OOC

Just saw this in Games Tavern:

@Psybermagi I've decided to stop being a rules enforcer. Tired of being the bad guy. You make you own decision. I'm fine even if you decide you can throw your spider mouth to bite and reappear in it's chest, LOL


If you ask my opinion/suggestion - here are my opinion:
1) If it say "weapon of your choice that you are holding" then I read that you need to be holding a weapon in your hand and spider has no hands and not holding anything in them
2) Your rage "When you make a melee weapon attack using Strength, you gain ..."

I'm looking at Giant Spider bite and trying to guess if it is using Strength. Facts:
1. Giant spider has +2 Str and +3 Dex. It has Proficiency Bonus +2
2. Bite damage is 1d8+3
3. Bit to hit is +5 (which is PB+3)
I have an impression that Spider bite is dex based

yeah, I forgot the rage was STR only damage and dont think the wild magic helps right now, but the damage resistance will help

@Pedrop it's been 5 days (3 working days) since my last post. I know your situation changed and your posting rate is to be reduced. I still hope you will be able to post at least few times a week. I want this game to run at least 2-3 posts per week to get me engaged.

Meanwhile to get game delay game moving I will auto pilot Zean casting cantrip (Sacred flame) just before I'm going to post enemy turn. But please feel free to jump in at any time taking Zead back over.

@Psybermagi I suggest you to revisit spell "Vortex Warp" description. Is specifically say that you can only target another creature, not yourself. That's how the spell is intended to differ from other teleportation spells.

@badbaron did you just cast two level spells on the same turn - one as action and another as bonus action? In 5e You can't do that:
To help you with the situation I could make Zean do turn undead this round before Nyx turn, that will most probably give him a way for retreat. He has the last use left. What does everyone think? I need at least two votes for.

removed post and will wait for the effects of Zean's turn before acting

Sorry, screwed up, will remove Spiritual Hammer and fix the post.

Hi, sorry for delays on my side... :( I have a little epidemic in my house, with some nasty virus, still lurking from previous week :( My youngest one is currently in hospital, but everything should end good. Realistically I will be able to post the soonest on Friday... But will try earlier. Please continue to bot Zean, yes he would gladly use Turn Undead for the benefit of the party:)

Fumble! I think I actually missed trying to hit a pot. Seems unlikely, but maybe it jarred the hammer out of my hands or it slipped and hit myself in the foot or something. Them pots is tricksy you know.

Announcement 1: I've decided to start rolling physical dice instead of always typing things in gamersplane. lvl 9 combat with DM-led-NPCs is sometimes is overwhelming...

Announcement 2: as a rule of thumb I post NPC round actions last - after PCs have done their job. NPCs will try to replicate team strategy, i.e. if I see team attacking cauldrons, so will NPCs do.
If you ever want to go after NPC - please write OOC note for me with suggested NPC strategy for the turn. Thanks.

now as cauldron room is cleared anyone want me to spoil what was the way to avoid combat and which hint were supposed to probably help you with that?

smash cauldrons was suggested and seems like it would have worked. I am interested in the official solution and clues that would have lead to that.

That is fun. I'm terrible with puzzles, so I appreciate the spoiler here.

I'm the one who said to bow to the faceless god, but just getting feet under me so didn't follow through. Dungeon is designed to be tricky but hardest thing is getting into the head/powers of the character starting this high and in this type of situation. Should either get better or get killed soon.

so we just need to try all the ideas and/or smash more stuff. Sounds like a plan :)

As much as I remember in this story:
- PCs managed to smash things made of crystal and glass . And a thin object made of wood
- Damaging an object of adamantine was impossible.
- A 5x5x5 feet block pf stone were also not supposed to take any damage (don't remember if PCs tried to destroy it)