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Spellcaster

18:06

I changed my mind

goodguy5

about?

Rubiksmoose

It happens to the best of us :) no worries either way

Xirema

Has anyone had success with a Ranged-focused Battlemaster Fighter?

As far as I can tell, none of their features require a melee attack: only "hit a creature with a weapon attack"

Well, okay. The Sweeping Strike requires a melee attack.

Still though.

goodguy5

@Xirema I wasn't playing it, but someone at the table was a big fan of tripping strike (or whatever the name) and the one that lets allies ... reposition?

Seemed to work

Xirema

@goodguy5 Yeah, that could be pretty effective.

Carcer

18:24

demons!

cursed mistagging database

nitsua60

@Xirema yes, so much yes.

Archery fighting style, Sharpshooter feat, + PRECISION DICE!

Converting misses to hits when there's a +10 at play is huge.

Also, commander's strike to let the rogue double up on SA every ~~turn~~ round, whenever possible.

Xirema

@nitsua60 Oh wow, yeah, that could be really powerful.

nitsua60

Goading and intimidating are fine, too.

But they seem to always make the save, so I feel like those don't get much mileage.

Precision's basically always useful, commander's situationally excellent.

Oh, distracting from a distance is nice, too. Depending on turn order.

Colin Gross

18:47

@nitsua60 two SA per turn?

KorvinStarmast

@nitsua60 This, a whole lot of this. BM's CS helps rogue spread pools of blood all over the floor..

Colin Gross

I thought SA was specifically written as once per turn.

goodguy5

@ColinGross yes. turn. not round

Xirema

@ColinGross In context, I think they meant double up on SA every round.

nitsua60

@ColinGross Yeah, round. Sorry.

Colin Gross

18:49

How do you get two per round?

KorvinStarmast

Rogue SA's on rogue's turn, and then on my BM's turn. It's lethal.

The CS lets the rogue attack as a reaction.

On a different char's turn.

Works

nitsua60

A L18 BM and rogue pair took on a pit fiend one session... Distracting strike, commander's strike (rogue SA with adv), precision strike, distracting strike. Rogue's turn. SA with advantage.

Lotsa hurt on that balor.

goodguy5

I'm going to have to post a meta, I think.

Unless anyone knows of ways to not get flag alerts from other stacks after 10k site rep

barring, just issuing large bounties

Xirema

@nitsua60 Took me a moment to remember that Fighters have Action Surge.

Yeah, that's a heck of an opener.

Yuuki

@goodguy5 the rooms are crossing aaaaaaa

goodguy5

18:58

heh

@Yuuki There's a lot of shared interest between video games, board games, and ttrpg

KorvinStarmast

@Rubiksmoose someone else suggested using advantage instead. Good plan.

@G.Moylan My wife also loves the show, also Catholic. Hmm, did they decide to do a third season? We left off at the end of season two when the battle with Vikings/Danes, and the daughter being able to return to Mercia and not get quite so badly treated by that young noble ...

goodguy5

@KorvinStarmast what about bonus action dashing? or haste action dashing, or both?

KorvinStarmast

@goodguy5 Wing it. Nice thing about ToTM is that it really supports Rule of Cool.

goodguy5

true

nitsua60

@Xirema That's just the usual Extra Attack (3) there--no Action Surge. (Yet!)

KorvinStarmast

19:06

@goodguy5 mxy pointed out in his answer that trying to get too much precision rather defeats the purpose of ToTM. I agree with him on that.

Rubiksmoose

@goodguy5 well the +12 is without any dashing, but yeah I wondered that myself. In the end it probably just gets handwaved

nitsua60

I mean, the thing hit back pretty hard. But the two of us were able to drop it just as the bard and wizard came 'round the corner to find us =)

Rubiksmoose

@KorvinStarmast absolutely. Me as well

KorvinStarmast

@nitsua60 Our tier 3 game on Monday had to move due to lack of DM's wife being able to play. In that game, we have a gloom stalker with SS, a BM, and a Barbarian with GWM, and a rogue. Now and again, a round will end with an amazing amount of damage being done.

