Vita est Ludus

Hazen wrote:It was Rocky who told us that when someone comes through the portal from the other side, it swirls Indigo. Thus the portal seems to be one-way at a time and the color indicates the direction.

Correct.

In Invisible Sun, there are three "rewards" which allow you to advance your character. These are your "XP." But, you don't "level up" with particular amounts of any; you decide what aspect of your character you want to advance. Acumen: You gain this by "experiencin...

You are expecting other characters to react to your character and your suggestions as if that is exactly what they must do. They must do no such thing. Think harder. When I propose this or that scheme, PCs (and NPCs) respond in character - and I watch their words and actions and draw conclusions ab...

Re: Notes from 01/07/21 - Duchery #1 of 3 - A/M Man, did I ever screw up.

Man, did I ever screw up.

IIf the character is cool to an idea for character reasons, it should be so across the board. We are, after all, supposed to be role playing. So which is it: "we need to coalesce into more of a party" - by accepting a "hook", regardless of whether our character in "cool to ...

I prefer we not go overboard (pun intended). I am sorry for inconveniencing you. I had a (moderate) interaction with the DM, in which I realized that my life had just changed in mysterious ways, and then the DM went back to the main group, announced that my ship had sailed, and proceeded for the re...

Must all “hooks” be applicable to all PCs? Do you believe that a "hook" must be delivered only by the DM, through an NPC, or is it OK for a fellow PC to come up with something and try to motivate other PCs to work with them on it? I found something significant to work on. I role-played, de...

Correct. Otherwise we'd just have to go through all the calculations again only to arrive at the same result.

Slight correction: "Morena warned Wutryn about drinking the Captain’s wine, recommending water instead."

Morena did not "recommend water". Morena said that the wine was unsafe and to avoid it, to which Wutryn stated that as a sea creature, she never drank wine anyway, only water.

Re: Travel Log 12/21/20 Quite a session! Good account, to my eye.

Quite a session! Good account, to my eye.

Amaroth spoke of Fuma by name because he feared that if he invented a name for him, Fuma would interrupt and correct him. The Honorable Fuma is not the most Deceptive knife in the drawer. Or is it hammer in the bag?

Without getting up, Wutryn read the mind of the rat and got complete and utter devotion to Roger. FWIW, according to the rules as written, the spell doesn't work like that... Detect Thoughts ... For the duration, you can read the thoughts of certain creatures. When you cast the spell and as your ac...

Morena's whistle summoned an otter. Bastia's whistle summoned a squirrel - which she took to the galley, where she cut its throat and it disappeared. Wutryn's whistle - handed over to Bastia - summoned a platypus. I do not believe that either Atmohs or Ursa used a whistle; feel free to correct, with...

The Path of Suns: 1 Silver 2 Green 3 Blue 4 Indigo 5 Grey 6 Pale 7 Red 8 Gold 9 Invisible 10 (NIghtside of Gold) 11 (Nightside of Red) 12 (NIghtside of Pale) 13 (Nightside of Grey) 14 (Nightside of Indigo) 15 (Nightside of Blue) 16 (Nightside of Green) 17 (NIghtside of Silver) The Dark (or The Void)...

A VTT is a "Virtual Table Top". Beyond 20 is telling you that you are not connected to a Roll20 )or other VTT it supports) session yet. For the purpose of browsing char sheets, I imagine you can just ignore that. For the purpose of playing in a real session with Lady Nessy as the DM, perha...

Workaround: For each item you are keeping in the Bag of Holding, click on the item on the char sheet. You are given the option to "Customize" the item there. Strangely, I see no way to do that while "Adding" the items. You can change the name - "Ursa's Axe of Slashing"....

. If the latter, then I would think he would need Levitate to not fall after passing through an exterior wall, which would depend on concentration; he could presumably therefore not also have Greater Invisibility up. Unless, of course, he has some sort of innate ability. He has innate Spider Climb....

I omitted the "a vampire takes radiant damage at the begininng of each round it starts in sunlight". However, I also did not play all of Strahd's Legendary Action's correctly: three times per round, in reaction to another character's action, he can move at his speed without provoking an at...

Here is the official Sage Advice answer from WotC on why there is no "delay" action in 5e: Can you delay your turn and take it later in the round? Nope. When it’s your turn, either you do something or you don’t. If you don’t want to do anything, consider taking the Dodge action so that you...

Morpheus commented that Strahd didn't seem too affected by sunlight. Somebody else commented that radiant damage didn't seem to be too worrisome. Here are the details about how those are supposed to work: Vampires (and vampire spawn) regenerate at the start of their turn. 1) They do not regenerate i...

