That new OOC thread since the last one was nearing 1,000 posts!!!

Roger that!!

Yay, a new thread to play in 😀

Hope you all have a really good evening with a Successful and Happy New Year.

TY, well said, you too, and all others that read this!

In reply to Rena Shae Karis (msg # 5):

And a Happy New Year to you all too.

Happy Newyear!..i'll be  back  after the Ball drops  some time.

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year all!!!!

In reply to Diana (msg # 9):

Well, Happy post New Year  to all.

123 exp to all too just because I am a crazy DM.

I'll get new postings this week as the world turns with all my children.

Ha! TY, and the same to you

Is fine, but better would to ask us what we do at this point.

======OOC What we do here will be hugely be affected by distance,
 e.g. if orcs leap out 200 yards away then I'm not going to wave a sword around until they get close enough to stab. But if orcs leap out 10 feet away then I'm not going to try shooting them with a bow.
What I do depends upon distance, assuming they aren't orcs with teleporting abilities.

======OOC Exactly the same thing.. need a distance. Please.

So, Rena could use ranged weapon, melee weapon or spell. All dependent upon distance (of both orcs and goblins. If you provide those distances then I will state actions immediately and then for the follow up round. Thanks.

In reply to Rena Shae Karis (msg # 12):

Most rounds if someone is moving normal speed is up to 30'/yards. though someone could be as close as 10'/yards to start the round away from you.
If running, 60'/yards away.  give or take
If in Melee it is no more then 5'/yard away as they move in combat
I assume any spell cast with an area of affect is cast in such a way to avoid hitting the group of course there are DM rolls to see how well that is done.   Range is taken into account when the init vs movement happens so you could cast a ranged spell with area affect and still miss someone by chance.
Indoor movement can be as tricky as outdoor depending on the terrain you have to move through.
I hope that helps.

But I am only human and not an Elf or Dwarf in measurements indoors or out so I will be off at times unless it is hand grenades' or horseshoes.

It's not a trick or anything, just figuring out what Rena would do under the tactical situation that she sees/saw when the encounter started.
It's my job to state what she attempts to do but it has to be based on a description that includes the foes' distances.
Without knowing distance I might say "Rena casts magic missile" and you reply "out of range".
Normal combat speed is 12" = 120'/r = 12'/segment.

When we saw the orc group how far away were they?
When we saw the goblin group how far away were they?

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Just seen the main post, Here we go:
Autosurprise, fine, but why not tell us roughtly how far away the arrows seemed to appear (even if it's to the nearest 100'). Could give us clues as to how many groups we're dealing with.

We're no longer surprised, good, but shouldn't we roll init at this point rather than orcs auto winning that too?
Orcs north, fine, how far? Doesn't have to be accurate, "About 50 feet away" is fine. We need to know this so that if we win init will cwertain of our spells be within range or not. Same thing for the goblins.
Some orcs are closer than others is kind of helpul but not very. Unless they're marching in a single row that's always the case. Some will be here this round, is a lot better, thank you, but how about the other? Next round? Or are they still a few hundred yards away. If you say "they will arrive next round, then that commits their action. Much more flexible to say something like "They seem to move at about 90'/round and about 6 are about 80' away. Maybe another half dozen are about 150' away." We can make whatever assumptions we like; it's just decribing what we see, which is important and straight forward. It also doesn't commit the orcs' actions for next round.

I may assume that but maybe not. That's my job.

I'm really not meaning to be difficult at all, just trying to say "Please tell me what I see, including approx tactical distances, and then I can get on with it without having to make layered conditional statements.

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Afterthought: I think Gygax used to use something like 5d6 x10' for random encounter distance.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:09, Sun 22 Jan 2023.

Hey everyone

Starting Tuesday will be in Disney World for a week.  From the 7th to the 15th.

SO feel free to NPC Diana.

@ Bree - Rena has already switched to longsword and has already (msg #429) had a swing at orc #7. It would be very obvious.

In reply to Diana (msg # 15):

Hugs for what you put in the other OOC

In reply to Diana (msg # 15):

Yeah, from me too. Hugs that is not going to Disneyland

Thanks guys!

It's hard to believe that come Easter, it will be a year. (Holy shit!  Where did the time go!) Since she had her slip and fall and went to the hospital.

This trip is the perfect way to just get away, and let things go for a week.  :)

I still feel so bad when I go to see her.  I really want to just cry, and afterwards feel so damned depressed!  But our visits make her day, to have to suck it up and deal.  :)

What's so really hard is knowing what she was like and what she is like now.  Just absolute night and day.  :(

But, (slapping self in the back of the head!) on to better things!  :):)

So, in 48 hours, the plane will have taken off (1130 pm) and our 7 hour flight will have began!

Yahoo!!!!!!

Disney World here we come!!!!!

In reply to Diana (msg # 19):

Diana, you visit, take the time and enjoy her as you can - good show.

Ah WDW, a place of magic in all regards.
Daughter works there and sees all sorts.
Have a grand old time, enjoy yourself and post as you can like this poor DM does.  today I am off so I hope to get the next postings in.

In reply to GM (msg # 20):




Take the Skyliner's to Epcot and Hollywood.  Its a more convenient transportation and can be quicker plus it gives you another view of the places.   There are 4 parks, Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom and Epcot with each taking a day to do if not more.  Genie and Genie + will help just make sure to read up on all the neat tricks.  I believe There is only 1 water park open right now but they do close them if temps are too low and universal is another whole word plus I think there is three/incl water park.  With the express tickets you can do all hope in a day per park.    Gradian of the Galaxy in Epcot you need to do but have to make early morning reservations for.  Magic Kingdom, if you are not into any of the parades or fireworks, jumping on seven dwarves mine train, space mountain, maybe peter pan.  When the parks are about to close or close to it they keep the wait times higher then they actually are so if you missed a ride you want to jump on fear not the cast members do not want to stay late and notorious to bump the wait times to help guests to leave park  lol.  Animal kingdom is a morning park, closes early so pick that as a day where you would be burning out by diner and need the rest and not push yourself in a park.   Dining you have to jump on as soon as you can to get any reservation.   Sigh I could go on a bit more as my wife the travel agent knows more.   Hope you got some type of trip protection and are using someone like a travel agent to help you navigate your vacation to the best it can be.

In reply to GM (msg # 21):

My Father lives in Florida and residents of that state get cheaper tickets for the Disney place there, so was kind of obvious that we went the first time I visited him there.  Did Kennedy Space Centre too as it isn't all that far away from each other (or appeared to not be) although can't do in same day (for obvious size of parks reasons).

GM, get back to resting and leave Diana alone, she has her rest to build on so she doesn't have to rest whilst on holiday.

Kicking But of a Slaver should get us some nice XP, especially as we'd have 'Defeated the enemy army' before even having to do anything (Yeah, why not, Yardly is up for Commanding the Army hehehe)

For  Kree and Senuviel, its been a long chase. ....IF... we can kill him, it will be  a satisfied  elf!

 looking back over the  years, we have  had PCs  come and go ( and die or just wander off).. we had  party  members dies, even the doggie.

 we had PC  turn traitor on us and try to turn us in..we ran into Orcs  who fought with us, and Clerics  who turned against us.

all of that, because a band of youngsters , trusted  a guy and tried to help him.. there is  no 'taking him prisoner'  kree has  dozens of  ways to make him die, and the Motivation as well!

In reply to Kree Quickshadow (msg # 23):

I take it you will be incapacitating him first then rather than just killing him!