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Would a warpriest be considered a military chaplain? And chaplains don't have a rank, correct?

If they're an actual priest of the Sovereign Host (i.e., ordained by the Host church) I wouldn't expect them to be serving at all, given the government non-interference thing.  But clerics certainly don't have to be priests or accepted by the official church hierarchy in any way.  If Karrnath's army has military chaplains, I'm sure they'd jump at the chance to get a cleric in that position for the Host followers.  And probably lord it over the church, as well :D

I got distracted by noodles.  Mmm, noodles.

Chaplains typically start rank as Captain with a possible promotion to Major and Colonel.  I think.

Quote from: jussr on April 24, 2016, 04:30:57 PM

If they're an actual priest of the Sovereign Host (i.e., ordained by the Host church) I wouldn't expect them to be serving at all, given the government non-interference thing.  But clerics certainly don't have to be priests or accepted by the official church hierarchy in any way.  If Karrnath's army has military chaplains, I'm sure they'd jump at the chance to get a cleric in that position for the Host followers.  And probably lord it over the church, as well :D

Makes sense. I was thinking my character's calling came through a religious experience while serving in the Karrnath military.

While the Sovereign Host are distant gods when compared to pantheons outside of Eberron, it wouldn't be unheard of for someone to have a conversion experience of some kind, would it?

Captain, eh? Hmmm... I guess I could see this character getting promoted (too) quickly because he's a military chaplain who is an honest-to-gods cleric.

Teshi, you thought 16 for the age compulsory service would start, all else being equal, yeah?

a more inward experience/presumed revelation, sure.

Chaos - basic soldier, not a civilian.  I edited my description post to reflect this.

Black's a good colour for the non-ranking Karrnathi soldier uniforms, right?

Also I think we are sort of making up the uniforms and courtesies as we go here.  It's not like we have a manual of uniforms, insignia and whatnot to go by. 

I'm just using what I know from my experience in the Civil Air Patrol.

Hi guys.

Okay but I guarantee there will be gaffes, cause making it up as I go. :D

Okay but I guarantee there will be gaffes, cause making it up as I go. :D

I am the very model of a modern major... :D

retired 20 years, re-enlisted for none of yer business currently. :D

Not in uniform, so no insignia.

Sure, if everyone who hasn't done so wants to provide the information!

Crap, I forgot about themes! Oleg is themeless!

Quote from: Diogenes on April 25, 2016, 05:09:48 PM

Crap, I forgot about themes! Oleg is themeless!

  I love themes.  Give that man a theme.

Hey dio, can I get your untrained skill bonuses for my chart?

I don't mind killing people, I just hate being told to kill specific people. Takes away my agency.

Can someone explain requisitioning stuff? Do we just get issued a standard set of supplies or do we have to pick?

You'll be issued a travel kit with that kind of stuff (rations, bedroll, flint and tinder, etc.)  But do choose the level 6 items (5/6/7 magic items and the gp or it's worth in stuff) you want for your particular character's build.  The gp and magic items are a lot for a normal soldier, so if it'd be OOC for your character to be so fancy,  you can be issued it from the stores for this mission during the game's prologue.

Quote from: chaoschristian on March 29, 2016, 09:00:29 AM

Since we are soldiers, do we have to worry about gear like bedrolls, etc ourselves or are you going to requisition a standard load-out for each of us?

Select one, appropriate to your character:  cloth armor, leather armor, hide armor, chainmail, scale armor, or plate armor

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Cloth Armor (Basic Clothing)
Description: Jackets, mantles, woven robes, and padded vests don't, by themselves, provide any significant protection. However, you can imbue them with protective magic. Cloth armor doesn't slow you down or hinder your movement at all. All characters have proficiency with cloth armor.
Weight: 4 lb.
Type: Cloth

Leather Armor
Description: Leather armor is sturdier than cloth armor. It protects vital areas with multiple layers of boiled-leather plates, while covering the limbs with supple leather that provides a small amount of protection.
AC Bonus: +2
Weight: 15 lb.
Type: Leather

Description: Thicker and heavier than leather, hide armor is composed of skin from any creature that has a tough hide, such as a bear, a griffon, or a dragon. Hide armor can bind and slightly hinder your precision, but it's light enough that it doesn't affect your speed.
AC Bonus: +3
Check: -1
Weight: 25 lb.
Type: Hide

