CorneliusMurdock

Damn it, Phil! Cronk said attack from back row! Grrrr. All right. Friends can still do this. Alexis, Cronk would like Alexis to take on Apprentice B with one turn. Use light damage. Alexis might consider using grand tonic for second turn while also employing lens to put enemies to sleep. Mandy should continue to bash Zander. Cronk will use first turn to bash Master A from back row. Then Cronk will heal Gnash from back row. Felton, bash Magician from back row. Cronk thanks friend Felton for actually following orders. Gnash, please bash Apprentice C from back row. McColt, try to encourage friend Alexis. Order: Cronk Mandy McColt Alexis Felton Gnash Alexis Cronk

I haven't been paying attention to Phil. Mostly I've checked the the NPCs' health and if they didn't die, they could fight again. So I guess I should be paying more attention myself. Damn Phil. Cronk will have some choice words for him after the battle... if we survive it.

Hasn't he been attacking from the back row this entire fight? You need to mark that he's a complete moron that doesn't follow orders in his stats so the PL knows before they spend 5 or 6 rounds actually trying to strategize.

Felton and Phil were both attacking from the back row. So Felton should have only done half the damage he did but Phil hasn't been KO'd. Also, Phil is not higher level than the apprentices so his SP still counts.

We do have Vipera who would let us know how the other battles are going. I can't think of a logical reason that another team, knowing how much in trouble Pandora's team is in, would just go back to base rather than go help. Only thing in the way is how much travel time would be taken into account. And, of course, Zepher telling us we can't. But why would we start listening to Zepher now?

Aw... We'll miss you. Crap. I'd better start building some stuff myself.

I really feel bad for you guys. If there was some way to get you help, I'd do it.

If that's a fan that I can club you with, then sure.

In the future, don't start a new topic for updates on the same MOC. I've closed your other thread. Please make all updates in this one.

I think you've got Leo and Mikey's legs mixed up.

Well that really sucks. If Cronk rolls special damage this round, we'll have to get the entire party healed up before we can risk facing one of them. They may prove to be more trouble than Zander. Where's the ban button for Flare...

I thought so. Thanks. One last thing, do the Masters share the same Special cycling or would we have to hit Special Damage on them three times each to reach the Creepy Croak? And does that special take row and/or SP into account?

Alexis, please work on apprentices, starting with C and D. Mandy should take Zander once more. Cronk will bash Master A from back row. Then Cronk will heal Felton also from back row. Phil, bash Apprentice B from back row and then if Phil is hastened, bash Apprentice D as well from back row. Felton start bashing Magician from back row. Felton will be super effective and may halve health if lucky. Gnash please bash Apprentice A from back row. McColt, try to hasten Phil. Order: Cronk McColt Phil Cronk Mandy Phil (if hastened) Felton Gnash Alexis Alexis

Don't worry about it. There's so much stuff going on in the quest right now to keep track of. Doesn't help that every party is trying their hardest to bend the battles to their favor. Not quite the strait-forward bashing Cronk would like. Since I obviously don't know how sleeping affects enemies, do they still wake up when hit by an attack? I assume they do but just want to make sure because I assumed sleeping didn't have a timer either and was wrong about it.

Oh, come on. I've pointed out a few things that have hurt us and if I'd noticed Felton was all wrong, I'd have pointed it out. I'd assumed you knew your own NPCs. I thought you had been applying the Apprentices' specials, I've purposely been letting the NPCs handle them because of it. How can Alexis be lucky and only put to sleep the enemy that Felton managed to Jinx? I think you pre-rolled all the good rolls out of your dice by accident, Zepher. And it figures that the round that McColt succeeds in encouraging Cronk, he doesn't actually hit anything. Oh well.

Does sleeping really have a timer on it? I thought it lasted until you attacked them...

There are other threads for asking what to buy. Please post in this one. There's no need for a new one. LOTR and the Hobbit themes are actually in the Historic forum. So if you'd like to discuss the theme it's all there.

Masked, I think you actually need to state your actions.

Okay, Mandy should continue to take on Zander for now. Cronk will put Alexis last in order so that no other friends will wake enemies up if Alexis is successful. Cronk will bash Apprentice A from back row and then bash Master A from back row. Felton will bash Master B from back row. Phil will bash Apprentice D from back row. Gnash will bash Apprentice B from back row. McColt try to Encourage Cronk. Order is: McColt Cronk Felton Cronk Phil Mandy Gnash Alexis Alexis After next round Cronk will start healing friends that need it. Probably starting with Cronk.

Since my holiday craziness is now behind me, I've got the time to play. I've got to redeem myself for some poor performances recently. Sign me up!

Will do. What you can't run three difficult battles at the same time with parties that are trying every trick in and out of the book to win?

Zepher, how did Cronk get blessed? I'd love to equip Ennoc's Gratitude again but it'll have to wait until level 30. He should be hastened now, though. Also Mandy was hastened before Alexis switched out the monkey bar so Zander should've gotten hit be her twice.

Cronk hit with light imbued weapon. The strike still does 39 from the back row. Hello, Alexis' fire summon! Cronk is very glad summon is here. Let Summon take care of Zander, Alexis. Summon will be hastened until Alexis switch to Lens and start putting enemies to sleep. Please Start with Apprentice C & D. Cronk will bash Master B from back row. If hastened, Cronk will bash Apprentice A as well from back row. Felton will bash Master A from back row. Phil will bash Apprentice B from back row. McColt try to hasten Cronk again. Order: McColt Cronk Felton Cronk (if hastened) Phil Mandy Mandy Alexis Alexis

I just think it'd be wasting two traits on something that is basically talking your way out of XP. Intimidation is just a flavor of diplomacy. If a former black knight wants to make his diplo-matating a little more forceful, that can be a RP decision. The expert classes seemed to have traits that are a bit more useful in combat. Maybe the Expert Knight could have an innate SP that increases with level? Or they could add half or a third of their SP to their Power?

The Knight expert has got to be pretty good to make me want to change from Paladin. It has to make up for losing the healing ability. What would be the purpose of having both diplomacy and intimidation? I think a better skill would be a trait that allows the knight to get an extra bonus from SP either defensively or offensively. I think limiting the expert class to those that started with the corresponding basic is limiting enough. You need to think about how much someone will want these. Enough to survive the waiting list that is the fields? I'd rather go on a quest with a plotline. If you really want to hand them out as a reward, do it like the others and incorporate them into a quest you're going to run.