Session Start: Fri Jun 22 19:25:07 2001

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<Nikki> so what games dont run on w2k?

<Castinar> Yup --- same as Intel and their Processor number thing --- glad they made it an option

<Kat> XP proves that Microsoft is a monopoly.

<Castinar> Can't give a list, as I don't run NT/w2k

<Matar> hmm im blanking now... seth will know when he shows up

<Matar> ive really only played tribes lately

<Nikki> ive yet to find a game that wont run on w2k

<Nikki> maybe some old dos crap wont run or something

<Matar> which actually works better on 2k then 98 or ME

<Matar> nah theres some new ones that are the 98 line only

<Matar> in development too long

<Nikki> like what?

<Kat> Ultima Online 3rd Dawn.

<saif> The game I've got that I want to run is the Star Trek Voyager FPS. If that runs on 2K I might try that.

<Kat> It has lots of troubles with W2k

<Castinar> EQ had problems, IIRC

<Nikki> ive got EQ on w2k.

<Castinar> works?

<Nikki> played 30 hours. ran fine.

* Castinar nods

<Nikki> the game sucks but it ran fine :)

<Castinar> to change the topic --- DII expansion in stores 29 June

<saif> So Seth is on his way?

<Matar> hmm wizards and warriors maybe

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<Nikki> ive got w&w. works.

<Matar> ya i think so - he's planning on connecting from his gf's but hes gotta fight thru fri rush hr traffic

<Nikki> i have dual boot 98/2k system. i havent booted 98 in more than a year for anything.

<Saif> OK, we'll hold off a few more minutes

<Castinar> STV FPS?

<Matar> bleh i dont remember

<Saif> Yeah - Elite Force is the name, I think. It's several months old

<Castinar> Ya

<Matar> but there have been a couple cases

<Castinar> Finished it in 2 days or some such

<Saif> But it wouldn't run on my slower computer.

<Castinar> want to try MP tho

<Saif> MP?

<Castinar> multiplayer

<Saif> mul.. right

<Matar> hmmm well Diana isn't until 12 we could get started with the turn

<Castinar> with exception of sims, mp is about only way I like playing games anymore

<Saif> I'm an old joystick player, so it was a pain trying to aim with it. I just bought the Strategic Commander joystick. Hopefully I can run that and the mouse.

<Matar> give nikki a chance to do something before he drives home

<Saif> Judd - you want to fireball the party or something?

<Nikki> im waiting for their big guns to show up which means i wont be doing much for a few rounds anyway

<Nikki> yeah you didnt get my mail?

<Kat> I'm ready to go

<Nikki> this is where i fulfill my pledge to my dark lord.

<Saif> Xvim will be pleased

<Saif> ### three more minutes, then we'll start.

<Amber> Da! Eeet is gud, Iza red dee. 3? okay

<Shadow> hmm... why main window not working here?

-> *Kat* You want to NPC Ari tonight?

-> *Thengal* you have any preference on who should NPC you?

<Saif> .

<Saif> ,

<Saif> Any questions before we start?

<Saif> .

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<Castinar> You adjusted Shadow's init I presume?

<Nikki> taking off now. cya in about an hour

<Matar> does thengal get a second attack last rounf?

<Saif> Um, I think so

<Saif> No, I adjusted Kats. What was with Shadows?

<Saif> Yes, Thengal does get a second attack..

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<Saif> Of course, he just left <g>

* Kat is where I should be at. K'harn should be 9 higher

<Castinar> Did she hold for an enemy to pop?

<Saif> Matar, as party leader go ahead and roll Thengal's second attack

<Castinar> Or was the one she hit vis at her init?

<Matar> db

<db> Matar rolled 1d20: [12]

<Saif> Cast - you didn't need to wait. They were already out there for her to see.

<Saif> checking on the roll...

<Saif> this is the LT, right?

<Matar> aye

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<Saif> with the bless he hits

<Matar> db d10+8

<db> Matar rolled 1d10+8: [13]

<Amber> and hes back!

<Saif> Hey Thengal, roll damage - you just hit the derro (from last round)

<Thengal> ok db 1d10+10

<Thengal> db 1d10+10

<db> Thengal rolled 1d10+10: [15]

<Saif> k, thanks

<Matar> cleave? <G>

<Thengal> Sorry, got disconned while I was upstairs packing

<Saif> that's enough to kill the LT in back

<Saif> (51)

<Thengal> No Matar, i haven't taken that feat yet

<Matar> bummer

<Matar> hmmm saif did 5 and 51 attck thengal while he was invis?