Other times that bunch don't hit so much. My Champion just grinds away with his three attacks per round ....

nitsua60

@KorvinStarmast Yeah--when party DPR starts to sneak into the 200s... things get interesting =)

KorvinStarmast

19:10

When fighting Giants, it's handy to get the occasional nova round. They have a lot of HP and Fire Giants have decent AC.

Yuuki

When fighting giants, you should always stand on their shoulders.

Also, see if you can hire a two-man alternative rock band as back-up.

Glazius

@Yuuki No, that just gets you advantage on Perception checks.

Yuuki

They're stronger than you'd think because They Might Be Giants.

nitsua60

Who's They May Be Giants?

Yuuki

They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants (often abbreviated as TMBG) is an American alternative rock band formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell. During TMBG's early years, Flansburgh and Linnell frequently performed as a duo, often accompanied by a drum machine. In the early 1990s, TMBG expanded to include a backing band. The duo's current backing band consists of Marty Beller, Dan Miller, and Danny Weinkauf. The group has an unconventional and experimental style of alternative music. Over their career, they have found success on the modern rock and college radio charts. They have also found success...

nitsua60

19:25

No, you missed the deeeeeeeep cut reference. Sorry.

Yuuki

To be fair, most of my knowledge of TMBG comes from KoL references.

So it's shallow at best.

And I haven't played KoL in a long time.

KorvinStarmast

@kviiri Funny you mention that. One of my best DM's was an episcopalian seminarian.

Yuuki

So it's also rusty.

But shallow, therefore unlikely to give you tetanus.

nitsua60

> Gloria: What do you think--what do you make out of that recording?

Guy on Phone: I don't know, Gloria, I just do--

Gloria: Some kind of singing. They sound like all kinds of people, right?

Guy on Phone: Yeah.

Gloria: And then it says, "Another child is born in India every time you call this number," right?

Guy on Phone: Yeah, right.

Gloria: Does that make any sense to you?

Guy on Phone: No, it doesn't make no sense to me.

Gloria: Bu--and the guy that spoke--I don't know who he is.

Guy on Phone: Yeah.

goodguy5

what's that from?

KorvinStarmast

19:38

a record by that same band.

goodguy5

ah

Sir Cinnamon

21:01

That user never asked about "Where to buy material components"

Glazius

21:15

@SirCinnamon Yes, they decided not to.

Sir Cinnamon

@Glazius Ah well, answer wouldn't have been all that helpful anyway I figure

"Varies by setting and availability, ask your DM"

"Terms and conditions may apply, while supplies last"

Colin Gross

@Rubiksmoose how about beer? Could fabricate make beer?

Sir Cinnamon

I say yes

Colin Gross

I like both answers so far.

Sir Cinnamon

Yeast as creatures might have some implications i don't like, but the point just edited into that answer is convincing

Also I disgree that trees are creatures

that's a wild implication

kviiri

21:31

Yeast as creatures might be homebrew material

Pun totally, absolutely, emphatically intended

Sir Cinnamon

Boooooooooooo

Carcer

I'm in physical pain

Baskakov_Dmitriy

Guys, what happened to the eagles that were watched by the whole chat some months ago?

BESW

Jul 30 '18 at 18:08, by Mike Q

@GreySage Retired after the eagle baby flew away, I think the nest fell apart too

Sir Cinnamon

21:46

That was a fun time

KorvinStarmast

22:05

Fabricate is the fad spell today, it seems ....

@kviiri They are a form of mephit, as near as I can tell. :)

Sir Cinnamon

Beer mephit

I guess WoW did that with it's Alementals

Ben

22:31

Morning all

BESW

[wave] Putting the finished touches on my LLKM card prototype for the first playtesting phase.