Chainmail
Description: Metal rings woven together into a shirt, leggings, and a hood make up a suit of chainmail. Chainmail grants good protection, but it's cumbersome, so it reduces your mobility and agility.
AC Bonus: +6
Check: -1
Speed: -1
Weight: 40 lb.
Type: Chainmail

Scale Armor
Description: Overlapping pieces of highly durable material, such as steel or even dragon scales, make up scale armor. Despite its heaviness, scale is surprisingly easy to wear; its straps and buckles make it adjustable and able to fit snugly on the body, allowing for flexibility and agility.
AC Bonus: +7
Speed: -1
Weight: 45 lb.
Type: Scale

Plate Armor
Description: The heaviest type of armor, made up of shaped plates of metal or similarly resilient material, plate provides the most armor protection. The cost for its superior fortification is mobility and agility.
Check: -2
Speed: -1
Weight: 50 lb.
Type: Plate

Select a weapons loadout from among the following:  dagger, handaxe, spear, short sword, longsword, crossbow (and bolts), hand crossbow (and bolts), light shield, heavy shield

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Dagger
Simple one-handed melee weapon
Damage: 1d4
Proficient: +3
Range: 5/10
Weight: 1 lb.
Properties:
Light Thrown (A basic attack with a light thrown weapon uses your Dexterity. Light thrown weapons don't deal as much damage as heavy thrown weapons, but some powers let you hurl several of them at once or in rapid succession.).
Off-Hand (An off-hand weapon is light enough that you can hold it and attack effectively with it while holding a weapon in your main hand. You can't attack with both weapons in the same turn, unless you have a power that lets you do so, but you can attack with either weapon.).
Group:
Light blade (Light blades reward accuracy as much as force. Pinpoint attacks, lunges, and agile defenses are the strong points of these weapons.).

Handaxe
Military one-handed melee weapon
Damage: 1d6
Proficient: +2
Range: 5/10
Weight: 3 lb.
Properties:
Off-Hand (An off-hand weapon is light enough that you can hold it and attack effectively with it while holding a weapon in your main hand. You can't attack with both weapons in the same turn, unless you have a power that lets you do so, but you can attack with either weapon.).
Heavy Thrown (You hurl a thrown weapon from your hand, rather than using it to loose a projectile. A basic attack with a heavy thrown weapon uses your Strength.).
Group:
Axe (Axes are weapons that have bladed, heavy heads and deal vicious cuts. An axe's weight makes it fine for delivering crushing blows.).

Spear
Simple one-handed melee weapon
Damage: 1d8
Proficient: +2
Weight: 6 lb.
Properties:
Versatile (Versatile weapons are one-handed, but you can use them two-handed. If you do, you deal an extra 1 point of damage when you roll damage for the weapon.
A Small character such as a halfling must use a versatile weapon two-handed, and doesn't deal extra damage.).
Group:
Spear (Consisting of a stabbing head on the end of a long shaft, a spear is great for lunging attacks.).

Short sword
Military one-handed melee weapon
Damage: 1d6
Proficient: +3
Weight: 2 lb.
Properties:
Off-Hand (An off-hand weapon is light enough that you can hold it and attack effectively with it while holding a weapon in your main hand. You can't attack with both weapons in the same turn, unless you have a power that lets you do so, but you can attack with either weapon.).
Group:
Light blade (Light blades reward accuracy as much as force. Pinpoint attacks, lunges, and agile defenses are the strong points of these weapons.).

Longsword
Military one-handed melee weapon
Damage: 1d8
Proficient: +3
Weight: 4 lb.
Properties:
Versatile (Versatile weapons are one-handed, but you can use them two-handed. If you do, you deal an extra 1 point of damage when you roll damage for the weapon.
A Small character such as a halfling must use a versatile weapon two-handed, and doesn't deal extra damage.).
Group:
Heavy blade (Blades are balanced edged weapons. Heavy blades share some of the precision of light blades and some of the mass of axes. Heavy blades are used primarily for slashing cuts rather than stabs and thrusts.).

