OOC and strategy

Party Alfa: @smilery, @Psybermagi, @grifter730 , @Sarge1967, @WhiteDwarf
This is for us to chat

I have Waterbreathing and Waterwalking both prepared as a ritual for the group.
Don't have to worry about drowning while on sea.
I have quite a bit of items for reviving and reincarnation. If you each want a few for your self that would be great.

I have a 20-foot-radius cylinder, 20 feet high, personal dimension I can store stuff in but only have access once a day. I can stay inside 10 hours and have my familiar swim for me. I also threw a small rowboat in there, just in case. 😁

For other stuff I have a couple revivify gems on hand, can fly 4 hours, polymorph 2 (twined spell)
Huge Giant Crab Beast 8 TftYP
Sperm Whale Beast 8 IDRotF
Tyrannosaurus Rex Beast 8 MM

How much you need for the revival stuff @Smiley ? I have like 2-3k gold still, I can spare some to ensure I get resurrected lol.

Combat:
Kenjidor's combat strategy is very simple. Round 1 Shadow of Moil + Haste (on himself, the paladin, and...? 1 more person who could benefit from Haste would be good), which should give him a couple of attacks, and then on round 2 things should be dead then if all goes to plan.

For range attack he can do Eldritch Blast + Agonizing Blast in a pinch, but he's actually better with a Longbow, as all his insane bonuses will be latched on to those attacks.

At the moment I don't have any real way of attacking sea creatures, but given that we have a real caster in the group, I think I can take out Scrying and swap it for Control Water instead. I can keep scrying if no one else has it, but I can't cast it as a ritual, if that matters.

Skills:
His top skills are: Arcana +9, Initimidation +10, Investigation +9, Nature +9, Perception +6, and all Cha skills are +5 (but thankfully we have a bard, so they can handle all those social things).

Misc stuff:
- I have Silvery Barbs, which could be great if enemy crits or whatever.
- My familiar is the Fractal Mascot, which can phase in and out of objects, so can essentially go through walls. I'd rather not ever have to put it through danger, but may come in handy.
- I can cast enlarge/reduce.
- He is invisible all the time, as he can cast Invisibility at will (but using a Half-Plate, so disadvantage on stealth)
- Got Circle of Power, but not sure how often I'll use that honestly

Really though, this character is here to dish out damage, and he can do a lot of it.

@grifter730
6 Gems for Revivify
5 Pouches of Diamond Dust for Greater Restoration
2 Vials of Oil for Reincarnate

Spells are the following
0 Spare the Dying**, Guidance*, Scared Flame*, Druidcraft, Thorn Whip, Produce Flame, Gust
1st Goodberry, Healing Word, Cure Wounds, Bless**, Guiding Bolt*
2nd
3rd Water Walk, Water Breathing, Revivify, Dispel Magic,
4th Polymorph, Control Water, Hallucinatory Terrain
5th Reincarnate, Mass Cure Wounds, Greater Restoration
6th Sunbeam, Heal, Conjure Fey
7th Reverse Gravity, Regenerate, Plane Shift
8th Sunburst


I have no plans for combat. Going to play it by ear. I have a lot of different Spells and Utility...

Devil's Sight
Misty Visions: Silent Image
Metamagic
Careful Spell (S:MM)
Subtle Spell (S:MM)
Twinned Spell (S:MM)

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He focused on taking out key players in combat. Synaptic static can damage and cause large numbers of the enemy to be greatly hindered.

Ooh, you got Devil's Sight. Maybe I should take it too, hmm....

I just wish I knew more spells. Without Aberrant Mind I would only know 16. Sorcerer limit on spells is hard.

I plan to use Hunger of Hadar with it to blind enemies then shoot them

My Warlock only gets 13 from his class, but what I need is more slots!!!

If I remember right, Clockwork sorcerer gets something like 10 extra spells, and they can get normal sorcerer spells instead if they don’t like the bonus spells.

Same with aberrant. If I keep them or only replace with divination or enchantment I can use sorcery points 1/spell level. It fits my character concept nicely. Not much for strait damage but should be fun to play.