<Thengal> No real preference to who runs me, I'll continue using the axe 2h while I'm invis though

<Saif> Kat - on K'harn she moved down after waiting for Ari to move a couple rounds ago.

<Kat> ok

<Saif> Matar - yes, but I don't think either hit him. One flat missed (50%) and the other rolled poorly.

<Matar> right just checking

<Saif> .

<Castinar> love those miss chances ;)

<Saif> OK, let's go ahead and get started

<Saif> This is round 5

<Saif> and so we begin

<Saif> oops, hold on, need to roll an init or two

<Thengal> I can hang for a bit, I'm pretty much packed

<Saif> db 3d20

<db> Saif rolled 3d20: [34] 10 13 11

<Saif> ok

<Saif> @Castinar?

<Shadow> Total users on #nightbelow: 9

<Saif> That's very observant. But what do you do?

<Castinar> That was shadow, not me ;)

* Saif nods slowly

<Castinar> point blank shots at #1

<Castinar> +2 bolts x2

<Saif> 1?

<Saif> 1 is dead

<Saif> what grid coord

<Saif> Z10? That is 11 (the ten digit hidden by wall)

<Castinar> sorry, thought grey was dead, red injured

<Saif> yes, that is the case

<Castinar> oh, thats 51, not 1

<Saif> he's dead - Thengal just killed him from last round

<Matar> z10 wouldnt be point blank

* Castinar needs multimonitor setup :)

<Castinar> yup

<Saif> haven't updated map with that yet

<Castinar> if I can get shot at 5, will do so

<Matar> its 5 or past me

<Saif> 5 has cover from Thengal.

<Saif> and you suffer the firing into melee penalty.

<Saif> Still shoot?

<Thengal> Not that Cast can see me

<Saif> ah, that's right

<Castinar> hehe

<Saif> look, a nice vulnerable stomach

<Saif> Cast would know that Thengal is north of him, quite close, and is pleased about killing a derro leader last round.

<Saif> so shoot, Cast?

<Castinar> actually, i'd have good idea where he was, based on how leader fell

<Castinar> since I was looking that way

<Saif> yes, you would probably know he was in your way

<Kat> *Cast would also know that Kat feels like she is going to take 5 out

* Castinar will swing and see what's happening the other direction and take a shot when he has it

<Saif> turning to look is a free action. You see what's on the map

<Castinar> Shoot #9

<Saif> you don't have a clear shot at anything

<Castinar> Matar on ground?

<Matar> yup

<Saif> yes, but again, you can't see him, but the fact that the derro in front of him is wildly waving his dagger gives you a pretty good idea

<Castinar> heck with it --- giving in to Finslayers demands, I drop my xbow, draw Fin, and charge ;)

<Saif> charge where?

<Castinar> move to

<Kat> *close derro, hehe

<Kat> *Fin wants 5

<Castinar> w11c and cover Bohica's retreat

<Castinar> more derro S though ;)

<Matar> if you charge you can cover the distance

<Castinar> have be straight line --- but you can move through friendly squares, right?

<Saif> I don't think so

<Matar> ya

<Saif> there isn't really anywhere to stop around Matar. He pretty much seals off that section.

<Castinar> use the action above, will cover bohica's retreat

<Matar> hmmm that is true but he can stand on the other side of boh <G>

<Saif> ah, what the heck, if you want to move into X11c (on the derro side of Bohica) you can and attack 52

<Castinar> k -- will do

<Saif> K, roll to hit

<Castinar> db d20+13

<db> Castinar rolled 1d20+13: [33]

<Saif> hit, threat

<Saif> roll threat

<Castinar> db d20+13

<db> Castinar rolled 1d20+13: [17]

<Saif> with the bless (and the fact he used his buckler last round) and the charge, that hits

<Saif> roll dmg

<Castinar> db (1d8+5)*2

<db> Castinar rolled 1d8: [6]

<Castinar> hmmm..

<Saif> note to self - when designing on encounters get monsters with astronomical armor classes.

<Saif> just roll it twice

<Castinar> db 1d8+5

<db> Castinar rolled 1d8+5: [9]

<Castinar> 20 total

<Saif> 20, check

<Kat> ** db 2#1d8+5

<Matar> should actually be 2d8+10

<Castinar> thanx

<Castinar> never get to roll that ;)

<Saif> that kills 52

<Saif> the second leader is down

<Saif> and cast is at -2 AC from the charge.

<Matar> does cast cleave?

<Castinar> nope

<Matar> sheesh

<Matar> prolly cant reach anyway

<Castinar> Only pure warriors can do that ;)

<Saif> @Katrina?

