Ji's topic - Friendly Plotstrike inbound, find cover!

Oh boy! I hope you can actually put them to good use.

Me too. I'm just wondering what kind of character I'll make first... Of course, you know me. Paladins have always held my interest... As have Rogues...

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Anywho, what now? Annoy Alex when she gets here... You're posting, right?

Next chance I get to play in a legitimate campaign and not some weekly module, I intend to make a Blackguard, myself. (Basically, anti-paladins. Doesn't mean they can't be good, mind you, just that where a paladin gets power from the noble intention of say, sacrifice, a blackguard gets his from the dark emotion of fury.)

I would be, but then I remembered... I've been up for over 24 hours, the bed becons. I'll make it when I get it, viva la weekend.

Sounds fun like fun, actually. I hope you get the chance.


Hmm. Well, see ya tomorrow. I'll see what I can do about Alex.

Huh. Blackguards are literally THE anti-paladin. They are evil through and through and probably one of the only classes I could somewhat agree with having an alignment restriction on. Did they change them in 4e?

Sorry, Terraria is not (I repeat, not) the only thing bogging my time down. Lots of family stuff going on. Gonna see what else happens in the next few posts before my character's attention is finally caught. Thinking of playing him like a stoner.

That sounds awesome, Derp. It really does.


Anyway, Alex seems to have dropped out after forgetting her character's name... Which means I should probably have Corthana take that Ritual feat soon. You know. Since now we lack anyone who can use them. Just my thoughts.

Ya need a feat for rituals? I need to look that up later. Don't worry, my stoned dragonborn will walk upto some conversation that he hears, probably within the next post or so (whoever that may be).

I believe it is called 'Ritual Casting', and it only applies to reading from a ritual book.

Some classes start being able to cast rituals, otherwise yes you need a feat.

The alignment restriction has been altered, in 4e. If you're using Fury, you can't be lawful good, and if you're using Domination, you can only be unaligned, or evil. Good muddles with who is in charge, and chaotic Evil is chaos, and domination blackguards live to establish order, even if it's through tyranny.

Come on everyone, bond over a game of cards! It's easy! I'll even tell you how!

Yes... Everyone come and join us for a game of cards...

Cards! I love cards! I once had a relationship with a Queen of Spades, but then blew out of my hat brim one day.

Eo, you wrote your sheet out, right? I know Derp did, I just want to know if I need to supply you with the numbers to use and the rules, or just the rules.

I did. You said it was okay.

Yeah, yeah I did. Sorry, headache's got me feeling hazy. Anyway, so when the cards start, I need to relook at the rules for how to cheat, but you don't have any impliments for doing so, so trying would only give you a paltry bonus.

Reguardless, you pick either Insight, or Bluff, logic dictates you pick the one you get the highest bonus to, but you could choose either. Whoever has the highest number after we roll wins, obviously. Card games have never been so easy.

For Legs, your Bluff is a +6, your insight is a +7. So while I recommend the latter, you could always try the former.

Odd as it is, I think I'll be going for Insight...

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Wish I could have made my sheet. It would make this so much easier for everyone involved, wouldn't it?

Okay, I think I know who won't be winning this, hehe.

It's actually not that hard for me to look through it.

If you somehow could print something off the internet for one second, and printed yourself off a character sheet, I'd help you fill it in though.

Well I was going to run this like Fantasy Blackjack this time. So you're all just playing the dealer, not each other.

If only I could... Maybe I'll get an excuse some Christmas.


So, I am in favor of having two people capable of reading from a Ritual Book. Does anyone agree?

Well with only one person in your party even capable of casting actual magic... (I don't really group clerics into that, really.) You'll have some difficulty doing that well, even if someone was skilled in doing so. And unfortunately, sorcerer's aren't naturally trained at doing so. ritual books are expensive too, so maybe save that for a few levels down the road.

Come Christmas, I hope your family atleast has a compier. They don't really give you any character sheets, there's just one in the back of the book, which you're expected to copy.

Alex quit though...


I'll probably get some off the web then. Although I do have a copier...

Oh, well okay. thankfully she was playing a superfluous role to begin with, no offence to her, I just mean Eo was already kind enough to be a healer.

A four man group covering all the roles would work anyway, unfortunately, you are not this group, you don't actually have someone whose job it is to do AoE and buffs and the like, so you're going to have to improvise your way into being a working party. Speaking of, those guys are also the ones who actually get rituals at first level, naturally.

Bah. Who needs Rituals?

*someone in the party dies*

... Right.

Hey, it's more fun, when needing to save someone who is dying comes in quest form.

Though, take my encounters experience to heart, death is easily avoidable if the team works together.

Eo's encouraging word can stop someone mid dying, and pick them up. Your lay on hands will do the same. Anyone can kick a guy on the ground, and grant him his mid-combat healing surge, provided he hasn't used it himself already. Any of those three ways will get a guy up, once. And that's not going into potions... /Last wednesday, despite being the archer, was forced to basically single handedly keep his party from dying because the cleric was really, really bad at being a cleric.

Oooooooh! I should take the feat that gives me an extra 2 healing surge, since my Lay on Hands uses those things...

Yes, yes you should. You might also wish to further augument your ability to side heal by taking the discipline of Bahamut feat. It's in the essentials books, but still. It lets you pop a healing surge, and instead of you getting the HP, someone else does. This is really helpful if you have more hitpoints that someone else, because they'll heal by your healing surge value which is 1/4 your hp, taking certian feats/being born a dragonborn not withstanding.