ruffian shouts obscenities at you as his friend rushes you.

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You have an AC of, 18 so:

Ruffian 2: 6
Ruffian 2: 1

The blade goes wild, and deals 1 damage to ruffian 5.
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He hits you with a overhead swing of his sword, but the blade bounced off your armor harmlessly. Enraged, the ruffian goes for another swing, but the blade slips out of his hands, flying wildly to his side, hitting one of the ruffians attacking Claus, leaving a nick on his arm.

Batholomeo closes in to the ruffian who was just hit by the flying blade, taking advantage of the ruffian's state of rage and confusion, and to take him off from ganging up on Claus. Swinging his greataxe, he takes a swing:

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The ruffian has an AC of 14, so:

Bartholomeo: 17

Yep, so

Batholomeo: 3

He deals 6 points of damage to ruffian 5.
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And buries the blade in the ruffian's right arm. The ruffian screams in pain as he twists away. Fueled by pure adrenaline, he moves in for a counterattack --

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Bartholomeo has an AC of 17, so:

Ruffian 5: 20
Ruffian 5: 4
Ouch.

Ruffian 5: 1

The ruffian only deals 3 points of damage to Bartholomeo, but knocks him out for a round.
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-- but the aim was both poor and excellent; the blade only nicked the top of Bartholomeo's head, but one of the guards hit his temple squarely as the blade swings by, sending him reeling backwards.

@Scepticalscribe you're on!
 
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Mind you, I am surprised that such scruffy ruffians are causing a party of experienced warriors such as our good selves this degree of grief.

Ray of frost or missile magic? It is months since I had to apply my mind to such things: Suggestions welcome, please.
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
Mind you, I am surprised that such scruffy ruffians are causing a party of experienced warriors such as our good selves this degree of grief.

Ray of frost or missile magic? It is months since I had to apply my mind to such things: Suggestions welcome, please.
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The ruffians are a monster so they can be tougher to fight then a character class. They will probably be worth good experience points and hopefully have a good treasure.

You have an infinite number of level 0 spells (includes Ray of Frost).
Ray of Frost does 1-8 damage.

You have one first level spell left (includes Magic Missile).
Magic Missile does 6 - 15 damage.

Since the one in front of you has at least 16 hit points, it doesn't matter what spell you use (you will not kill him). Pick one of those spells and cast it :).
 
Huntn said:
Health status of remaining ruffians, or is that in the diagram? Thanks!
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@ravenvii second request for a list of HP for party members and remaining ruffians.
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Scepticalscribe said:
Mind you, I am surprised that such scruffy ruffians are causing a party of experienced warriors such as our good selves this degree of grief.

Ray of frost or missile magic? It is months since I had to apply my mind to such things: Suggestions welcome, please.
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Yeah like instead of ruffians they should have a better name, like expert ninja assassins or something like that. (Agreeing with you.) :)
 
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Huntn said:
@ravenvii second request for a list of HP for party members and remaining ruffians.
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We know how many hit points we have left but we never know how many the opponents (monsters) have left.

Since Syllin did 15 points of damage to ruffian 4 with her burning hands and it didn't fall, we have to assume that they all started with at least 16 hit points.

Status:
Ruffian 1: Attacking Claus Unhurt
Ruffian 2: Attacking Syllin (@Scepticalscribe) Unhurt
Ruffian 3: 8 points of damage
Ruffian 4: Dead
Ruffian 5: Attacking the Count 15 points of damage

Claus: 7 Hit Points
Count: 16 Hit Points
Syllin: 12 Hit Points

the order is: Ruffian 5, Syllin, Dalo, Claus, Ruffian 1, Ruffian 3, Portia, Veit, Ruffian 2
 
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Plutonius said:
We know how many hit points we have left but we never know how many the opponents (monsters) have left.

Since Syllin did 15 points of damage to ruffian 4 with her burning hands and it didn't fall, we have to assume that they all started with at least 16 hit points.

