The Storm - OOC

[Korbel]

Maybe we should start using Advanced Maneuvers? Scrap these Baby Steps. In the worst case, the fights will be a little longer.

[Benedict]

Maybe we should start using Advanced Maneuvers? Scrap these Baby Steps.

About time I'd say.

In the worst case, the fights will be a little longer.

Or they will be brutally faster.

[Korbel]

Edited my post in the game. Waiting for your actions, if any

[Benedict]

Ruthard grabs his hammer from Karl and takes a mighty swing at the gate lock.

9 dice vs Ob5 TN 5
[dice seed=16120 secure=ad6bd2e2_0]9d10[/dice]

Woot Woot! That's a MoS3!

[Korbel]

Confirmed, 8 successes. What additional bonus, based on the roll, would you like to get?
My proposition: in the process you win a nice, 3 feet long piece of high quality, but relatively lightweight chain.

[Benedict]

What additional bonus, based on the roll, would you like to get?

I was hoping they'd piss and poop their pants, maybe even stumbling backwards from fright, putting them at a disadvantage for a single phrase if they missed an Ob3 Steel check.

My proposition: in the process you win a nice, 3 feet long piece of high quality, but relatively lightweight chain.

Not much use for that, don't want to take any prisoners anyway, but why not?

Seriously now, I'd prefer it if the act was so fast and smooth, that Ruthard has time to place the hammer in his belt and grab the longsword Twinscars tosses at him, so he starts the melee with sword in hand.

Your call.

[Korbel]

Seriously now, I'd prefer it if the act was so fast and smooth, that Ruthard has time to place the hammer in his belt and grab the longsword Twinscars tosses at him, so he starts the melee with sword in hand.

That's cool. You can start with the sword in hands and the gate is open.

Achtung! I'd like to start a Skirmish now. We need to (1) meet on roll20, (2) send our sequence rolls (type and result) on private to a neutral person, or (3) find another way.

[Marras]

Me and Korbel live with one hour difference in time zones but I have understood that Stempest lives quite far away (but don't know where Benedict lives), so I don't know how well we can manage a Roll20 session with everyone present.

Personally I believe we should be able to trust that Korbel is not a dick and he chooses beforehand what dice he will roll and lets us know when he is ready. Then we can make our rolls at our leisure (here). I don't think it's at anyone's best interest to cheat in a game like this.

What do you say?

[Benedict]

I live in Greece, its 23.20 atm here, and off to sleep shortly. I'd say better make a new OOC thread labeled combat to have it all there.

[Marras]

Hey, same timezone Benedict!

Yeah, own OOC thread sounds fine.

[Korbel]

Me and Korbel live with one hour difference in time zones but I have understood that Stempest lives quite far away (but don't know where Benedict lives), so I don't know how well we can manage a Roll20 session with everyone present.

Stempest lives in Australia, he's 7-8 hours ahead of us I believe. He said he generally can play on evenings, which is in the middle (or early afternoon) of the day for us.

Personally I believe we should be able to trust that Korbel is not a dick

Well I sometimes I am, but I'm working on it.

and he chooses beforehand what dice he will roll and lets us know when he is ready.

I'm already ready, actually. I have a clear vision of what will be the guards trying to do. If you want I can declare first. If this doesn't spoil the most fun part of the skirmishes - guessing. As you wish, guys. Personally I trust you will stick to the planned action. I mean, even if turns out to be a crappy decision, you have the option to burn a point and change the action. I would prefer the first option (sending the rolls to somebody else in the forums), but I'm happy with other solutions and won't argue. But first and foremost - let's wait and see what Stempest has to say.

I live in Greece, its 23.20 atm here, and off to sleep shortly.

Good night!

I'd say better make a new OOC thread labeled combat to have it all there.

Let it be.

[Stempest]

I support a separate combat thread. Trying to get me into Roll20 at the same time as the rest of you will be a hiding to nothing. The two hours a day I am sometimes free is still at the whim of my toddler.

Happy to trust everyone to not cheat. If I couldn't, I wouldn't be playing with you.

Karl will basically look to skewer someone if he gets the opportunity, or if an enemy if focused on him, fight defensively so someone else can skewer the guy. Based on that scream earlier, we've got a slight numbers advantage, right? (Unless Gunther joins in).

I'll still struggle to get involved on a phrase-by-phrase basis.

[Benedict]

Trying to get me into Roll20 at the same time as the rest of you will be a hiding to nothing.

Even getting 3 people in Roll20 at once seems like a miracle. So don't worry about it.

The two hours a day I am sometimes free is still at the whim of my toddler.

Don't worry mate. Family comes first.

Karl will basically look to skewer someone if he gets the opportunity, or if an enemy if focused on him, fight defensively so someone else can skewer the guy. Based on that scream earlier, we've got a slight numbers advantage, right? (Unless Gunther joins in).
I'll still struggle to get involved on a phrase-by-phrase basis.

A phrase-by-phrase sounds like a crawl. A single sequence can take up to 3 phrases. If all is cool with it, is it ok if you declare action per round and have Korbel play it out for you?

Enough with my rumblings. Should we start this Skirmish? Me and Stempest go first I believe. Before declaring my target, what is their gear? How are they positioned? I guess its the guards infront and behind them Gunther?

[Stempest]

I am happy for you (Benedict) or Korbel (or Marras, FWIW) to run Karl in combat. As mentioned, he will engage in combat and seek to hold an opponent so someone else can come from the rear, although he will attack aggressively if an opportunity arises. Other than that, I'm happy for anyone else to manage the details.

[Benedict]

I am happy for you (Benedict) or Korbel (or Marras, FWIW) to run Karl in combat.

It's more practical for Korbel to do that, he has your stats after all. Unless you want to PM me your stats, I'd be more than happy to help.