OOC

Just realized I forgot to remove UNDER CONSTRUCTION from my first post in BBEG thread, Just removed it. Sorry it was finished long before

You see him dead, need revivify or something to get him up
It also appears I misunderstood some player actions so going forward I would like to demand every player announce the coordinates his PC or summon ends at.

Working on an updated map with coordinates. will come soon. To make it easier for me west room will not be in the map as it is blocked by wall of fire anyway.

Since we combined parties what all do we have for classes?

KIA Sorcerer. I have a diamond for revivify. Where's the healer?

Waves her hand!


I am just not sure if I am the only healer or not. I will change my play style depending on.

Don't worry, I came prepared for death.

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

Wonder if he plays marbles with those gems. Winner take all of course...

I have signed my "Do not reincarnate" form and filled it with my patron

Just a rogue here. I do have enough diamonds/dust for 3 Revify, 1 Raise Dead, and 5 Greater Restoration spells.

By looks the party can bring back your character @Psybermagi back into play. I wouldn't count on Congo for that.

Bhrok is a Ranger/Barbarian melee character. :)
He has diamonds for one time Revivify on him.

I intended to say you can't see obvious way how to open any of the the doors in this room description in the first post
If no PCs can cast Knock spell I wouldn't mind a PC do improvised action to try to understand how to open such a door. I would ask you to roll either perception or investigation DC 15.
Alternatively you may try to force brake doors. I've just found on internet suggested stats of 2 inch thick iron door:
AC 19 HP 100 damage threshold 30.

can't believe it!!! Just rolled to nat 20 on that damage dealing machine monster. Can't be true. Well... this was supposed to be deadly, but not such deadly

Dice do seem to be favoring the GM.

Thanks, I forgot about that ability.
Uh, point of clarification? Uncanny Dodge states "when an attacker that you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to halve the attack's damage against you."
I read this as a single attack and I make the choice of which attack I affect with this ability if multiple attacks hit. Am I reading this correctly?
the 33+11 was the bite damage. The puzzle only took a few hp away from him.

Exactly :-)

33+11 was math formula , sorry for too too technical, I'm IT engineer you know

Details explained. I don't know how much HP SKy had before this combat but let's assume 115 out of 133max
1. Your maximum of 123 HP is reduced (by 11) to maximum 122
->You still have 117 out of 122 max

2. You then take 44 damage
-> You dice not to use your reaction yet
-> 73 out of 122

3. You then take 67
-> Now you dice to use your reaction to halve that to only take 33 damage
-> 40 out of 122

Ah. Question. Does the attacking enemy ever become visible?. Uncanny dodge requires you to be able to see the attacker. I know that Congo would very much like to see the target too.

Yeah he said the thing was visible.

Woot. Target practice. :) It must have normal invisibility. Congo has greater and would not be visible from attacking.

Mention me when I can take my turn, please.

I actually took Careful spell and Sickening Radiance to take advantage of this combo. So Careful spell would not allow them to be immune even the first round? IMO the rules as written do not state this. I understand the rules as indedded do not always match RAW. They usually write errata to clarify things like this. As it is written this is not touched on at all as it never says turn or round or anything about a time frame. (I will revise my in game post to move the spell focus.)

I understand why but it frustrates me and I just wanted to vent.

I've double checked forums and seems like there are a split on opinions. Those who agree with game designer point out RAW "Careful Spell" description start with When you cast which limits ability timing, there seems to be enough DMs who would rule different.

So looks like you are just unlucky to have a DM who trust game designer opinion on his own game.

I as a player of course want the option. As a DM I get that allowing ST to be skipped without cost is bad. So I was thinking is split the difference and allowed 1 round at the time of casting to auto succeed ST and hoping it was persistent.
The problem with english it that "When you cast . . . " can also mean that you must declare and pay the affect when you cast.

Proper wording for the interpretation should be something more like

@Psybermagi
I hope we could agree that
1. RAW are ambiguous
2. When rules are ambiguous it's DM's decision. And my decision is to listen game designer. It will always be.

I do agree that it may have been a good idea to update 5e rules affecting any saves until the start of your next turn rather than "on your turn". Nevertheless my biggest problem is to agree to apply it in current game situation, because Pin do not see the characters and don't even have any idea if they are even in the area of the spell when he cast it. To prevent spell from affecting named PCs the Spell should be intelligent and selective. And I just don't see 5e magic to posses it's own intelligence.

Totally agree it is your call. I admit to disappointment/frustration due to failed plans, sigh, but it is not a big deal.
And yes targeting thing without full knowledge is metagaming. The main objective was to fill the room I could see and hopefully the tunnel as I felt it was safe to assume no party members were in it. The metamagic was to help cover that but as it is not applicable then the assumption is Pin made a good guess and got lucky not to affect the party.

Yes we did. I added the Con fail.
Moving on

Wow. Bhrok the Glorious is Glorious or is 'Goreious'

I am sorry. Puns are not allowed.
You are now cursed with Disadvantage on your next attack.

:p

I am sorry. Puns are not allowed.
You are now cursed with Disadvantage on your next attack.

:p

😂

Maybe behind his back, that is his name. 🤣

Yeah I want sure about that. One thing I have seen go both ways was the fact that I was never in their line if sight to begin with so I wad unseen and may or may not be considered hidden by that simple fact. Some DM still require the hide action, invisibility, or some other mechanic. Other allow 1 round advantage but most just a single attack with it. I haven't seen this clarified in rules, just opinions that site the unseen attacker and attack reveal position rules, so am not sure how it is supposed to go. RAW seems to go with 1st attack only.
To be clear, I am not arguing, just starting why I did it and posted a note about it. If anyone can point me to the rules on full cover and unseen but not using the hide action that would be great

Hmm I was always sure about that:
RAW
Either can you see ghoul and ghoul can see you or neither can, unless you are magically invisible.

The only exception to that rule I am aware of is Hide action as it explicitly say "If you succeed, you gain certain benefits" - the same benefits despite fact that enemy can see. And that is broke first time your attack.

I still believe routine is as simple as that: 1. Get cover 2. Roll hide as action (or BA if you can) 3. Move out of cover and attack with advantage.

@GuardianRory just a friendly notice. It is your turn

Oh dang! I'm sorry I missed this for so many days. I'll post right now.

I do not know if this campaign is finished or if more will happen.

I just wanted to say I haven't gotten to enjoy a lot of high-level play before.
Being the main healer at the end was not that bad. I wish I could have been more useful, but I kept everyone alive.
I enjoyed it no matter what.

Thank you for running this GreyWord!

Yep, its been educational having a high level sorcerer. Thanks for the game! :)

I'll retire this game by the end of the week.
Once again big thanks to those who stayed with me and finished this game despite it grow bigger and longer than I anticipated. This is the first PBP game I've finished and it feels good to retire it for that reason.

P.S. Anyone have idea for another game I may want to DM, feel free to message me

Thanks for letting me play-in!