I suspected you forgot that Esmeralda attacking a turned bride would un-turn her. Mistakes happen - especially in the heat of battle. Morpheus did it deliberately - although that was more in character. I'm not asking for a do-over - although Cat might want one! Oh, right. I forgot that attacking wo...

Well, we're heading toward a TPK, and it's annoying that one of the primary reasons is that the party can't move as a group in 5E. The time-honored D&D tradition of group movement, and thus allowing mutual protection, is not possible under these rules. I was struggling to understand this, since...

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Calder rolls Skill - Arcana (INT+Prof): (d20+1+4) : [3 + 1 + 4] = 8 Brandt rolls Skill: History: (d20+1+4) : [7 + 1 + 4] = 12 Kili rolls Skill - History: (d20+2+4) : [5 + 2 + 4] = 11 Cat rolls Skill: History (+3): (d20+3) : [17 + 3] = 20 Strahd rolls 10d20: (10d20) : [7 + 17 + 6 + 20 + 4 + 4 + 8 + 4...

Results for Melodramedary after 12 trials using 74 turns: Contest XP[1] XP[2] XP[3] Original Rank Derived Rank Cage Match 26 38 45 0 3 Scavenger Hunt 26 38 43 0 3 Obstacle Course 0 0 0 0 0 Hide and Seek 0 0 0 0 0

Amaroth will spend his time studying Dwarven with an eye (ear) to the structure of poems and songs. Rhyme? Alliteration? Kennings? He will also bug each of his fellow party members to learn all he can of their feats and adventures, shared and individual. Based on that, he will write two songs: one c...

Which was intended to be the chance for you to realize that you meant "interpreted", but, no: when you read your account last game, you repeated "interrupted". Wow. Just, wow. I am completely unable to comprehend how anybody would see Amaroth's behavior as "interrupting"...

MercyDrake wrote:I wouldn’t have been able to answer her but Amaroth interrupted so I talked common to him, and continued in common to her. Thankfully she accepted that.

Good thing I was there to "interrupt" you.

CAT: I am here Kili: short sword Cat->Brand Brianna recenters everyone's view Brandt rolls Skill: Investigation: (d20+1+0) : [6 + 1] = 7 Kili: ireena's (ancestor's?) picture Kili: ah, Tatyana Calder rolls Skill - Investigation (INT): (d20+1) : [19 + 1] = 20 Kili: Brand given the shaft Brandt rolls I...

Me: Oh, wow, this shop has everything my heart desires! Spooky shopkeeper: Yes. I will warn you that every item comes with a price. Me: Yes. I know how shops work. Spooky shopkeeper: The price may be more than you expect to pay. Me: Yes. I know how US taxes work. Spooky shopkeeper (increasingly exas...

Fuma rolls Skill - Perception (WIS+2xProf): (d20+4+4+4) : [18 + 4 + 4 + 4] = 30 Sedon rolls Skill: Perception: (d20+0+4) : [19 + 4] = 23 Amaroth rolls Skill (Perception): (d20+1+2) : [19 + 1 + 2] = 22 Eclipse rolls Skill: Perception (+7): (d20+7) : [18 + 7] = 25 Mercy rolls Skill - Perception: (d20+...

Amaroth rolls Skill (Stealth): (d20+2+4) : [9 + 2 + 4] = 15 Amaroth rolls Skill (Insight): (d20+1+4) : [1 + 1 + 4] = 6 Sedon rolls Skill: Insight: (d20+0+4) : [11 + 4] = 15 Mercy: darkness fades within vault DM DrMcFlashPoint: Dumathoin Amaroth rolls Skill (Investigation): (d20+2+4) : [18 + 2 + 4] =...

Last session, Amaroth bestowed invisibility on both Sedon and himself. After we failed to disarm/unlock the door the first time, the stone golems stirred and we booked it. The DM ruled that they got an Attack of Opportunity at Amaroth - at disadvantage, since he was invisible. The ruling (presumably...

Results for Piranha Plant after 12 trials using 144 turns: Cage Match 24 24 30 0 3 Scavenger Hunt 33 47 60 0 3 Obstacle Course 25 34 53 0 3 Hide and Seek 24 31 52 0 3

I believe that after Strahd attacks (physically) from invisibility, even greater invisibility, he provokes an attack of opportunity when he (presumably) withdraws. This would be at disadvantage. I looked at your thread. I saw nothing that suggested that. In fact, one person said the exact opposite:...