* Kat sees derro 5 being nasty to Thengal. She plugs 5 with 3 +1 arrows.

<Saif> roll

* Kat also will look down the passage ways for new threats

<Kat> (point blank, flanked, and bless?)

<Saif> * BTW, when I typed up last round for some reason I typed "Keri" everywhere.

<Saif> Not flanked. You're too high above him for that.

<Kat> *He is over thirty feet away?

<Thengal> Should still be a sneak attack (G)

<Saif> no

<Saif> * no on the over 30' question

<Saif> on the sneak attack, he is no longer flat footed, so he gets his dex, not true?

<Kat> * He gets his dex from an invis attacker?

<Thengal> ahh,but is he aware of her attack?

<Saif> I don't know, does he?

<Kat> * And, I get a +2 to hit him for that too, don't I.

<Saif> I thought there was just a +2 to hit if you are invisible.

<Saif> but nothing about them loosing dex.

<Saif> He isn't aware of her attack, but he is actively defending. I'm not real sure. Any other thoughts?

<Matar> i dont know those modifiers well

<Kat> *If something invis was attacking anyone, I would hope that they would get their dex

<Castinar> K

<Castinar> Here it is

<Kat> *Yet, they don't know which way to defend

<Saif> ah, found it

<Saif> page 132

<Saif> on "attacker invisible" it also states "defender looses any dex bonus to AC"

<Saif> so that answers that question.

<Saif> it is a sneak attack

<Kat> *great

<Castinar> yup

<Kat> *thanks

<Kat> db 1d20+17

<db> Kat rolled 1d20+17: [22]

<Saif> so, you get bless, point blank, and invisible

<Saif> hits

<Saif> with a 5

* Saif shakes his head

<Thengal> Hmm Imp invis on a good thief makes them NASTY.... remember that guys

<Kat> db 1d6+6

<db> Kat rolled 1d6+6: [8]

<Saif> always getting sneak attacks. that is frightening.

<Saif> he's still up. Roll again.

<Kat> db 2d6

<db> Kat rolled 2d6: [8] 2 6

<Saif> still up, roll again

<Saif> * over 1/2 down

<Kat> db 1d20+17

<db> Kat rolled 1d20+17: [35]

<Saif> nice, roll dmg

<Kat> db 3d6+6

<db> Kat rolled 3d6+6: [16] 6 1 3

<Saif> he's dead

<Saif> hum, can you flurry at multiple targets?

<Kat> *and the extra arrow goes too? I don't know... Can it?

<Saif> looking, but don't have to waste the arrow in any case

<Saif> * what's that from? Isn't it a feat?

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* Kat would rather spend more time watching for foes. It is a feat

<Thengal> *Save it, we need to get to the slaves quick

<Diana> *sigh* hi guys, sorry im late

<Saif> ah, rapid shot

<Saif> yes, it looks like you can redirect your fire

<Saif> so you can either take that last shot at something, or hold it

<Saif> Hey Seth

* Kat will hold it for derro or something coming from the other way

<Saif> OK

<Saif> 52 is dead, so

<Saif> @Matar?

<Saif> * if you step to where 52 was you will be threatening 3 of them

* Matar will step over 52 (5' step to y11b) and start swinging at 9 with pa 5 2h0

<Saif> roll to hit

<Matar> db d20+16

<db> Matar rolled 1d20+16: [19]

<Matar> bleh a 3

<Saif> hold on, checking to see what 9 did last round

<Kat> *Did you include the bless?

<Matar> is bless figured in my bonus?

<Kat> *No, I don't think so

<Matar> so make it a 20

<Saif> crossbow, so doesn't have shield, so that's a hit

<Kat> *And, you are invis, make it 22

* Saif shakes his head

<Matar> oh ya didnt know about that bonus

<Matar> db d10+24

<db> Matar rolled 1d10+24: [32]

<Saif> down, cleave

<Kat> *You should have been doing power attack 8, like I did last week. Did you read the chat? <g>

<Matar> nope just summary

<Matar> db d20+19

<db> Matar rolled 1d20+19: [27]

<Saif> hits

<Matar> db d10+24

<db> Matar rolled 1d10+24: [32]

<Saif> down, cleave

<Matar> db d20+19

<db> Matar rolled 1d20+19: [36]

<Matar> db d10+24

<db> Matar rolled 1d10+24: [34]

<Kat> *that looks really messy back there.

<Amber> *cuisinart! <g>

<Diana> wow...

<Diana> *those derro stepped into a wood chipper :)

<Castinar> LoL

<Thengal> *Matar is his own Blade Barrier

<Saif> k, they are dead

<Kat> *super cleave another one?

