OOC Discussion

Breecha considers Tymora the XO, if anything because she's the one that can fix him!

Also, as a note for everyone. To her character sheet I added a new skill called "Hacking". It's based on intelligence. If you have proficiency in hacking tools and are trying to hack something you get to add your proficiency bonus. If you aren't proficient you only add your int modifier. However if you directly connect to RAIN (dropping out of conciousness to project yourself into the computer) you gain your proficiency bonus twice. Even if you aren't proficient in hacking. There is more about it in the docs for the game.

So I would suggest we all add the Hacking skill and just base all our checks off of that for things.

Cool! Now I wish I had put more into my Int score! I'm supposed to be the group's hacker, and I have an Int of 10 :-P

Do spells also crit on a nat 20? I just realized that I nat 20'd Mace with the Eldritch Blast so he may actually be out.

I don't believe so. In general crits only double a weapons damage dice, and I don't think it does that with spell casting. I think it's just an auto hit no matter what.

Actually I stand corrected. PHB wording and general concensous from 5e is that spells can crit. Apparently wording is that it doubles the dice for the attack. Before modifiers are added. So roll another dice to your damage so far.

Nevermind. I'm adding it into my turn to save time.

Hey everyone. I updated the docs for the campaign into a wiki! Check it out on Obsidian Portal. That is just the link for Tymora's page. I've copied everything else into there as well. Just go to the front page and click around.

Awesome! I'm on Obsidian Portal too! https://www.obsidianportal.com/profile/Jabes_plays_RPG

Nice. I have used it for a few games. Even bought membership. Hoping this will make it easier to keep things together better. Make things more coherent. Also I think I've decided gunmage will just be an additional wizard arcane tradition. Seems to make the most sense considering it's pretty much a wizard just with special focus requirements.

1) How much distance to travel to each of the upstairs goblins and the office door?

2) Do the stairs have a railing or banister that might offer cover?

The railings and banisters do not offer great cover because they have posts holding them up, instead of being walls you could duck behind.

To get to the stairs is maybe 30 feet, since you've moved a little ways into the club. To get up the stairs from there is maybe 15 feet. To get back to the office from the top of the stairs is maybe 50 feet.

Huh. All this time I haven't been adding my dex bonus to the damage rolls, is that right? I thought they only applied to the attack!

If using a ranged weapon, firearm, or standard game weapons, add your Dex bonus to whatever the weapons attack damage is. The attack always has that applied as well. For traditional weapons, if you are proficient with it, you add your bonus. To even out the higher damage output of firearms you only add that bonus if you use a bonus action to aim.

Ah, so if I am proficient and I aim first, I can apply the DEX bonus to the damage roll?

Nope, just always add your Dex modifier to the damage roll. Also always add it to your attack rolls with ranged weapon. The only thing the aim bonus action does in this game is allow you to add your proficiency bonus onto your attack roll.

If you aren't proficient with a weapon, you don't even have the aim action available to you at all.

Okay, thanks!

Yeah, it's a little weird. The modern d20 calls it a balance on the higher damage of weapons in the game. I like it because it means you are practiced with aiming and firing the weapon, but much like a real gun firing from the hip won't be as good even if you know how to handle the weapon.

Now that you put it that way it makes a lot of sense. I may never use a gun in character but I like that thought process.