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« Reply #40 on: March 26, 2010, 01:56:20 PM » |
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Yeah, and if I'd started him with his weapon out and not prone, he at least could have tried to deal some damage. I think it was a foregone conclusion, but it would have been a matter of if he could take one or two of you out first.
For future reference: if you want to assume you have weapons drawn out, I'm fine with that. I can see exceptions for things like if you're sleeping or in a tavern or something, but if you're "adventuring", you don't have to waste time drawing them out.
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My balancing 3.5 compendiumElemental mage test gameQuotesIt is a shame stupidity isn't painful. Totally true. Historians believe that most past civilizations would have endured for centuries longer if they had successfully determined Batman's alignment. Why are so many posts on the board the equivalent of " Dear Dr. Crotch, I keep punching myself in the crotch, and my groin hurts... what should I do? How can I make my groin stop hurting?" I suggest carving "Don't be a dick" into him with a knife. A dull, rusty knife. A dull, rusty, bent, flaming knife. Fluffy: It's over Steve! I've got the high ground!
Steve: You underestimate my power!
Fluffy: Don't try it, Steve!
Steve: *charges*
Fluffy: *three critical strikes*
Steve: **** I don't even stat out commoners. Commoner = corpse that just isn't a zombie. Yet. When I think "Old Testament Boots of Peace" I think of a paladin curb-stomping an orc and screaming "Your death brings peace to this land!" Buy a small country. Or Pelor. Both are good investments.
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« Reply #41 on: March 26, 2010, 02:02:48 PM » |
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It's not like we need our weapons at hand anyway.
Well, most of us.
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The mind transcends the body. It's also a little cold because of that. Please get it a blanket. I wish I could read your mind, I can barely read mine. "Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. At 2:15, it begins rolling up characters."
"Just what do you think the moon up in the sky is? Everyone sees that big, round shiny thing and thinks there must be something round up there, right? That's just silly. The truth is much more awesome than that. You can almost never see the real Moon, and its appearance is death to humans. You can only see the Moon when it's reflected in things. And the things it reflects in, like water or glass, can all be broken, right? Since the moon you see in the sky is just being reflected in the heavens, if you tear open the heavens it's easy to break it~"
-Ibuki Suika, on overkill
To sumbolaion diakoneto moi, basilisk ouranionon.
Epigenentheto, apoleia keraune hos timeis pteirei.
Hekatonkatis kai khiliakis astrapsato.
Khiliarkhou Astrape!
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RobbyPants
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« Reply #42 on: March 26, 2010, 02:11:01 PM » |
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It's not like we need our weapons at hand anyway.
Well, most of us.
Yeah, it's mostly just for Flay/Thorden. It will probably be a little while until I put up encounter 4. I'm thinking of having it be the last level 1 encounter. Really, at this point, stuff is pretty swingy anyway. So I'll look to mix it up some more. Thoughts? |
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My balancing 3.5 compendiumElemental mage test gameQuotesIt is a shame stupidity isn't painful. Totally true. Historians believe that most past civilizations would have endured for centuries longer if they had successfully determined Batman's alignment. Why are so many posts on the board the equivalent of " Dear Dr. Crotch, I keep punching myself in the crotch, and my groin hurts... what should I do? How can I make my groin stop hurting?" I suggest carving "Don't be a dick" into him with a knife. A dull, rusty knife. A dull, rusty, bent, flaming knife. Fluffy: It's over Steve! I've got the high ground!
Steve: You underestimate my power!
Fluffy: Don't try it, Steve!
Steve: *charges*
Fluffy: *three critical strikes*
Steve: **** I don't even stat out commoners. Commoner = corpse that just isn't a zombie. Yet. When I think "Old Testament Boots of Peace" I think of a paladin curb-stomping an orc and screaming "Your death brings peace to this land!" Buy a small country. Or Pelor. Both are good investments.