<Saif> no more in threatened area

<Matar> hmmm take a 5' step from surpreme cleave

<Diana> * SUPREME CLEAVE !!!!

<Saif> but you can step foward again if you want

<Diana> * lol

<Diana> * ULTIMATE COMBOOOOOOOOO

<Saif> you can't take a 5' step (just looked under Cleave)

<Diana> * supreme cleave lets you tho

<Matar> surpreme cleave

<Saif> supreme cleave?

<Matar> its another feat

<Saif> is that in S&F

<Diana> yeah

<Diana> from master samurai

<Kat> *It's why I was asking you about it last week

<Saif> K, two more in range

<Matar> db d20+19

<db> Matar rolled 1d20+19: [29]

<Matar> db d10+24

<db> Matar rolled 1d10+24: [32]

<Matar> db d20+19

<db> Matar rolled 1d20+19: [36]

<Matar> db d10+24

<db> Matar rolled 1d10+24: [32]

* Saif yawns

<Amber> lol

<Saif> OK, WHO RIGGED DB?

<Kat> *and the derro thought they had the advantage

<Saif> how many 32s was that?

<Matar> think 4 out of 5

<Kat> db d10+24

<db> Kat rolled 1d10+24: [25]

<Amber> 3, other 30+s

<Saif> seriously, that was 4 out of 5 as 8s and the other was a 10

<Saif> db d10+24

<db> Saif rolled 1d10+24: [26]

* Saif slaps db

<Kat> db d10+24

<db> Kat rolled 1d10+24: [31]

<Kat> db d10+24

<db> Kat rolled 1d10+24: [25]

<Kat> db d10+24

<db> Kat rolled 1d10+24: [32]

<Matar> darn i didnt get my second attack in!

<Castinar> rofl

<Saif> OK, 5 derro now lie dead after only "1 attack" from Matar.

<Kat> *maybe more will come over to you

<Saif> So do you want to move with your partial action?

<Matar> ya ill go hold hands with boh

<Saif> well, never mind. That was all the derro back there.

<Saif> so I guess you could fly back forward if you wanted

<Kat> *Is that a unit removed by magic?

<Saif> oh, or go get your haste

<Saif> Kat - what?

<Matar> nah get haste first

<Saif> K, hold on, got to turn a bunch of numbers grey on the map

* Saif shakes his head again

<Kat> *never mind. Battlesystem. Unit removed by magic causes a moral roll

<Matar> um yeah moral - who rolls it? <G>

<Thengal> *but the dead have no morale

<Saif> Oh, and Matar, when you get near the rear ones you can see down the tunnel they came out of. It runs west for about 30' and then opens up to a room to the north.

<Diana> whats the web page again? saif@bluearch.com?

<Saif> OK, so you move back next to Bohcia, right?

<Saif> http://www.bluearch.net/night

<Diana> thanks

<Matar> right

<Matar> and hold his hand so he can target me

<Saif> hum, have to take them all off the initiave chart too, just a sec.

<Saif> OK

<Saif> Nikki's turn

<Saif> She moves forward to R11d (in that little niche there) and keeps an eye down the tunnel

<Diana> * er... did you do a screen capture on the tactical map? im getting wierd things...

<Saif> yes, it was a screen capture. What kind of wierd things?

<Saif> @Shadow?

* Shadow continues to shift her target, silently swearing as each one drops from Matar's blows. Watching the last one drop, she instead shoulders her bow, moves back to barricade, and starts to climb in order to take up perch atop (t11A)

<Diana> * that makes sense. I was trying to close some windows and remembered im on a mac... it was wierding me out :)

<Matar> man its hard lining up the numbers to the top through the blankness

<Saif> K, shadow to T11a

<Saif> don't the numbers below show up?

<Saif> maybe I cropped it too close

<Matar> nope

<Matar> no biggie - can fix on the next one

<Saif> k, will try not to be so crop happy next time

<Saif> Kat, d20 please

<Kat> db

<db> Kat rolled 1d20: [12]

<Saif> db d20+2

<db> Saif rolled 1d20+2: [7]

<Saif> Kat sees a derro creeping towards the party. He is about 35' from Kat, on the opposite side of the tunnel.

<Saif> looks like a normal derro

<Matar> er which tunnel - grid loc?

<Saif> want to take your third shot, and move down to this initiative count?

<Saif> it's in the blank spot, about 35' directly north of Kat

<Saif> BTW, this is init count 15

<Matar> ah ok

<Kat> *How well can Kat inform the group of the derro through the link?

<Saif> Just that one is coming from the north, sneaking, not exact location.

