Off-topic chatter

[Agita]

Clarification: Am I correct in assuming that the 'scrub' counts as undergrowth and thus inhibits movement (and, say, charges) as difficult terrain?

[PhaedrusXY]

Clarification: Am I correct in assuming that the 'scrub' counts as undergrowth and thus inhibits movement (and, say, charges) as difficult terrain?

Nah, it's not that thick until you hit the actual forest. It's more like the light undergrowth in the hills terrain section:

Light Undergrowth

Sagebrush and other scrubby bushes grow on hills, athough they rarely cover the landscape as they do in forests and marshes. Light undergrowth provides concealment and increases the DC of Tumble and Move Silently checks by 2.

So you could run right up to the edge of the forest, but then you'd enter the "sparse forest" terrain, which would have some squares that count as "occupied" by trees, and hence would prevent charging/running through them.

Should I put up a map?

[Agita]

Sure, why not.
This means about half the rolls I just did on IC are obsolete, but that's okay because it means I can actually attack the damn thing. The wolf is just at the edge of the forest, right?

EDIT: Per Tome rules, anyone can Power Attack for double damage no matter what weapon they're using. Is that correct?

[PhaedrusXY]

I think that's right. I'd rather just resolve this like this. Pretty much either you guys would have killed it quickly, or it would have alerted it's allies and/or escaped. I don't want to bother drawing up a map for that.

[VennDygrem]

So, uh, what's the plan here, folks? Is Xuuvosic saying it would be better to just run in and blow shit up, or are we sneaking in and getting intel?

[HeadofVecna]

I meant to suggest that Ris-Janna (and Marlowe?) scout but not engage. Once we have proper intel, unless we discover something that changes things, Raoul would initiate the attack with a big AoE blast.

[VennDygrem]

And then I get to go in and smash things up, right?

[Kuroimaken]

MAN I wish I had Invisible Spell handy. 

[VennDygrem]

Given our own invisibility I think it'll be good enough for your blasts to manifest out of thin air and still be visible. I think they'll still be surprised.

[Kuroimaken]

Given our own invisibility I think it'll be good enough for your blasts to manifest out of thin air and still be visible. I think they'll still be surprised.

Yeah, but consider the inherent fun of popping a few invisible Evard's Black Tentacles on the unsuspecting masses.

Gobbo 1: Help! I be strangled!

Gobbo 2: Hang on, I'm coming!

Few moments later...

Gobbo 2: Help! I be strangled!

[Agita]

I'm all for scouting and then having Raoul nuke them (and perhaps Cade punching people in the face) while RJ and Marlowe go for the head or heads in the confusion.

I'd also like to know what the Int 7 thingie is.

Finally, Ris-Janna would want to take five minutes while they're wandering through the forest to switch prepped maneuvers around - unreadying Shadow Jaunt and Cloak of Deception for Burning Blade and Wolf Fang Strike. Possible?
(She's also, of course, always in Island of Blades Stance unless noted otherwise to save actions when combat begins. )

[Kuroimaken]

Blasting may be suboptimal, but BOY is it fun like hell. 

[PhaedrusXY]

I'm all for scouting and then having Raoul nuke them (and perhaps Cade punching people in the face) while RJ and Marlowe go for the head or heads in the confusion.

I'd also like to know what the Int 7 thingie is.

Find out, then.

Finally, Ris-Janna would want to take five minutes while they're wandering through the forest to switch prepped maneuvers around - unreadying Shadow Jaunt and Cloak of Deception for Burning Blade and Wolf Fang Strike. Possible?

Fine with me.

(She's also, of course, always in Island of Blades Stance unless noted otherwise to save actions when combat begins. )

Fine if the rules allow it.

[VennDygrem]

@Phaedrus: I think Agita is just rolling Move Silently because he's hoping to get invisibility from one of Xuuvosic's pets.

[PhaedrusXY]

@Phaedrus: I think Agita is just rolling Move Silently because he's hoping to get invisibility from one of Xuuvosic's pets.

He has it. You can hide while invisible though.

If you are invisible, you gain a +40 bonus on Hide checks if you are immobile, or a +20 bonus on Hide checks if you’re moving.

[Agita]

@Phaedrus: I think Agita is just rolling Move Silently because he's hoping to get invisibility from one of Xuuvosic's pets.

He has it. You can hide while invisible though.

If you are invisible, you gain a +40 bonus on Hide checks if you are immobile, or a +20 bonus on Hide checks if you’re moving.

There's a really quick way to resolve this: Can whatever it is beat a 47 (1+26+20) with a nat 20 on a Spot check?
That's a good point, though, I tend to forget that you can spot invisible creatures in D&D if you try hard enough.

Hide (1d20+26+20=62)

[PhaedrusXY]

@Phaedrus: I think Agita is just rolling Move Silently because he's hoping to get invisibility from one of Xuuvosic's pets.

He has it. You can hide while invisible though.

If you are invisible, you gain a +40 bonus on Hide checks if you are immobile, or a +20 bonus on Hide checks if you’re moving.

There's a really quick way to resolve this: Can whatever it is beat a 47 (1+26+20) with a nat 20 on a Spot check?
That's a good point, though, I tend to forget that you can spot invisible creatures in D&D if you try hard enough.

Hide (1d20+26+20=62)

See... I'd rather you just roll, rather than ask me if something can beat it. That way, I don't have to tip my hand at all.

[Agita]

@Phaedrus: I think Agita is just rolling Move Silently because he's hoping to get invisibility from one of Xuuvosic's pets.

He has it. You can hide while invisible though.

If you are invisible, you gain a +40 bonus on Hide checks if you are immobile, or a +20 bonus on Hide checks if you’re moving.

There's a really quick way to resolve this: Can whatever it is beat a 47 (1+26+20) with a nat 20 on a Spot check?
That's a good point, though, I tend to forget that you can spot invisible creatures in D&D if you try hard enough.

Hide (1d20+26+20=62)

See... I'd rather you just roll, rather than ask me if something can beat it. That way, I don't have to tip my hand at all.

So it's your laziness vs. my laziness. Since you're the DM, I'll probably budge.

Edited in the Hide roll, plus Spot and Listen.

[PhaedrusXY]

Ok... are you guys staying out of undergrowth, since you're invisible and don't need concealment? Here is what undergrowth does:

Undergrowth

Vines, roots, and short bushes cover much of the ground in a forest. A space covered with light undergrowth costs 2 squares of movement to move into, and it provides concealment. Undergrowth increases the DC of Tumble and Move Silently checks by 2 because the leaves and branches get in the way. Heavy undergrowth costs 4 squares of movement to move into, and it provides concealment with a 30% miss chance (instead of the usual 20%). It increases the DC of Tumble and Move Silently checks by 5. Heavy undergrowth is easy to hide in, granting a +5 circumstance bonus on Hide checks. Running and charging are impossible. Squares with undergrowth are often clustered together. Undergrowth and trees aren’t mutually exclusive; it’s common for a 5-foot square to have both a tree and undergrowth.

[Kuroimaken]

Agita's a he?