Hi guys, can someone give me some technical guidance please, towards getting Seelah’s image sized and formatted like everyone else’s, and how to wrap it at the left side of my posts?
Signed, a newbie lol.

No need to resize. You just upload the image into your character sheet. Once you do that, when you post, post as your character, not as the player. See the screenshot.

It'll automatically pull the image from your character sheet into the post.

Adding your image to the character sheet is also simple. Just edit your sheet, and click the "Change Avatar" link:

Mind is blown, much appreciated!

@GreyWord : as an Aberrant Mind sorcerer I get Since Mind Sliver is a cantrip does this mean I can cast it without any components, it only has verbal, without spending any sorcery points? If a 1st level spell from the list costs 1 sorcery point it makes sense to me that Mind Sliver is free. But I want to check

Are you asking if you can ignore Verbal component of the spell for free? As I stated previously - as a DM of lvl 15 game I say it is your choice as a player to decide. I will not be checking.

If you want my opinion as rules lawyer GreyWord (not as DM) - then I read " when you cast any spell of 1st level or higher" Psionic Sorcery does not affect cantrips. Next sentence confirms that by stating "If you cast the spell using sorcery points, it requires no verbal or somatic components".

Please everyone who can see this thread inform me if you also see and can post to "Chapter 1: Moonshae Isles" by voting


Thanks.

I was just missing/skipping the section 1st level or higher and it seemed odd.

DnD designers often refer to "a spell of 1st level or higher" when they want to specify the feature does not apply to cantrips.
As for odd wording read this reference to "any spell" in divine soul

We can help out if you need help creating character sheets @Sarge1967.

One of my magic items is a Spell Gem. I can store 1 spell of 1st level in it. I was going to put in Healing Word or Cure Wounds.
Someone else can hold it and use it. I just need it back to refill it. Who wants it?

Give it to a familiar (Ken and I both have one) or Kenjidor the hexblade, unless he already has healing. Anyone can use the healing work to keep a teammate away from that scary shining doorway in the sky :)

Are we still a party of 5? Seems like it’s been just 3 people for a few days, and the game just started.

I'm still in. I haven't been able to play a character this high till now so am looking forward to it.
There had been a discussion on how a DM and players can indicate when they are attentive and passive, not acting but still following along, vs waiting for a response/reaction, vs ghosting a game. But there is no perfect system

Same, I’m super excited about this game. Just checking.

love your enthusiasm. I am on vacation this week willl try to figure out things next week.

I am the same. Never played high levels like this.
Interested to see how it goes.

So, when I first saw the game my plan was to go with a Warlock using the "Raven Queen" Patron, but then quickly discovered Unearthed Arcana isn't permitted...so then I was going to go with a Ranged focused Warlock (Eldritch Blast, Eldritch Spear, Eldritch Agony, Lance of Lethargy, Rappelling Blast, Grasp of Hadar) but it seems we already have a couple of warlocks. I'm open to going a different direction; what do you guys see as a need for this team?

Busy due to Halloween.
I have a few things I wanted to post.
@GreyWord Can Insight check the vampire? I am distrustful of the undead...

Right, I totally forgot to do insight for everyone. Will do and update soon

Halloween weekend chaos put me behind on posts. I will add more tonight, tomorrow at the latest

I should have my character sheet ready for submission to the GM tomorrow.

Welcome aboard Sardis!

Are we assuming retcon placement of Jerinvar into the game...or is there some tie in as to how he is currently included in the current forest combat?

@Sardis As you made you PC charsheet just in time for the combat, let's assume Jerinvar has been together with the party and you could act in your initiative order. You can describe your PC visually in the narrative thread already

All players - let me know if you have any issues rolling anything in combat thread, I hop you all have all the rights to do that

Seems I have trouble rolling in-game. ???
I can roll in a diff thread if that’s better.

Edit - possible I messed up the code. Looking at it.
Return of Edit - fixed it.

we will solve the problem if you can share the details. Let me start with a short instruction on how to use this site featuresLet me know if that was helpful and if you would like further help

Are we doing combat in initiative order? Or group order?

Also, I'll be out for the next 6 hours or so, won't be able to post during then.