<Kat> *Is he still sneaking forward or is he stopping and watching?

<Saif> he stops and looks at about the 35' foot mark

<Saif> You realize he is looking at the bodies of 5 and 51

<Kat> Is that about n14?

<Saif> N13 - other side of tunnel

<Saif> do you need an updated map?

* Kat will fire her last arrow this round at him

<Saif> roll, get invis and bless, not PB.

<Kat> db 1d20+12

<db> Kat rolled 1d20+12: [29]

<Saif> hits

<Thengal> Saif, will probably need it, as I plan to be heading that way anyway

<Kat> db 1d6+5

<db> Kat rolled 1d6+5: [10]

<Saif> T - K, will update in a sec

<Kat> *now, the group might know where he is

<Saif> The derro crouches down and motions behind him, a "get back" motion

<Saif> updating map, stand by

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<Saif> Sorry for the delay. Had to install the FTP program.

<Saif> Map is now updated.

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Amber?

<Saif> .

* Amber takes out her only potion of Neutralize poison and slugs in down.

<Saif> Gulp Gulp. You no longer have to worry about the next ST.

<Saif> anything else?

<Amber> *can she do anything else this rd?

<Saif> you can move

<Amber> move to s13? next tunnel on right.

<Amber> peeking arond corner north 25' up

<Saif> S13 right next to the wall?

<Saif> K

<Saif> 20' up, or 30' (ceiling?)

<Saif> remember, the top 5' of the wall is open

<Amber> 30'

<Saif> you want to look over into the other room?

<Amber> y

<Saif> You see several derro standing next to the wall, poking at it.

<Saif> about 20' away you see another derro wearing a sash standing next to another derro with gems sparking on his armor

<Amber> try to tell others about them

<Saif> they are talking, the one with the sash gesturing to the wall

<Saif> * just a sec, need to read something

<Amber> * ah oh

<Saif> * this may take a moment, have to pull out DMG and not all that familiar with it yet

* Bohica picutres Ari casting her second wall concentrated at the bottom reinforcing that one and just closing the top off thinly

<Bohica> hmm oops - that should be matar

<Saif> ok

<Saif> the one with the gems gestures for all the others to move

<Saif> they all scamper back

<Saif> db +3

<db> Saif rolled 1d20+3: [20]

<Saif> he seems to be getting ready for something as all the others scamper out of the way

<Diana> ooh, a tie

<Saif> Amber, d20 please

<Amber> db d20

<db> Amber rolled 1d20: [15]

<Saif> OK

<Saif> that's all for Amber

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Diana?

<Saif> .

* Diana moves to s12c annnnddd...

<Diana> Readys an action to cast a spell.

<Saif> what's your trigger?

<Diana> more than one derro either through the wall or down the tunnel

<Saif> and your action will be?

<Diana> cast Ice Storm

<Saif> OK

<Saif> Diana has Ice Storm on the tip of her tongue

<Saif> diana, d20 please

<Diana> db

<db> Diana rolled 1d20: [4]

<Saif> db

<db> Saif rolled 1d20: [6]

<Saif> Diana does see another derro creaping forward, towards the one Kat just hit

<Saif> want to release your spell?

<Diana> grr

<Diana> no, ill wait

<Saif> OK, still holding

<Saif> ### Oops, nevermind. Diana doesn't have the angle to see that from where she is. However, Kat does see it.

<Saif> So through Kat you all know that a second derro had joined the first

<Kat> ok

<Saif> @Hunter? Still hang out?

<Castinar> want to move to...

* Kat will let the group know as much as she can through the link

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<Castinar> q14d and hang on the ceiling

<Castinar> assuming that's not causing silence problems for mages ;)

<Saif> q14d is in solid rock. You can be at q13d or q14a

<Matar> 10' radius?

* Kat notices that it suddenly got quiet around here, for a moment.

<Castinar> sorry, q14c

<Saif> k

<Saif> .

<Saif> @nottheAri?

<Saif> .

<nottheAri> Ari sees all of the targets behind the group fall. She silently wonders if the invisible stalker is following the group, again. She then feels Matar's glee at his work, and knows it was him. She cast her other wall of stone to reenforce the stone wall.

<Saif> K, second wall of stone, stone is now 2' thick

<Saif> * or do you want to seal it and make it a little thinner?

* nottheAri would like to seal it

<Saif> will be like 1'9" or something sealed

<Saif> OK, tunnel is now sealed with almost 2' of stone

<Matar> * hey! i take offense at that! I am saddened by every live I am forced to take but do so to help those who cannot help themselves (like mages and clerics <G>)

<Diana> * lol yeah right

<Saif> .