Status:
Ruffian 1: Attacking Claus Unhurt
Ruffian 2: Attacking Syllin (@Scepticalscribe) Unhurt
Ruffian 3: 8 points of damage
Ruffian 4: Dead
Ruffian 5: Attacking the Count 15 points of damage

Claus: 7 Hit Points
Count: 16 Hit Points
Syllin: 12 Hit Points
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Thanks, so Ruffian 5 must be close to dead? Yeah, I know I'm a little lazy, but I thought before our big break, these kinds of summaries were being included during fights? :)
 
Huntn said:
Thanks, so Ruffian 5 must be close to dead? Yeah, I know I'm a little lazy, but I thought before our big break, these kinds of summaries were being included during fights? :)
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Kind of -- the summaries were haphazard because, like you, I am lazy. :D

@Scepticalscribe let's get a spell or attack going -- those ruffians aren't going to kill themselves. ;)
 
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Plutonius said:
@ravenvii, are we on hold again ?
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No we are not. I think ss is still pondering over her appraoch as it easily could be a question of life and death given the nature of those beastly ruffians (euphemism if you ask me). Ray of Frost or Magic Missle is the question.

In my humble opinion I would use her last Magic Missle spell on the ruffian no2 right in front of her for various reasons. The most convincing in my book is that it can deal far more damage than the other, which is a good thing in itself, and thus, even when the opponent will survive either way, may spark a little desparately needed enthusiasm among our ranks - as the battle doesn't exactly flow in our favour.

As by ravenvii's carefully crafted strategic map it appears that all the other viable targets are somewhat missing a direct line of sight so while in an ideal world I would like her to rather "finish someone off" (so to say, it's just a game - remember, nobody really dies here, at least I'd hope so) instead of going after fresh meat but we are not so yep..what was I saying...??..ah, yes, Magic Missle Ruffian #2 if you ask me. :D
 
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Plutonius said:
I can't recommend one over the other. If you can't decide, flip a coin :).
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As I am the person who is to direct this spell, (at the misnamed ruffians, - scraggly unkempt ruffians with some monster blood on the distaff sir of their ill-begotten DNA seems a more likely term), advice is always welcome. Thus, thank you, @twietee; I shall ponder this a little longer.

Your thoughts, good sir, - that is, @Plutonius - would also be welcome.
 
Scepticalscribe said:
Your thoughts, good sir, - that is, @Plutonius - would also be welcome.
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He clearly is shy about taking any sort of responsibilty here: so in case you have made up your mind and came to the conclusion that both options are equally sound, which in itself is no capitulation of the mind but rather the unfortunate fact that we haven't unlocked the "hindsight" perk so far, I shall present:

http://justflipacoin.com/


:D
 
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twietee said:
He clearly is shy about taking any sort of responsibilty here: so in case you have made up your mind and came to the conclusion that both options are equally sound, which in itself is no capitulation of the mind but rather the unfortunate fact that we haven't unlocked the "hindsight" perk so far, I shall present:

http://justflipacoin.com/


:D
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No, no coins.

You think I ought to use my second slot for a second bout of Magic Missile? (As a Level Two Wizard, I think I have three magical slots I can call on...rather than two, and am allowed to have six prepared spells, rather than four).
 
Scepticalscribe said:
No, no coins.

You think I ought to use my second slot for a second bout of Magic Missile? (As a Level Two Wizard, I think I have three magical slots I can call on...rather than two, and am allowed to have six prepared spells, rather than four).
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@ravenvii can you please clarify whether the four (3+1) magic missiles Syllin creates and shoots at one or several creatures get any penalties when thrown at creatures that are already engaged otherwise (Ruffian #5 with Bart) or that are possibly covered by others but still visible to Syllin (Ruffian #3)? That'd be really helpful.

I'm pondering over that post by ravenvii: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/d-d-the-lost-mines-of-phandelver.1955109/page-92#post-23221475
but can't really understand it. I would like to know whether her D4+1 can be somehow be dodged altogether or not, meaning if she definitely deals 2 points of damage at minimum per missle no matter what.
@Plutonius , @ravenvii ??

So ss, in case you get no penalties or not severe ones, I have no clue about these mechanics, I would actually advice to shoot 1 dart at Ruffian no5 who has eventually only 1 hp left. The other three missiles should probably all be shot at ruffian no.3 imo. Let's focus on taking out as many foes as possibly. Portia will take care of the others soon enough.
[doublepost=1476719380][/doublepost]Lots of typos, sorry. :D
 
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Magic Missile can not be dodged and there is no save (i.e. automatically hits).

twietee said:
He clearly is shy about taking any sort of responsibilty here
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Not at all. Syllin (@Scepticalscribe) will not kill the opponent attacking her no matter which spell she cast. In this case, there is no correct answer in choosing between the magic missile and Ray of Frost.

If she decides to spread out her missiles, then she would use the magic missile spell.
 
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