OOC Megathread

Yeah, I usually do just resolve turns in order (and I do encourage posting when you can, so as to maximize speed) but in this case, the poor hell hound was obliterated well and truly before either Xera or Zaris (that's going to trip me up more than once) were even close to acting.

That said, I realized I can make initiative "bands" even smoother if there are only every 2: PCs and NPCs, so that's what I'll do starting with the next battle and this little hiccup will never be so pronounced again.

Sorry about that! I've been used to playing games with Good v Bad INIT blocking and just moving attacks over to what baddies are still alive if need be.

Yeah I could've just moved the attack over... But, well, I know more than you ;)

Also maybe I should've left them. At least yours, Zaris had a really nice shot!

Anyway, no harm done and as I've said, good v bad init blocks is the way this will be done here on out (probably as soon as next round).

Works for me.

Hopefully my next shot will be as good!

Gonna jump on the sorry wagon. Must not have seen the other attack posts. I'll try to pay better attention.

No apologies needed - the other posts got deleted by me in a hasty decision (and you were posting within turn order).

We're now effectively in Us vs Them Initiative so you can all post at will. I won't delete any posts anymore (sorry!), and if your target is dead by the time yours resolves (they will resolve in *posting* order) I'll just give you a new (and sensibly chosen) target.

Also, for future combats this is how initiative will run in the background (so you can post accordingly -- note I'm going to add this to the house-rules thread for reference):

Enemy Initiative will be the AVERAGE of all monster initiative rolls. Player initiatives will be rolled individually. Those whose result is higher than the Enemy Initiative will act first (no other players can post! This is something like a 'bonus turn' for them). Then, after that initial mini-player turn, combat will proceed in Us vs Them fashion.

That seems efficient.

And, it makes players who invest in/have high init not feel like they wasted effort having high init (because rolling well on init makes it almost like getting a 'bonus round').

Channelling my inner Reina with that flurry....

Whoo! I was so sure I was going to roll in the single digits for that attack (Thanks Demon master!)
Whoops sorry Candi :/

When making a ranged attack while in melee, you have Disadvantage (roll 2d20, take the worst) -- I have done so in my resolution post (and you still hit)

Ouch, Arjen! The die is a cruel mistress!

What was Zaris' disadvantage for? Just curious.

Shooting through the trees at the cleric on the other side (you guys are at the fork in the road in melee, Zaris is behind you, the cleric is on the path between hte fork and farmhouse -- hence, the intervening space between Zaris and his target is wooded)

It happens!

Do I have clear enough line of sight to rebuke the cleric in a manner quite Hellish?

You can see him, yes. But you don't meet the conditions to cast Hellish Rebuke (you need to be damaged by the creature you plan to target):

"Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take in response to being damaged by a creature within 60 feet of you that you can see."

Oh rats. On a somewhat related note: is there an app or anything that I can access the PHB from my phone (which is how I post at work)