<Saif> @K'harn?

<Saif> .

<nottheAri> *Can Ari move?

* Nikki destroys Matar and recreates him with an eye blink just because she can

<Diana> * you just waded through a couple gallons of blood :)

<Saif> Ah, yes, she can move after that if you want

<Castinar> *just when I thought you'd gotten rid of that blind idealism of yours :-)

<nottheAri> *over the crossbows

<Castinar> Oh, wait --- that sounds like blind idealism :-)

<Matar> * nah just channeled it

<Saif> so next to Diana?

<Saif> say, S11d?

<nottheAri> How about T11d?

<Saif> T11d is on the barricade

<Nikki> how many rounds did i miss?

<Castinar> 3/4

<Saif> just one - including Matar taking 5 derro out with one swing. (no, I'm not kidding)

<nottheAri> Don't want to block Diana's line of sight

<Saif> you can stand next to her at s11d

<nottheAri> How about r11d?

<Saif> that's fine - right under Nikki

<nottheAri> ok

<nottheAri> K'harn would like to stay by her mistress and guard her.

<Saif> OK, so have K'haran move up with her and guard?

<Saif> K

<nottheAri> *I see Matar didn't protest too long about the glee comment.

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Thengal?

<Saif> .

* Thengal kicks boots into speedy mode, then flies up to o13a and uses partial action due to haste to chop down 27 2h att pa 5

<Matar> * hes only got free actions to use atm

<Saif> roll to hit

<Thengal> db d20+11

<db> Thengal rolled 1d20+11: [14]

<Saif> just a sec...

<Kat> *atm? There is money machine in D&D?

<Saif> bleh. That hits.

<Thengal> db d10+15

<db> Thengal rolled 1d10+15: [24]

<Matar> *tla for at the moment

<Thengal> And what a hit

<Nikki> +15? wow... im playing the wrong class

<Saif> and kills it. The other derro looks in horror as his partner suddenly splits down the middle.

<Saif> * is that all your actions with haste, et al?

* Shadow pulls out a finely engraved long sword made of the finest steel.

* Shadow runs nottheAri through and waits until nottheAri stops gurgling.

* Shadow then yanks the sword up through nottheAri's spine, rib cage, and lungs.

<Thengal> Yeah, 1 action to activat boot

<Saif> k

<Castinar> ah -- that's Thengal/Matar :0

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Bohica?

<Saif> .

<Matar> channels haste into matar and then moves forward

<Castinar> *mircgolds slap command? :)

<Saif> to where?

* nottheAri kicks Shadow in the shins

<Matar> u12b

<Saif> u12b, check

<Nikki> * I really wanted to be more like s13a or so than where i am

<Saif> Nikki - so next to Amber?

<Thengal> Gotta go take a shower and get ready now, Kat can take my actions if I'm not back in time for my next turn

<Nikki> amber? no.. near kat

<Nikki> i thought i said that in mail

<Saif> ## OK, here's a question. If Diana casts haste on herself she immediately gets a partial action. If Bohica casts it on Matar, does that give matar an immediate partial action, and, if so, does that adjust his initiative count down to where Bohica is?

<Nikki> i was looking for best line of sight up both corridors

<Saif> K

* nottheAri says, I'm not into this combat stuff. I don't know your answer, Saif.

<Diana> yes it does

<Castinar> no

<Matar> hmm the way we have been doing it in our ftf which may be wrong now that i think about it is they take the partial immediately and leaves them at their init

<Castinar> It says "on his turn" in description

<Nikki> i think cast has it right

<Kat> So, the target won't get a partial action until next round?

<Diana> er... well its not 'official' errata, but dragon said its immediate

<Saif> ah, yeah, that would mean the caster can do it (since it is their turn), but not anybody else if cast on therm.

<Castinar> ahh --- haven't seen errata yet

<Castinar> Need to get it

<Diana> sage advice, ,not errat

<Matar> isnt Dragon offical - its a wotc publication

<Saif> haven't either, but we'll go with the errata version. So Matar, take your partial.

<Diana> its only official if he has the little red comment at the end.

<Kat> So, it would be on their next turn

<Kat> *I personally, don't like Sage advice.

<Saif> OK, so it is NOT official then? Just some writer's opinion that happens to be in Dragon?

<Diana> but he wrote the games so... its up to saif :)

<Nikki> give him a partial at end of round

<Kat> *Yea, like Skip answers those questions. He gets someone else to do it.

<Saif> I'll leave it to Matar - you can take a partial action now, but it will adjust your initiative count. Or you can wait until next round to move at your standard initiative count.