Crossbow
Simple two-handed ranged weapon
Damage: 1d8
Proficient: +2
Range: 15/30
Weight: 4 lb.
Properties:
Load Minor (Ranged weapons that loose projectiles, including bows, crossbows, and slings, take some time to load. When a weapon shows "load free" on the weapon table, that means you draw and load ammunition as a free action, effectively part of the action used to attack with the weapon. Any weapon that has the load property requires two hands to load, even if you can use only one hand to attack with it. (The sling, for example, is a one-handed weapon, but you need a free hand to load it.) The crossbow is "load minor," which means it requires a minor action to load a bolt into the weapon. If a power allows you to hit multiple targets, the additional load time is accounted for in the power.).
Group:
Crossbow (Essentially a small metal bow mounted on a stock and equipped with a mechanical trigger, a crossbow is a point-and-shoot projectile weapon. Crossbows are popular because they require little training to master, yet the heavy pull of the metal bow gives them substantial power.).

Hand crossbow
Simple one-handed ranged weapon
Damage: 1d6
Proficient: +2
Range: 10/20
Weight: 2 lb.
Properties:
Load Free (Ranged weapons that loose projectiles, including bows, crossbows, and slings, take some time to load. When a weapon shows "load free" on the ranged weapons table, that means you draw and load ammunition as a free action, effectively part of the action used to attack with the weapon. Any weapon that has the load property requires two hands to load, even if you can use only one hand to attack with it. (The sling, for example, is a one-handed weapon, but you need a free hand to load it.) The crossbow is "load minor," which means it requires a minor action to load a bolt into the weapon. If a power allows you to hit multiple targets, the additional load time is accounted for in the power.).
Group:
Crossbow (Essentially a small metal bow mounted on a stock and equipped with a mechanical trigger, a crossbow is a point-and-shoot projectile weapon. Crossbows are popular because they require little training to master, yet the heavy pull of the metal bow gives them substantial power.).

Crossbow Bolts (20)
Category: Ammunition
Weight: 2 lb
Description: Crossbow bolts come in a case that holds twenty. Ammunition is used up when you fire it from a projectile weapon.

Light Shield
Description: While you're using a light shield, you can use your shield hand to hold another item, to climb, and the like, but you can't make attacks with that hand or with anything in it.
AC Bonus: +1
Weight: 6 lb.
Type: Light Shields

Heavy Shield
Description: While you're using a heavy shield, you can't use your shield hand for any other task, since you must use that hand to handle the shield.
AC Bonus: +2
Check: -2
Weight: 15 lb.
Type: Heavy Shields

Everyone gets:  bedroll, torch, fannypack, flint and steel, waterskin, backpack, candles, trail rations, identification papers

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Bedroll
Category: Gear
Weight: 5 lb

Torch
Category: Gear
Weight: 1 lb
Description: A torch is a wooden rod capped with twisted flax soaked in tallow. A torch burns for one hour and provides bright light to a radius of 5 squares.

Belt Pouch (empty)
Category: Gear
Weight: 0.5 lb

Flint and Steel
Category: Gear

Waterskin
Category: Gear
Weight: 4 lb

Backpack (empty)
Category: Gear
Weight: 2 lb

Candle
Category: Gear

Trail Rations (10 days)
Category: Gear
Weight: 10 lb

Standard Identification Papers
Category: Gear
Description: Members of the middle and upper classes in the Five Nations carry identification papers issued by their governments and notarized by House Sivis. Each set contains a description of the holder and other details.

As a party you also are issued two tents and two lengths of rope.

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Tent
Category: Gear
Weight: 20 lb

Hempen Rope (50 ft.)
Category: Gear
Weight: 10 lb

Any additional items your characters want to bring should come out of their own funds and/or magic item allotment. 

Did I overlook anything?

I forget.  Do all elves in 4E trance or is that just Eladrin?  All 5e elves do not sleep, but meditate.

Where would I find this selection? Anywhere online?

Where would I find this selection? Anywhere online?

If you need access to my D&D Insider account, pm me.  I don't mind sharing.

If you need access to my D&D Insider account, pm me.  I don't mind sharing.

Hey. We all speak common!

I glance over at the Sarge, still trying to peek at her chest.

Quote from: Aden on April 27, 2016, 09:53:29 PM

I glance over at the Sarge, still trying to peek at her chest.

 :smug:

What's the range on the torch's bright light and dim light?

What's the range on the torch's bright light and dim light?

Quote from: jussr on April 27, 2016, 10:36:25 PM

What's the range on the torch's bright light and dim light?

I think the light mysteriously disappears beyond the five square radius.  OoOOoooooOOOo, spooky.

That is not how light works!