DM DrMcFlashPoint: Capt Beldrum Mercy: Story of the first thane Amaroth: Thane, Axe, Shield, Frost Giant Sedon rolls Skill: Perception: (d20+0+4) : [2 + 4] = 6 Sedon rolls Skill: Arcana: (d20+1+4) : [2 + 1 + 4] = 7 Fuma rolls Skill - Arcana (INT): (d20+0) : [7] = 7 Amaroth rolls Skill (Arcana): (d20...

(1) do we think the lair action is only available on that floor or is it throughout the castle. I'm betting on throughout. Castle Ravenloft is Strahd's "lair". You know the extra action that takes place at Initiative count 20 is a "Lair Action" because I told you. The action is ...

One last comment: your Tarokka deck reading from Madame Eva indicated you would encounter Strahd in a location of knowledge and lore. That would be the study. You walked in there with no preparation or scrying or divination or any warning whatsoever. Been there, done that. Henceforth, it is probably...

Strahd was tough. He has a lot of powers - including Legendary Powers. I would say that I didn't hold back, except, reviewing them again, I pulled his punches a bit by not using his Legendary Actions each round. Many of his powers simply did not come into play since you didn't actually ever bring th...

I'll start a new thread for discussing strategy and tactics vs. Strahd. I have the following observations/conclusions regarding the session. Several people used Inspiration points. The DM decides when and if to reward characters a new inspiration point. The intended purpose is to reward role playing...

That is almost certainly not 100% accurate, but it is what I was able to deduce from the gametable log. It took, literally, one minute for Strahd to leave four of you unconscious and the other three (somewhat) wounded. Both Brandt and Kili's shadows are now undead thralls of Strahd. You've actually ...

The party enters the bedroom and talks to the woman on the bed. Her name is Gertruda. She lived in the village of Barovia at the foot of the mountain and often gazed up at the castle. "How romantic!", she thought, and one day she slipped out of the house and made her way along the road to ...

Cat: Woman on bed has dropped a slipper off one foot. Cat graciously retrieves it for her and bows Cat: She puts slipper on and gets up an curtsies Cat: Cat introduces himself. Cat: They talk Kili: Gertruda Cat: She is Grutruda Ruthless DM: Gertruda Calder rolls Spell Attack: (d20+5+4) : [10 + 5 + 4...

Calder rolls Initiative: (d20+1) : [15 + 1] = 16 Cat: wer are on the balcony checking out the slumped characters Kili rolls Initiative: (d20+2) : [8 + 2] = 10 Brandt rolls Initiative: (d20+4) : [7 + 4] = 11 Cat rolls Initiative: (d20+5) : [2 + 5] = 7 Loaded macros from /Users/pld/Dropbox/Ravenloft/N...

Kili rolls Cure: Light: (d8+1+2) : [6 + 1 + 2] = 9 Cat: Ready or not, here we come! Brandt rolls Skill: Investigation: (d20+1+0) : [19 + 1] = 20 Kili rolls Skill - Investg: (d20+2) : [4 + 2] = 6 Kili: brand statue, caldor cloak, kili mace Brandt rolls Skill: Investigation: (d20+1+0) : [10 + 1] = 11 ...

Mercy, Eclipse, and Fuma all went down from poison. The last drow fighter came down and got right up next to Sedon before dying. Sedon had put up a Mirror Image for the first time ever, apparently. Still, the party came this close -> <- to all going unconscious and getting captured by the Drow. Appa...

Mercy rolls Initiative: (d20+2) : [14 + 2] = 16 Mercy rolls Skill - Survival: (d20+1+4) : [10 + 1 + 4] = 15 Mercy rolls Skill - Investg: (d20-1) : [8 - 1] = 7 Mercy rolls Skill - Survival: (d20+1+4) : [18 + 1 + 4] = 23 Mercy rolls Skill - Investg: (d20-1) : [11 - 1] = 10 Fuma rolls Skill - Investiga...

KDVeincracker rolls d20: (d20) : [8] = 8 KDVeincracker rolls d20: (d20) : [8] = 8 KDVeincracker rolls d20: (d20) : [8] = 8 Cat: hello Morpheus: https://i.pinimg.com/474x/c4/d0/41/c4d0416be5e1e9f404239424fb8dcf02.jpg Morpheus: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8qMbIfKah2U/VvT5pap8feI/AAAAAAAAGXg/m0i79saou7I...

Kili the Kili: casts a divination
Flamin' DM: From the model, smash and grab, only you will cry over the broken shards.
Kili the Kili: protection from fire

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