<Matar> hmm well i want to keep my init so ill wait till next round

<Saif> OK

<Saif> That's the end of the round then.

<Saif> did I miss anything?

<Matar> might have cast go before updating maps

<Amber> did yhou note amber telling everyone of new dangers

<Saif> K, questions? updating grid and map

<Nikki> i wasnt here. what dangers?

<nottheAri> *Did Amber note the new wall in front of her? Or is it behind her?

<Matar> just a couple of Tarrasques on the other side of wall

<Amber> guy with gems and three others trying to do something to a wall....I'm at s13ish

<Castinar> http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnD_PH_Errata_Intro.asp#b11

<Castinar> whole lot of "official" errata for PH

<Matar> i figured nikki could take them while we killed the derro

<Amber> got impression gem dude was high muckymuck

<Amber> maybe spellcaster

<nottheAri> *s13d? Amber could be on the wrong side of the wall.

<Shadow> PC Errors: Illegal Error. You are not allowed to get this error, next time you will be punished.

<Amber> I though wall was north not east

<Amber> where savants were

<Saif> * Matar, what's the duration on Bohica's haste spell???

* Shadow [1]

3offers [1]

4 db [1]

stick of

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1,8<~Juicy-Fruit~>

15,15l[1]

<Castinar> hehe

<Matar> 7 rounds

<Kat> *ok, Castinar is getting too silly.

<Diana> ick, that didnt come out right for me shadow:(

* Shadow

13offers

15,15.

0,2L

1,9I

0,3F

0,4E

1,8S

0,10A

0,4V

0,3E

1,9R

0,5S

15,15.

1to

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<Diana> gah, screwed up my client:(

<Castinar> sorry --- I'll stop

<Kat> *Where is that gold, Galen?

<Diana> sorry, just on basic irc on unix :( no color

<Shadow> I'm using

7-=mIRC-GOLD=-

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<Castinar> I think thats the addy

<Matar> that doesnt look right

<Castinar> http://norgesmail.com/mirc-gold/mircgold.exe

<Castinar> there it is

<Matar> that's better

<Matar> what's it add that the orgional doesnt have?

<Diana> thats pc only tho right

<Matar> support for multiple servers?

<Castinar> don't know --- only had couple hours so far

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<Matar> hmm darn there was a thing on PA a few rants ago that had a mac client

<Amber> brb rootbeer float time

<Matar> another trillian type thing

<Diana> *nod* dont remember its name tho

<Saif> Wow, a Microsoft patch that doesn't make you reboot.

<Castinar> PA?

<Matar> Penny Arcade

<Castinar> ahh -- not same PA I'm playing

<Saif> FYI the Grid will be a little large this round (300+ K vs 200+ K) since I had to use the Save As Web Page. I just loaded the html patch, so should drop down.

<Saif> OK, grid and map are updated

<Matar> Pants Annonymous?

<Saif> Yes, Amber would have been able to inform the others of a bunch of derro on the other side of the wall before the wall got sealed off.

<Matar> hmmm didnt mark haste off boh

<Castinar> didn't notice the difference ;)

<Nikki> * whats the red blur to my right?

<Matar> amber

<Diana> brb afk

<Castinar> bleeding Amber

<Matar> your height is covering her

<Nikki> well i am much taller :)

<Saif> Matar - thanks. Got the spell running but didn't cross it off.

<Matar> np

<Saif> OK, any questions from grid or map?

<Castinar> nope

<Saif> I'm going to take a quick break. Take 5 if you want. (Sorry, I know you guys have been sitting around for the past 10 minutes or so, but I haven't, and I want some more lemonade <g>)

<Amber> *back

<Diana> *back

<Kat> *You said that Kat's init would change to 15, due to the arrow being fired then. Still true?

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<notmIRC> This is odd... going to have to test this later

<Amber> *ooohh! brain freeze from ice cream and fizz!

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<nottheAri> And it spams too

<Saif> back

<Saif> Kat, yes, forgot to do that too

<Castinar> you can turn the spam off iirc

<Kat> *it's nice to learn the rules as you go. <g>

<Kat> *I must know them for GenCon.

<Saif> ###

<Saif> ### Roll Call

<Saif> ###

<Kat> aye

<Diana> here

<Castinar> here

<nottheAri> hello

<Amber> ya vole

<Shadow> here

<Saif> matar?

<Matar> back

<Saif> Well, let's get started and get Cast out of the... OK

<Saif> .

<Nikki> .

<Saif> Round 5

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Castinar?