If the feline creatures are monstrosities (?) can Jerinvar make an intelligence check to see what he knows of them (as monstrosities are his Favored Enemy as a Ranger)

Also, since it isn't an action (at least I don't think it is), can I make that check now (if he gets one).

Note: if I don't know what we are facing I will attempt to inquire every time so that I can use that ability whenever able).

Understandable, my apologies.

He doesn’t want to kill, but has no way of dispatching them any other way, and they need to get past here.

you can do non lethal in melee if you announce so

Heading out for a few hours. Will post when I get home.

I don't have my books in front of me and can't remember how readied actions work in 5e. Can I move with my move action and ready an action (casting a spell) with my attack action?

Yes, but you need:
1. Define exact trigger for when to cast the spell (i.e. "when any enemy moves within range")
2. Your spell slot will be wasted if trigger does not happen

Non lethal ways to handle them include : paralysis, charm, fear, intimidation, etc
The closer one is now much more susceptible to all of this from my attack as it is wounded and confused. If it runs away the 2nd should as well unless it is under some compulsion.

Actually, I need to rethink my action...as a Ranger, having Monstrosities as my Favored "Enemy" should have him wanting to kill them. I'll work on a post to reflect this (I didn't take that class feature into consideration with my last post...apologies). Will have something up in the next few hours.

Just for clarification...did only one eldritch blast beam hit? If both hit, the creature hit should have been pushed back 20' and speed slowed by 20' until the end of Jerinvar's next turn.

Also, in the future, I'll include spoiler tags for each invocation applied to his eldritch blast when used.

Kinda wiped this evening, may need post Seelah tomorrow morning if that’s ok.

@Psybermage

As a player, I must think they are something different than you do? As to me they sound like Kamadan from Tomb of Annihilation? If they are that, they could have upwards of 108 hp each??? So 30+ is most likely around half damage, though possible closer to only 1/4??

Kamadan

No I agree that they sound like the monsters from ToA and likely have a lot if HP. I didn't look them up and never ran then as a DM so don't know. Still. 30 HP damage should stop any casual interest. That is what I meant by them having a reason if they stick around after talking this damage

I admit I borrowed Kamadan idea and visuals, but I am not using their exact sheet, please don't imply meta knowledge of the creature as you will be wrong. Your PC is supposed to never have seen the creature and have no idea of it's abilities, habits and not to mention exact amount of HP

To be clear...my observations/opinions were strictly from a player stand point. All Jerinvar needs to know is that they are monstrosities!!

:)

Ok. My statement about level 15 characters having better knowledge of possible threats stands. I do not consider that metagaming, as long as I don't go looking for their stay block. I guess Pin just misremembered or misidentified them.

I am confused.
Where did you post an image of the "beast"?
I am search and don't see one anywhere

@smiley

He didn't post an image. He described it. A feline with a mane of snakes basically. There aren't many 5e creatures that meet that description.

:)

Kamadan

@WhiteDwarf

As much as I like the nobility of non-lethal damage, I feel I should point out that non lethal damage requires a melee attack.

That causes sad face, but appreciate the clarity! :)

Trust me...would love to deal non lethal damage with my eldritch blast 😀

Ha! I can imagine so.

@Psybermagi thanks for pointing out you have that amulet
Everyone, this was an amazing experiment of mine and now I need time to narrate the results, I would certainly like to share all the messages with everyone later. Too excited to keep to myself only :) But please hold on until we finish this social encounter.

Anytime you perform, you do a Charisma (Performance) check. You add your proficiency bonus if you’re proficient in either the skill or the instrument you’re using.
You’re correct, you don’t necessarily need proficiency in the skill, if you’ve proficiency in the instrument. Then it’s only if you’re unable to use your instrument gif some reason, that you’d just make a straight non-proficient performance check.
Hope that makes sense.

inspiration and/or guidance anyone?

Thanks for reminder on inspiration

Ah, sorry, yeah I think this game is just not jiving with me. Not sure what it is, but I’m having a hard time getting into the character and the game because I keel getting confused. I appreciate what you’ve done though, I’ve really enjoyed the other games you’ve ran before.

Posting for Seelah curtailed thru New Years Day. Will get back to it on Tuesday. Hope everyone is well today!