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« Reply #43 on: March 26, 2010, 02:28:28 PM » |
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Well, added level 1 options would be nice(something like how much the Warlock has at level 1 anyway), but overall, as long as we aren't outranged, the flurry of ranged touches KOs pretty much anything in a jiffy.
EDIT: Though...we're facing stuff with weak touch ACs...I'm not sure how well this party would fare against...say, a couple of feral cats from ambush.
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The mind transcends the body. It's also a little cold because of that. Please get it a blanket. I wish I could read your mind, I can barely read mine. "Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. At 2:15, it begins rolling up characters."
"Just what do you think the moon up in the sky is? Everyone sees that big, round shiny thing and thinks there must be something round up there, right? That's just silly. The truth is much more awesome than that. You can almost never see the real Moon, and its appearance is death to humans. You can only see the Moon when it's reflected in things. And the things it reflects in, like water or glass, can all be broken, right? Since the moon you see in the sky is just being reflected in the heavens, if you tear open the heavens it's easy to break it~"
-Ibuki Suika, on overkill
To sumbolaion diakoneto moi, basilisk ouranionon.
Epigenentheto, apoleia keraune hos timeis pteirei.
Hekatonkatis kai khiliakis astrapsato.
Khiliarkhou Astrape!
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« Reply #44 on: March 26, 2010, 02:32:51 PM » |
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I do agree with that. Although, since you won't be level 1 much longer, I don't think I'll do it for this game. I think adding in one little schitck for each mage would be nice, even if it's just a 1/encounter thing. It could be something simple like:
Air - something akin to air devotion (concealment vs ranged attacks)
Earth - messing with terrain or maybe a temporary AC buff.
Fire - some smoke-related attack.
Water - No good ideas yet.
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My balancing 3.5 compendiumElemental mage test gameQuotesIt is a shame stupidity isn't painful. Totally true. Historians believe that most past civilizations would have endured for centuries longer if they had successfully determined Batman's alignment. Why are so many posts on the board the equivalent of " Dear Dr. Crotch, I keep punching myself in the crotch, and my groin hurts... what should I do? How can I make my groin stop hurting?" I suggest carving "Don't be a dick" into him with a knife. A dull, rusty knife. A dull, rusty, bent, flaming knife. Fluffy: It's over Steve! I've got the high ground!
Steve: You underestimate my power!
Fluffy: Don't try it, Steve!
Steve: *charges*
Fluffy: *three critical strikes*
Steve: **** I don't even stat out commoners. Commoner = corpse that just isn't a zombie. Yet. When I think "Old Testament Boots of Peace" I think of a paladin curb-stomping an orc and screaming "Your death brings peace to this land!" Buy a small country. Or Pelor. Both are good investments.
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« Reply #45 on: March 26, 2010, 03:25:07 PM » |
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I do agree with that. Although, since you won't be level 1 much longer, I don't think I'll do it for this game. I think adding in one little schitck for each mage would be nice, even if it's just a 1/encounter thing. It could be something simple like:
Air - something akin to air devotion (concealment vs ranged attacks)
Earth - messing with terrain or maybe a temporary AC buff.
Fire - some smoke-related attack.
Water - No good ideas yet.
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« Reply #46 on: March 26, 2010, 03:33:07 PM » |
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I do agree with that. Although, since you won't be level 1 much longer, I don't think I'll do it for this game. I think adding in one little schitck for each mage would be nice, even if it's just a 1/encounter thing. It could be something simple like:
Air - something akin to air devotion (concealment vs ranged attacks)
Earth - messing with terrain or maybe a temporary AC buff.
Fire - some smoke-related attack.
Water - No good ideas yet.
What level are you looking at for these types of abilities? For water i could see a 5' or 10' area of ice that is equivalent to a grease spell being in line with the others. First level to get something close to an invocation like warlocks, least thats what I understand. |
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« Reply #47 on: March 26, 2010, 03:37:26 PM » |
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I do agree with that. Although, since you won't be level 1 much longer, I don't think I'll do it for this game. I think adding in one little schitck for each mage would be nice, even if it's just a 1/encounter thing. It could be something simple like:
Air - something akin to air devotion (concealment vs ranged attacks)
Earth - messing with terrain or maybe a temporary AC buff.
