The Eye of Anubis: OOC Thread

NeoTiamat · Post by **NeoTiamat** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:29 pm

And so, my fiendish plot fails because Charles can't hit the broad side of a barn and Khalil brought a knife to a gun fight.

*facepalm*

Anyway, this ought to amuse you people for a while. And by amuse I mean rend limb from limb in various bloody fashions.

lostboy · Post by **lostboy** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:44 pm

Ladies and Gentlemen, a map of the venue (well its more a 3d model, I downloaded Sketchup yesterday and fancied trying it out! Sketchup is rather cool for doing this as you can take stills form any angle, elevation or zoom level.):

From another angle:

And the interior of the hall:

View from the window (corpse not included):

The roof (as requested by MR NT)

The roof in plan:

And the view you will have on arriving at the top of the stairs:

Nathan of the FoS · Post by **Nathan of the FoS** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:53 pm

...Wow.

If I had known the pitch of the roof was that steep I wouldn't have ventured out onto it. In the dark, in a high wind, in the pouring rain.

I guess we'll see if Charles makes it out alive.

lostboy · Post by **lostboy** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:09 pm

Its based on NeoTiamats description earlier, sketchup allows you to input exact dimensions so its as he invisaged.

If I had known the pitch of the roof was that steep I wouldn't have ventured out onto it. In the dark, in a high wind, in the pouring rain.

Funny, before I was actually picturing a massive gothic edifice like Notre Dame with flying buttresses, towers, turrets, mansarde roofs etc and I did wonder at Charles' Bravado going up there....

NeoTiamat · Post by **NeoTiamat** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:10 pm

If you want to add those, be my guest. I was reducing things to utter simplicity because I had to actually do all those measurements out on a piece of paper.

If you can add some cool-looking doo-hickeys for the Anubite to throw Charles into, please!

Nathan of the FoS · Post by **Nathan of the FoS** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:12 pm

NeoTiamat wrote: If you can add some cool-looking doo-hickeys for the Anubite to throw Charles into, please!

What...you mean he's not going to surrender?!?

NeoTiamat · Post by **NeoTiamat** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:56 pm

I will leave that to the Anubite to answer.

(Close enough of a smiley. We need a Jack Karn smiley!)

DocBeard · Post by **DocBeard** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:37 pm

Did my jumping count as a whole action for the round? It's cool if it did, I just wasn't sure how long it'd take me to run to Loup.

NeoTiamat · Post by **NeoTiamat** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:44 pm

Loup is less than 30 feet away and jumps count as part of your move, so you have used one move action so far.

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Also, I actually managed to find the rules on stairs, so I'm revising my stair time downward. It takes two move actions to get to the stairs from the body, and two more move actions to race up the stairs.

So you can reach the nearer platform in two rounds of double-moves, assuming a speed of 30 ft. I'll add another round of looking if you don't know where the stairs are.

NeoTiamat · Post by **NeoTiamat** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:58 am

Current Locations:

Charles - on the roof's ridgeline parallel the rope, two-thirds of the way along.

Khalil - has just shimmied up the rope, is standing atop the eaves right next to it.

Lia & Kuzan - flying just above and to the side of Khalil.

Andre - at the foot of the stairs

Otto, Alli, Ulsaon - halfway to the stairs

Tomas, Loup - on the ground somewhat to the side of where the rope is.

The Anubite - standing roughly half-way between Charles and Khalil.

De Angelis - In the near platform

Benoit - in the far platform

Carter, Maleagant, Marchand-Renier - by the rope below.

lostboy · Post by **lostboy** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:22 am

Locations plotted on the plan of the roof (Ive not included those inside as yet, as youre all heading for the roof anyways):

NeoTiamat · Post by **NeoTiamat** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:47 pm

Nathan of the FoS wrote:Reflex save 25 Is it possible to walk down the roof, or is it just too slippery? Charles is 15 feet from the Anubite right now, correct? Is Khalil in position for him and Charles to flank the Anubite this round?

Charles is fifteen feet away from the Anubite. If we were doing five foot squares, it'd be roughly like so

C|__|__|An|__|Kh

Khalil is not in flanking position yet, but a five foot step will bring him to such. First one of you to move gets no flanking bonus, second one will.

You can walk on the roof normally, the incline isn't *that* bad and the roof is slatted, not perfectly smooth. However, it *is* a DC 15 Balance check to run or charge, and you need to make a DC 15 Balance check to stay standing if you are damaged. You do not need to make Balance checks while on the ridgeline or the eaves, those being flatter and having far more footholds.

Kaitou Kage · Post by **Kaitou Kage** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:49 pm

I moved Lia and myself up to about where De Angelis's marker is on that map

NeoTiamat · Post by **NeoTiamat** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:08 pm

Positions and Actions at the end of Round 2

Charles - Adjacent to Anubite, ridge-ward of it. Has attacked Anubite.
Khalil - Adjacent to the Anubite, eave-ward of it. Has attacked Anubite
Kuzan - standing by the near platform, has cast Cure Moderate Wounds, has a Fly spell active
Lia - Standing by the near platform, has cast True Strike

Andre - Has just arrived at top of near platform, was running.
Otto, Alli, Ulsaon - Half-way up stairs, one move action to reach platform. Otto has grabbed a carving knife (improvised dagger)
Tomas - Failed to climb, at body. Tomas has grabbed a stick (improvised club)

The Anubite - sandwiched between Khalil and Charles
Benoit, de Angelis - approaching the Anubite from two other directions.
Carter et al - as before

NeoTiamat · Post by **NeoTiamat** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:42 pm

Nathan of the FoS wrote:
NeoTiamat wrote: On the Roof

[OOC: Khalil and Charles both hit, for a total of 12 damage. Andre has reached the roof and may now act.]

Even as Benoit and de Angelis move in to attack, the strange, jackal-masked figure is unfazed in its now tattered robes. Charles and Khalil both feel their blade bite against a strong hide or leather, and bloody water trickles down the entity's body to wash away in the rain.

Still, the creature has a few tricks up its sleeves. Quickly, carefully, the dark figure moves its twisted ankh in a few passes, and for a moment, nothing happens.

Then the shaking starts. It seems as though the building is being shaken down to its foundations, the roof bucking and jerking like some wild, living thing. Floating above it all, the jackal-masked figure watches with an amused air.
OOC: From the description, casting this spell is not a free action, which means Charles and Khalil get attacks of opportunity, correct? Assuming that that is correct...

Actually, it isn't. The Anubite cast defensively, and made its concentration check. Hence why I said "Quickly, carefully, the dark figure moves its twisted ankh in a few passes"

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The Eye of Anubis: OOC Thread