Baskakov_Dmitriy

@BESW Thanks :3

Ben

Am excite

Baskakov_Dmitriy

23:05

Can anyone please link me to a good guide on Wizard spells in Pathfinder? I know the iconic Treantmonk's guide, but he doesn't cover a lot of spells.

Ben

23:25

@Baskakov_Dmitriy Define "guide"?

Baskakov_Dmitriy

@Ben A text that analyzes each of the spells available in Pathfinder, perhaps limited to some defined sources, and tells how well those spells compare to each other.

Ben

Ah ok

Baskakov_Dmitriy

It can be a compilation of guides that each cover a narrow portion of spells available

Ben

cc @MikeQ would potentially be able to help

Don't want to point fingers though haha

MikeQ

Bleh why do I keep getting summoned for Pathfinder things

Baskakov_Dmitriy

23:28

"Bleh" sounds almost like a popular Russian slutshaming swearing word.

laughs

Ben

@MikeQ Because you're the most recent person to have shown a competent knowledge of the system? haha

Shalvenay

hey there @MikeQ

Ben

@Baskakov_Dmitriy I use it a lot lol

Baskakov_Dmitriy

@MikeQ Because some Russian guy here is too lazy to analyze every single spell available in Pathfinder and wants a guide on that matter

If you know any good guide on Pathfinder Wizard spells, it would be awesome.

Ben

So at least we're only asking for your recommendations, not your actual knowledge

Baskakov_Dmitriy

23:32

Well, if MikeQ writes a separate guide like KRyan likes to do in response to people's questions... :D

However, since an existing guide might be quicker to get now, I'd probably prefer an existing guide.

BESW

@nitsua60, @Ben, @doppelgreener, @trogdor, and anyone else who's interested:

Long Live the King of Monsters! card game: prototype 0-1 for playtesting (Google Drive PDF download; cards print double-sided)

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user15026

@BESW curious headtilt

BESW

...and of course as soon as I post it I see copy errors.

Eh, nothing that will make a problem getting useful feedback.

Ben

@BESW My day has now been ruined for anything else :D

BESW

@Ash Long Live the King of Monsters! is a party game I made last year. You roll up random silly monsters and fight each other for control of Monster Island (and hope that your rampages don't just sink the island into the ocean).

But it was a bit unwieldy because it was a lot of "roll on tables and write down the results" so I'm adapting it to a card game with a playmat.

Ben

23:42

@BESW What's the cog +/- icons?

user15026

@BESW Oooh, fun

BESW

@Ben If you want to track your floating +1d6/-1d6s, you can put coins/tokens/dice on the corresponding cogs.

Ben

Ahh good idea

It's 9.45am, I'm at work, and I have a date tonight but I can't wait to play this! Haha

user15026

laughs make your date play it with you? :)

user15026

@SirCinnamon ah, yes, one of the pets I don't have yet. (Seriously I swear most of WoW for me is "ALL TEH PETS ALL THE PETS FOR MEEEEE" because so many of them are great)

Shalvenay

23:49

hey there @nitsua60

Ben

Her: "So do you have any interests"
Me: "I was waiting for you to ask. This game is called 'Long Live the King of Monsters', and was adapted from a 100-word RPG this guy made a few years ago... you have a head feature, a body feature..." [Starts dealing cards]

user15026

Exactly! It's a foolproof plan.

Baskakov_Dmitriy

Basically, hey everyone

Tend to forget greeting people when speaking on the Internet :(

Ben

[Mexican wave]

Baskakov_Dmitriy

@MikeQ So, any guides available? :(

Ben

23:56

feature-request "@everyone" to ping all members currently "active" (or were active at least 10 mins ago)

MikeQ

@Baskakov_Dmitriy Impossible to say. Wizards have the biggest spell list in the game and Paizo keeps adding more.

There's a handful of nigh-universally-useful spells and feats, and I'd reckon that most google-able guides cover those.

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