Fire - some smoke-related attack.
Water - No good ideas yet.
What level are you looking at for these types of abilities? For water i could see a 5' or 10' area of ice that is equivalent to a grease spell being in line with the others. First level to get something close to an invocation like warlocks, least thats what I understand. then i would go with 5x5 area of ice for water. it would be like having a bag of marbles instead of caltrops. for the smoke attack maybe a cloud that grants concealment or a powder of ash that works like tossing flower for invisible creatures and the like. |
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Clerics and Druids are like the 4 and 2 in 42. Together they are the answer to the ultimate question in D&D.
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« Reply #48 on: March 26, 2010, 04:00:01 PM » |
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Instant puddle slick, hmm?
That's...actually remarkably useful, particularly at the ranges level 1 mancers work in
Was thinking of a small area Trip attack myself, maybe a short cone.
Say, how well do you guys think we'll handle small enemies like cats or rats?
Bigger creatures get torn apart by ranged touches, but we hadn't actually tried anything tiny.
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The mind transcends the body. It's also a little cold because of that. Please get it a blanket. I wish I could read your mind, I can barely read mine. "Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. At 2:15, it begins rolling up characters."
"Just what do you think the moon up in the sky is? Everyone sees that big, round shiny thing and thinks there must be something round up there, right? That's just silly. The truth is much more awesome than that. You can almost never see the real Moon, and its appearance is death to humans. You can only see the Moon when it's reflected in things. And the things it reflects in, like water or glass, can all be broken, right? Since the moon you see in the sky is just being reflected in the heavens, if you tear open the heavens it's easy to break it~"
-Ibuki Suika, on overkill
To sumbolaion diakoneto moi, basilisk ouranionon.
Epigenentheto, apoleia keraune hos timeis pteirei.
Hekatonkatis kai khiliakis astrapsato.
Khiliarkhou Astrape!
There is no higher price than 'free'. "I won't die. I've been ordered not to die." |
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« Reply #49 on: March 27, 2010, 02:29:19 AM » |
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« Reply #50 on: March 27, 2010, 03:16:09 AM » |
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I would like to thank whoever it was that suggested we fight tiny things   Ain't a real playtest until you hit something you're bad against. We're bad against bugs, and those of us who can only deliver subdual are more or less useless against constructs and undead. |
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The mind transcends the body. It's also a little cold because of that. Please get it a blanket. I wish I could read your mind, I can barely read mine. "Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. At 2:15, it begins rolling up characters."
"Just what do you think the moon up in the sky is? Everyone sees that big, round shiny thing and thinks there must be something round up there, right? That's just silly. The truth is much more awesome than that. You can almost never see the real Moon, and its appearance is death to humans. You can only see the Moon when it's reflected in things. And the things it reflects in, like water or glass, can all be broken, right? Since the moon you see in the sky is just being reflected in the heavens, if you tear open the heavens it's easy to break it~"
-Ibuki Suika, on overkill
To sumbolaion diakoneto moi, basilisk ouranionon.
Epigenentheto, apoleia keraune hos timeis pteirei.
Hekatonkatis kai khiliakis astrapsato.
Khiliarkhou Astrape!
There is no higher price than 'free'. "I won't die. I've been ordered not to die." |
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« Reply #51 on: March 27, 2010, 05:27:44 AM » |
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It's not like we need our weapons at hand anyway.
Well, most of us.
Yeah, it's mostly just for Flay/Thorden. This is exactly why I took quick draw. By the by, do flails have stone heads? I need to find a decent stone weapon for when I get to lv 3... I would like to thank whoever it was that suggested we fight tiny things Ain't a real playtest until you hit something you're bad against. We're bad against bugs, and those of us who can only deliver subdual are more or less useless against constructs and undead. STOMP THE TINY BUG THINGS!... ...They're gonna fucking 'The Mummy" style swarm my ass, huh? |
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« Reply #52 on: March 27, 2010, 05:55:20 AM » |
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Remember, centipedes are toxic and most of our fort saves,uh...suck.