Was that last post of mine in the game thread okay? I just took a bunch of the skills that might have any relevance at all to the scene and rolled for them. I could wish the one for the ghost was higher - I imagine the rest of you have much more knowledge of what she is and what she can do, so that roll was fishing. :D

You see on the first page of the character sheet pdf I sent, the abilities section?  And the column of boxes labelled 'check'?  That's what you want to add to your roll when doing an ability check, not the entire ability value; each check value is equal to half your level plus your ability modifier (which is -1 for an ability score of 8 or 9, 0 for 10 or 11, 1 for 12 or 13, etc).

eta: also, 5+3=8, not 7 :P

[Oh, and can you come up with a default marching order/arrangement?  Obviously you don't have to stay in it, but just so I have a general idea when not otherwise specified.]

[Arcana check for magic anything: 4 + 1 = 18]

So b is making my character genderqueer and I am OK with that.

Incidentally, b, since you're an archer we need to talk about opportunity attacks - if you make a ranged attack while you're next to an enemy, they get a free attack against you, so you'll need to keep your distance.  They also get to do so if you're next to them and leave the square by walking; if you want to back up, you need to shift, which moves you one square and uses your entire move action.

Were. Were people.

You people are way too good at this, and fast, for me. :D

Hey, once everyone's sorted their final inventory loadouts, please PM them to me, or edit them into your character descriptions in the reference thread.

Chaos, when you say "communicate with the pony..."  lol

What degree of communication are we talking, here?

I'll have to try to persuade her otherwise, seems like a thing that could rile up the skeleton army to me. They may tease him but hey, he's stuck there same as them.

I would vote to stop at 8.

Martin:  oh ffs chaos
I just got why he chose his rank
 me:  oh?
 Martin:  Sergeant Pepper?
 me:  lmao
awesome

Quote

Martin:  oh ffs chaos
I just got why he chose his rank
 me:  oh?
 Martin:  Sergeant Pepper?
 me:  lmao
awesome

Lula and Potts got close.  This may get closer (honestly, I'm not trying to pick a fight.  I just think this is too characters who don't understand one another.)

Oh, look, it's the campaign setting.  :D

Lol!

Remove the gorgeous mountains, replace with line of black spruce, and it's the upland bog that feeds our lake.

We are planning to retire to Panama, but then I look at these photos and think, "North is a direction too."

ooo I have to do that!

Feel free to give yours feathers :D

Quote from: Teshi on May 02, 2016, 07:42:48 PM

Feel free to give yours feathers :D

Yay!!

jussr, what are the free feats please?

me: teshi
i have an important question for you as an alaskan
google has failed me
you will probably need to ask someone who hunts lol
you know people like that, right?

teshi: lol I do, yes
what is the question?

me: say, half a dozen reindeer hides, treated but with the hair or fur or whatever left on
i need an approximate weight and volume, folded or rolled
volume's more important; could one person carry this in a pack without it being ridiculous?
i *think* the weight is fine, from my research
reindeer/caribou
also, the reason lillian chapters don't flow easily is all the THREE HOUR RESEARCH BREAKS

[Moist is a horrible word, no matter the language it's thought it.  It's a horribler feeling for poor Pepper.]

SONG OF REST
When you play an instrument or sing during a short rest, you and each ally who can hear you are affected by your Song of Rest. When an affected character spends healing surges at the end of the rest, that character regains additional hit points equal to your Charisma modifier with each healing surge. A character can be affected by only one Song of Rest at a time.

Let me know what you want to do re: the farmstead :)

Party skill table in the reference thread updated to include raven.

eta: man, bards are awesome

Quote from: Teshi on May 08, 2016, 04:13:27 PM

Let me know what you want to do re: the farmstead :)

I want to go to the farm.  B, order Pepper to go to the farm.

Still.  Watch your wallets.

Although given that my mental image of Karrnath now looks a lot like Alaska, and I routinely run into people I know even when I'm literally a thousand miles from home... lol

Quote from: Teshi on May 09, 2016, 02:07:53 PM

Although given that my mental image of Karrnath now looks a lot like Alaska, and I routinely run into people I know even when I'm literally a thousand miles from home... lol

Thanks Obama Seward!

Although given that my mental image of Karrnath now looks a lot like Alaska, and I routinely run into people I know even when I'm literally a thousand miles from home... lol

How old is Pepper, anyway?

Memorial Day weekend!

