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6:25 PM

@nitsua60 @NautArch @Shalvenay @MikeQ @Rubiksmoose I decided to go all in with my Spiritual weapon answer, to include a combat illustration. Our group (brother is DM) in the shared world still can't figure this out. Please offer critiques and suggestions.

@PeterCooperJr. So, which alignment do you want them to be? LG? CG? or, split the difference and make them NG.

Shalvenay

hey there @BuddhiniAngelika, welcome to the RPG.SE lair :)

Buddhini Angelika

6:50 PM

@Shalvenay Hello

:) :) :)

Hello everyone

7:24 PM

@kviiri hello, going to and from keyboard as I mess about in the kitchen ...

7:35 PM

@kviiri Hi!

I managed to get a Gargoyle Earth Elementalist past all the Priests of Beogh down to level 7 or so. Where I ran into Joseph and died to his slingshot while retreating.

Next one did again succom to Beogh's smiting.

@BuddhiniAngelika Hi there!

(@kviiri got me into Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, a nice Roguelike computer game, so I'm reporting in.)

I just had a shower thought, thinking about HTTP 3 replacing TCP with a UDP-based protocol, that it's no wonder RPG scheduling is hard --- it's a well-known fact that scheduling anything is impossible on a theoretical level unless we assume 100% reliable communications

I still don't know what to do about orc priests. Breaking line of sight is often surprisingly difficult, and even if I manage, there might be an orc, and a priest following me around a corner and I'm smitten.

@Anaphory Killing them ASAP is usually the way to go, but there's some caveats (eg. the potential horde of orcs in between)

@kviiri Earth Elementalist spells have range only 3 or 4, thrown weapons are unreliable an scarce, missile weapons require changing to them. What's best?

7:50 PM

@Anaphory Sandblast works wonders if you can get close enough

(without orcs in between...)

Retreating a bit can help there (you can find a convenient corner where the priest has to come in range to smite)

@kviiri Yes, that is the bit I find quite difficult to have far too often.

Tbh I don't know how I survive orc priests

I should take notes when I play :D

@kviiri Hm. Just like there is Email and then there is mostly-compatible-but-doesn't-like-threads-and-some-other-things GMail, will this lead to HTTP and GTTP?

@Anaphory No idea! But the idea sounds workable, I guess

I mean, the bit where TCP is replaced with a more tailored protocol

nitsua60

8:19 PM

@KorvinStarmast Link, when you've a chance?

1 hour later…

9:37 PM

@nitsua60 here it is

Mike Q

9:57 PM

@KorvinStarmast I didn't downvote. It's well-organized although it may be longer than needed. I'm always in favor of examples, but the play-by-play example gives the answer a lot of excess detail.

@MikeQ Thanks. For beginners, it might be helpful, for veterans I can definitely see your point.

@MikeQ My brother has been with this edition since 2014, and still doesn't get it. ;)

I made an edit that answered more of the question 'up front' with the example left for those who need it.

Mike Q

You may want to simplify the example to just two parts - cleric's actions on turn 1 (bonus action to cast, then free attack w spirit weapon), and cleric's actions on turn 2-10 (bonus action to attack w spirit weapon)

@KorvinStarmast On an semirelated topic, were you able to access the roll20 game and fill in character stuff?

@MikeQ Have not yet opened roll20, will do so now. Will consider trimming the answer to account for our short attention span audience. I do need to consider the audience ...

@MikeQ where is the invite? Discord? Email?

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