EDIT: Zombie spiders would probably rape us to death.
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The mind transcends the body. It's also a little cold because of that. Please get it a blanket. I wish I could read your mind, I can barely read mine. "Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. At 2:15, it begins rolling up characters."
"Just what do you think the moon up in the sky is? Everyone sees that big, round shiny thing and thinks there must be something round up there, right? That's just silly. The truth is much more awesome than that. You can almost never see the real Moon, and its appearance is death to humans. You can only see the Moon when it's reflected in things. And the things it reflects in, like water or glass, can all be broken, right? Since the moon you see in the sky is just being reflected in the heavens, if you tear open the heavens it's easy to break it~"
-Ibuki Suika, on overkill
To sumbolaion diakoneto moi, basilisk ouranionon.
Epigenentheto, apoleia keraune hos timeis pteirei.
Hekatonkatis kai khiliakis astrapsato.
Khiliarkhou Astrape!
There is no higher price than 'free'. "I won't die. I've been ordered not to die." |
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« Reply #53 on: March 27, 2010, 06:46:56 AM » |
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I would like to thank whoever it was that suggested we fight tiny things Ain't a real playtest until you hit something you're bad against. We're bad against bugs, and those of us who can only deliver subdual are more or less useless against constructs and undead. Yeah, that's why I had to double check the vermin type to make sure they were crit-able. This is exactly why I took quick draw. By the by, do flails have stone heads? I need to find a decent stone weapon for when I get to lv 3...
It can be if you want. I figure most any blunt weapon with an otherwise metal head could be. I'm not going to enforce any weird penalties for it being made of stone instead of steel. Remember, centipedes are toxic and most of our fort saves,uh...suck.
EDIT: Zombie spiders would probably rape us to death.
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My balancing 3.5 compendiumElemental mage test gameQuotesIt is a shame stupidity isn't painful. Totally true. Historians believe that most past civilizations would have endured for centuries longer if they had successfully determined Batman's alignment. Why are so many posts on the board the equivalent of " Dear Dr. Crotch, I keep punching myself in the crotch, and my groin hurts... what should I do? How can I make my groin stop hurting?" I suggest carving "Don't be a dick" into him with a knife. A dull, rusty knife. A dull, rusty, bent, flaming knife. Fluffy: It's over Steve! I've got the high ground!
Steve: You underestimate my power!
Fluffy: Don't try it, Steve!
Steve: *charges*
Fluffy: *three critical strikes*
Steve: **** I don't even stat out commoners. Commoner = corpse that just isn't a zombie. Yet. When I think "Old Testament Boots of Peace" I think of a paladin curb-stomping an orc and screaming "Your death brings peace to this land!" Buy a small country. Or Pelor. Both are good investments.
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« Reply #54 on: March 27, 2010, 07:35:20 AM » |
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The mind transcends the body. It's also a little cold because of that. Please get it a blanket. I wish I could read your mind, I can barely read mine. "Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. At 2:15, it begins rolling up characters."
"Just what do you think the moon up in the sky is? Everyone sees that big, round shiny thing and thinks there must be something round up there, right? That's just silly. The truth is much more awesome than that. You can almost never see the real Moon, and its appearance is death to humans. You can only see the Moon when it's reflected in things. And the things it reflects in, like water or glass, can all be broken, right? Since the moon you see in the sky is just being reflected in the heavens, if you tear open the heavens it's easy to break it~"
-Ibuki Suika, on overkill
To sumbolaion diakoneto moi, basilisk ouranionon.
Epigenentheto, apoleia keraune hos timeis pteirei.
Hekatonkatis kai khiliakis astrapsato.
Khiliarkhou Astrape!
