OOC Thread

It's possible to say that you prepared your spell as an Action when the bandits appeared (you can only do this with spells that have a casting time of 1 Action, not with one that has a casting time of 1 Bonus Action) and that you stated the trigger for the spell to activate was when they attacked. Then the spell would cast as a Reaction. This is a specific Action you can take called a Ready Action (which I won't go into any more than I already have--no sense getting you guys completely bogged down in rules on your first combat).

But, like you said, whether you can do that in these circumstances is a question for Len.

Jacketch: According to the rules of the game, no. Spells have a specific casting time, generally those are Action, Bonus Action, or Reaction*. If the spell says it uses your Action like Mage Armor does, then you can't cast it using your Bonus Action or Reaction. There is a spell called Shield that uses your reaction and gives you +5 AC till the start of your next turn, and it is one of the best 1st level spells in the game.

* There are other spells that take even more time, and are generally not cast during combat.

That's a fair point, McDunno. I would say readying actions is probably not worth worrying about right now given that people are still learning about the more standard 'cast a spell' and 'aid' actions.

Also, just for the record Jacketch: I'm assuming you cast Mage Armor already while everyone was drawing weapons - if your party had time to pul out weapons and intimidate their foes with pithy remarks, then you had time to cast Mage Armor. If you'd rather not have (maybe you don't want to spend the spell slot) then let me know.

Yikes I got critted and I'm at -3 hp. Am I dead?

Not quite. But you do get to start rolling what are known as "Death Saving Throws"!

On each of your next turns, you roll a single, straight-up d20.

After three successes, you're stabilized at 0 HP but are unconscious.
After three failures, you're dead.

1-9 = failure
10-20 = success

Crits
1 = 2 failures
20 = you wake up with 1 HP

Also, someone can roll a Medicine skill check to see if they can stabilize you, or someone can cast a spell to heal you. In the middle of battle, both of those are sometimes really hard to do. Typically, we'll wait until you're at two failures. Although when one of your heavy hitters drops in the first round, a decision has to be made!

just a quick thought, If we're looking to get information from these bandit's, the one attacking Raishe seems less than enthused at his current predicament and likely to spill some beans.

Also, since im 30 ft away, and I have a speed of 30. could I rush up and use my battle ax to attack the bandit that just hit Barrendd? or can i only rush up for now, and wait until my next turn to attack?

You can take your Move action first, then attack as your Action.

I think the bandit that attacked Barrendd is standing atop the log. Should be an athletics check of 10 unless you can chop at his feet?

Also, yeah, he cast Mage Armor when the weapons were being drawn.

Len, how often do you want Kit to roll for his Wild Magic Surge? I've never played a wild magic sorcerer before, and the responses I'm seeing online range anywhere from "every time" to "only when they roll a 1 on a magic attack" (which would be never since Kit doesn't have any offensive spells).

@Daykinator: You need to change your Attack Bonus and Damage for your weapons. Your melee weapon attacks are 1d20+5 (+3 for your strength bonus and +2 for your proficiency bonus). Your one-handed melee damage is 1d8+5 (+3 for your strength bonus and +2 for your Dueling fighting style). This will raise your attack to 15, which hopefully hits, and your damage to 9.

Your ranged weapons use your dex, so your longbow Attack Bonus should be 1d20+4 (+2 for your dex bonus and +2 for your proficiency bonus), and your Damage should be 1d8+2 (+2 for your dex bonus).

Ouch. Our first critical fail.

+5 is correct. Spell attack bonuses are your spell mod bonus (for wizards, that's Int) plus your prof bonus.

You don't add a bonus to damage unless the spell says so. Most cantrips are just a straight damage die until you get to higher levels.

Well gents Barendd did say things would get sideways

Turns out the bandit never stopped warding him off....

@McDunno Ahh! Thanks for the help. Ill make sure to keep note of that for future reference!

At this point we'd have to wait for Len before moving forward to see the outcomes and such correct?

It looks like we're waiting on Raishe to finish the round. I'm not sure if Len wants us to wait at the top of the round or if Iman will be able to go.

Sorry for the delay. :S I have a class late on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

BTW, how can I add Raishe's avatar under my name?

Above the post box there's a tab that says Post as: player. You can change it to Raise if you added an Avatar on the character sheet