I am running a one-shot for the kids this weekend.  If it works out well I'll keep it in pocket for a possible game here.

Escape
A creature can attempt to escape when it is grabbed. Other immobilizing effects might also let a creature try to escape.
Escape a Grab or Immobilizing Effect
Action: Move action.
Acrobatics or Athletics Check: The creature makes either an Acrobatics or an Athletics check. Normally, the immobilizing effect specifies the DC for the check. If no DC is specified, an Acrobatics check is opposed by the Reflex of the immobilizing creature or effect, and an Athletics check is opposed by its Fortitude.
Against Multiple Grabbers: If the creature is trying to escape and is grabbed by more than one source at once, the creature makes a single check against the highest of the grab DCs. The DC increases by 2 for each grabber beyond the first, to a maximum increase of 8.
Success: If the check succeeds, the immobilizing effect ends on the creature, which can then shift 1 square.

What's animal handling?

eta: lol wrong edition, buddy!

Whoa, what happened there?

Hey, chaos, if you're around and can put in your move pretty quickly, I can move A and Cs before I head out to sea for the day :)

Dio, you don't have a multi-target heal or anything planned, do you?  I can spend a surge on Mari's behalf my turn if that helps; got plenty to spare.

I'll drop a couple heals on my next turn--I should have line-of-sight now.

Dio, I'm going to pass on that healing word; possibly Teshi will let you retarget it? Mari's insubstantial to all types of damage except force and psychic, so even after the hits she took from B, she's only down 10 HP. With only two surges, I need to make the most of them. Sorry, I really should have explained this properly earlier.

How do you become Hidden?

...

3) You cannot have HAD Hidden at the start of the action and lost it during the action. Which is to say, you can't BECOME Hidden as part of the same action that loses your Hidden state.

FYI I'm out for the next four hours... Warcraft movie.

FYI I'm out for the next four hours... Warcraft movie.

Wouldn't that make orders to surrender when your side had lost a battle always illegal?

Clawfoot
Medium natural beast (mount, reptile)
Level 3 Skirmisher
XP 150
Initiative +6        Senses Perception +1
HP 46; Bloodied 23
AC 17; Fortitude 16, Reflex 16, Will 13
Speed 6
 Talons (standard, at-will)
+9 vs AC; 1d8+3 damage.
Clawfoot Charge (while mounted by a friendly rider of 3rd level or higher; at-will)  Mount
When a clawfoot's rider charges, both the clawfoot and the rider make melee basic attacks.
Medium Steed
A Medium creature can ride a clawfoot.
Alignment Unaligned        Languages -
Str 16 (+4)      Dex 16 (+4)      Wis 11 (+1)
Con 14 (+3)      Int 2 (-3)      Cha 6 (-1)

Quote from: Diogenes on June 11, 2016, 03:30:09 PM

FYI I'm out for the next four hours... Warcraft movie.

Let us know what it's like.

I've read it, but I've never played it. Why do you ask?

Wow, a journal. How very convenient :D

Hey, GM.  What's your definition of trussed?  Bound at the feet and ankles?  Also bound at the shoulders or forearms?  Hog-tied?

Is the window that Pepper escaped through still open?

Quote from: chaoschristian on June 15, 2016, 07:59:02 PM

Hey, GM.  What's your definition of trussed?  Bound at the feet and ankles?  Also bound at the shoulders or forearms?  Hog-tied?

Zoder was pretty irked.  Pepper'd look something like this:
(http://www.gifbooster.com/wp-content/uploads/639/crying-bugs-bunny_59.gif)

Quote from: chaoschristian on June 15, 2016, 08:06:36 PM

Is the window that Pepper escaped through still open?

Doors and windows are closed.

Also, good that the place is closed up.  It will keep the fire from breathing.

I was like, "what elf?"

I have been slow lately

...and then go vote in this stupid referendum today!

Quote from: jussr on June 23, 2016, 06:37:48 AM

...and then go vote in this stupid referendum today!

I'M GOING BACK TO BED

me:  martin
do you wanna play civ
and kill england together

"That's...complicated," I reply. "Even I don't understand it all. I'm not physically bound to it; there doesn't seem to be anything stopping me from going as far away as I like. I just don't like to. It's important I stay close to it."

Incidentally, I am currently in hospital; it has wifi and I have my laptop so I can check in, but I'm pretty tired a lot of the time.

"root tops" *snigger*

Phone posting, yo.