* Castinar moves carefully to y8a and assesses what he sees inside the not-so-secret area

<Saif> d20, Cast

<Castinar> db

<db> Castinar rolled 1d20: [17]

<Saif> You easily spot several cords which lay near the opening. You also spot two small holes in the doorway. You figure they are at derro eyeball level and that they were watching the passage as the group came up.

<Saif> the tunnel runs back about 30' and then opens up to the north. Want to go down there?

<Castinar> *What do the cords look like? Alarm bells?

<Castinar> tripcords?

<Saif> yes, same as you saw at the barricade

<Castinar> k -- proceed then

<Castinar> stop where it opens up

<Saif> There are two running out of the area, two with bells running in

<Saif> K, it opens north into a...

<Saif> about a 30x50 room. There are a couple chairs, tables, and some weapons laying around. But the room appears to be empty and there are no other obvious exits.

<Castinar> k

<Saif> done?

<Castinar> {relief{

<Castinar> yp

<Saif> k

<Saif> Kat, Amber and Nikki all hear a sharp <crack> and the tunnel around them shakes slightly.

<Saif> sounds like somebody just tried a lightning bolt on the other side of the wall that Ari put up

<Saif> you can see no effect on this side of the wall

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Matar?

<Saif> .

<nottheAri> *I hope it didn't bounce too many times.

<Diana> * i hope it bounced alot :)

<Diana> * fry them like little oysters

<Matar> hmm

<Matar> doesnt bounce anymore

<Saif> wow, it doesn't. another major change

<Nikki> the derro version does. check the errat

<Nikki> a

<Matar> i use 1 move action to fly to n13a and pause a moment to look around

<Saif> you see the one derro standing there in shock

<Saif> to the left you see several derro standing near the entrance to the cave, but not entering the tunnel

<Matar> forward?

<Nikki> is the wall at s14 floor the ceiling?

<Matar> yes nikki

<Saif> you don't have a good angle into the savant's lair, but you can tell there is movement in there

<Saif> now what?

<Matar> hmm how high do you have to get before charging?

<Matar> er diving i guess

<Saif> You need to be able to double your speed, so twice as high as you can fly horizontally. I think you move at 60', so 120'.

<Saif> So you won't be doing any diving in here.

<Saif> * unless somebody knows of some official rules on diving. I think that's right but that may be 2eish

<Matar> i move at 90'

<Diana> * no idea. dmg might have something

<Castinar> mm

<Saif> no, medium armor (which is what yours counts as) is still 60'

<Diana> flight is straight 90'

<Diana> doesnt matter about armor

<Saif> 60' if wearing medium or heavy armor. It does matter. First sentence of spell description.

<Castinar> Creatures that fly may make dive attacks. A dive attack works like a charge, but the diving creature must move a minimum of 30 feet. It can make only clas attaacks, but these deal double damage.

<Matar> ah did not know that

<Castinar> Creatures can use the run action while flying, provided they fly in a straight line

<Saif> * what page, Cast? DMG?

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<Diana> *blink

<Castinar> MM 7

<Castinar> It also says see DMG page 69 for info on arieal attacks

<Matar> ya was looking at that - mostly useless

<Thengal> Back for a few anyway. Miss anything?

<Matar> ah the subject of a fly spell can charge but not run

<Castinar> what maneuverability does fly spell grant?

<Matar> end of first para

<Diana> * wierd cognitave dissonance. missed that line the last 5 times i read that spell

<Saif> Hum, I didn't know you could run while flying.

<Diana> * i hate that

<Matar> good manuv

<Saif> OK, looks like Matar only needs to dive from 30'

<Saif> to get a charge attack.

<Matar> hmm not how i read it

<Saif> Fly is "good"

<Matar> it doesnt say you have to dive - just that you can charge

<Saif> how do you read it, matar?

<Matar> so i can move 60' in a charge but dont get the double distance that a run would give me

<Castinar> fly under MM gives a "dive" attack

<Saif> diving implies moving from a higher to lower altitude. Since the only distance mentioned is 30', I'm assuming that's the minimum vertical displacement.

<Matar> im just looking at the fly spell

<Saif> You're not necessarily charging. You can apparently both run and dive, but I don't see charge anywhere in there. Not sure how that would come into play. Probably just like a charge on foot, but you cover your flying distance. In that case you wouldn't need any vertical displacement.

<Saif> I guess that works. If you can "run" you can "charge", getting the nromal charge bonuses (+2 hit, -2AC).

<Saif> OK, sorry, just read again in the fly spell.

<Saif> OK, that's dumb. Charge but not run? Oh well.

<nottheAri> *no problem

<Saif> So charge