The Eye of Anubis: OOC Thread

[Nathan of the FoS]

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"

Huh. You can do that even while being flanked?...

(checks SRD)

I guess so; it doesn't say otherwise. Freakin' Anubite.

All right, off I go to edit.

[Nathan of the FoS]

If Charles does succeed in staying on the roof, may he stand and attack again in this round?

[DocBeard]

Kind of funny how quickly we've all re-learned the old saw: "If you're a PC, never, ever, ever, ever, ever go /anywhere/ without your weapon."

[Rock of the Fraternity]

That's why PCs survive the games sometimes, and redshirts ... well. There's a reason why their shirts are red, let's say no more about it, shall we?

[NeoTiamat]

If Charles does succeed in staying on the roof, may he stand and attack again in this round?

Hmm... that critical saved your life. Or at least kept you from going over the side.

I would say the falling and catching was reflexive, so you still have a round, make note, however, that standing up is a move action and you are no longer adjacent to the Anubite.

[Nathan of the FoS]

Hmm... that critical saved your life. Or at least kept you from going over the side.

I would say the falling and catching was reflexive, so you still have a round, make note, however, that standing up is a move action and you are no longer adjacent to the Anubite.

Okay--standing up is a move action...will a five-foot step bring the Anubite in range? Is the Anubite facing Charles? And where did Charles end up relative to the Anbuite, Khalil and de Angelis? (The post as written assumes Charles can't make a five-foot step and attack, so Charles is going to use the rest of the turn getting into flanking position.)

[NeoTiamat]

Okay--standing up is a move action...will a five-foot step bring the Anubite in range? Is the Anubite facing Charles? And where did Charles end up relative to the Anbuite, Khalil and de Angelis? (The post as written assumes Charles can't make a five-foot step and attack, so Charles is going to use the rest of the turn getting into flanking position.)

Situation is as follows, when Charles stood up. Both NPCs managed to roll below nine on Reflex and Climb saves, so no help from those two.

An|Kh|__|
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So a five foot step will bring the Anubite into range, but you will no longer be flanking it.

Facing isn't really combat-relevant, but the jackal-mask is looking towards the platform with Kuzan and Lia, but has its body tilted so that Khalil and Charles are to its right.

[Nathan of the FoS]

So a five foot step will bring the Anubite into range, but you will no longer be flanking it.

Facing isn't really combat-relevant, but the jackal-mask is looking towards the platform with Kuzan and Lia, but has its body tilted so that Khalil and Charles are to its right.

Okay. Charles is not going to attack this round; he's going to move in whatever direction takes him behind the Anubite until he and Khalil are flanking it again.

Whistler--I would guess that pistol is somewhere down in the garden by now...do you really have powder and shot in your pockets?

[The Whistler]

Whistler--I would guess that pistol is somewhere down in the garden by now...do you really have powder and shot in your pockets?

...An excellent point. Well, guess it's moot now, in any case.

[NeoTiamat]

And the mighty shaking spell continues to claim victims. I'm feeling sorry for Otto, I really am.

So any comments on the first combat? Too long, too short, too hard, too easy, etc?

[Nathan of the FoS]

And the mighty shaking spell continues to claim victims. I'm feeling sorry for Otto, I really am.

So any comments on the first combat? Too long, too short, too hard, too easy, etc?

Extremely Frustrating! Which is only to be expected, I suppose. Talk about a terrain advantage.

There were so many of us that a retreat on the part of the Anubite was inevitable once we discovered him, but we were pretty lucky not to have anyone at the point of death. Lia and Kuzan might both have died if she had taken enough damage from the lightning to be at negative hit points, since they then would have fallen 30 feet, and if Charles had failed his save against the lightning he would've been in pretty dire straits too.

If our objective was to run the Anubite off the encounter was pretty easy; if it was to kill or capture him, almost impossible. The threat to individual PCs who actually arrived at the combat in time to participate was pretty serious. We did fine, but I would expect that combat to go worse for us 7 or 8 times out of ten.

[DocBeard]

Considering the circumstances, I think it went fairly well. You obviously just wanted to give us a taste of things, and use a few lucky spot or listen checks to sew a few plot seeds into various players. I wouldn't be suprised if all of us got a little glimpse at one of the many secrets you promised in this game.

From the perspective as a combat, this would be a different story if it wasn't an FMV-like teaser encounter. I probably would've had a few more cultists for people who don't have a ton of, say, Balance or Climb to deal with.

On the other hand, there were plenty of secondary goals. I felt like I contributed despite not getting a chance to take a swing at anyone, and ultimately, especially in a large group like this, feeling like you're contributing is going to be the important thing for making sure your players enjoy a combat.

[The Whistler]

And the mighty shaking spell continues to claim victims. I'm feeling sorry for Otto, I really am.

Argh! Deprived of the chance to huck an improvised weapon, in which my character isn't optimally trained, when he doesn't have his Bracers of Accuracy on, at an enemy, at night, when it's raining. Through a magically induced windstorm.

All things considered, I think Otto's a lot more broken up about this than I am.

But yeah, as for the scenario at large, it was a creative, engaging setup: well-written, just challenging enough, and with enough non-hitting-people things going on to make it interesting.

[Rock of the Fraternity]

I quite liked it -- but I'm definitely going to have to invest even more heavily in protective spells and items, huh? ^^;

[lostboy]

Nice, I thought it went rather well. Perhaps not so well for us as characters but as a dramatic scene to spur the campaign on.. atmospheric, potentially lethal, raised a lot of questions and the terrain added an extra challenge, in short awesome!