There is no higher price than 'free'. "I won't die. I've been ordered not to die." |
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« Reply #55 on: March 27, 2010, 01:14:30 PM » |
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I guess we're assuming I don't have my weapon out, or I'd have been making an AoO against these things. |
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« Reply #56 on: March 27, 2010, 01:54:38 PM » |
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You're flat-footed until you act in round 1... unless you have Combat Reflexes.  |
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My balancing 3.5 compendiumElemental mage test gameQuotesIt is a shame stupidity isn't painful. Totally true. Historians believe that most past civilizations would have endured for centuries longer if they had successfully determined Batman's alignment. Why are so many posts on the board the equivalent of " Dear Dr. Crotch, I keep punching myself in the crotch, and my groin hurts... what should I do? How can I make my groin stop hurting?" I suggest carving "Don't be a dick" into him with a knife. A dull, rusty knife. A dull, rusty, bent, flaming knife. Fluffy: It's over Steve! I've got the high ground!
Steve: You underestimate my power!
Fluffy: Don't try it, Steve!
Steve: *charges*
Fluffy: *three critical strikes*
Steve: **** I don't even stat out commoners. Commoner = corpse that just isn't a zombie. Yet. When I think "Old Testament Boots of Peace" I think of a paladin curb-stomping an orc and screaming "Your death brings peace to this land!" Buy a small country. Or Pelor. Both are good investments.
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« Reply #57 on: March 27, 2010, 02:01:52 PM » |
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Boo! The one and only true bane of my character, flat-footedness! Boo, hiss! You still forgot to answer whether we've healed up or not from the past encounters. |
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« Reply #58 on: March 27, 2010, 02:44:05 PM » |
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Sorry, I missed that one. I figured no, just because these last two fights were massacres on the side of team monster. (Yes, I know it's not intellectually honest of me to keep deciding after each fight ) I figure, regardless of the outcome, you guys could heal to full after this fight. |
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My balancing 3.5 compendiumElemental mage test gameQuotesIt is a shame stupidity isn't painful. Totally true. Historians believe that most past civilizations would have endured for centuries longer if they had successfully determined Batman's alignment. Why are so many posts on the board the equivalent of " Dear Dr. Crotch, I keep punching myself in the crotch, and my groin hurts... what should I do? How can I make my groin stop hurting?" I suggest carving "Don't be a dick" into him with a knife. A dull, rusty knife. A dull, rusty, bent, flaming knife. Fluffy: It's over Steve! I've got the high ground!
Steve: You underestimate my power!
Fluffy: Don't try it, Steve!
Steve: *charges*
Fluffy: *three critical strikes*
Steve: **** I don't even stat out commoners. Commoner = corpse that just isn't a zombie. Yet. When I think "Old Testament Boots of Peace" I think of a paladin curb-stomping an orc and screaming "Your death brings peace to this land!" Buy a small country. Or Pelor. Both are good investments.
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« Reply #59 on: March 27, 2010, 02:50:16 PM » |
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Don't think we are.
It's simulating a tough day of adventuring after all.
4 encounters a day and all
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The mind transcends the body. It's also a little cold because of that. Please get it a blanket. I wish I could read your mind, I can barely read mine. "Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. At 2:15, it begins rolling up characters."
"Just what do you think the moon up in the sky is? Everyone sees that big, round shiny thing and thinks there must be something round up there, right? That's just silly. The truth is much more awesome than that. You can almost never see the real Moon, and its appearance is death to humans. You can only see the Moon when it's reflected in things. And the things it reflects in, like water or glass, can all be broken, right? Since the moon you see in the sky is just being reflected in the heavens, if you tear open the heavens it's easy to break it~"
-Ibuki Suika, on overkill
To sumbolaion diakoneto moi, basilisk ouranionon.
Epigenentheto, apoleia keraune hos timeis pteirei.
Hekatonkatis kai khiliakis astrapsato.
Khiliarkhou Astrape!
There is no higher price than 'free'. "I won't die. I've been ordered not to die." |
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