Looks pretty interesting...Zevox
I'm a little tired so please bare with me if I'm mistaken, but since I am Invisible should he not have a miss chance of 50% even if he has pinpointed me ?
ECL 3: Vidar Nidhugson (Turanson) vs. Ederin (Dragonturtle) [Arena] is [post=17856306]UP[/post]
Thanks for the run
:D Vidars first win
Thanks for the run Zevox, if not the rolls.
I'm a little tired so please bare with me if I'm mistaken, but since I am Invisible should he not have a miss chance of 50% even if he has pinpointed me ?
Energy stun is a 10ft (or 5ft) blast. Not targeted.
Energy stun is a 10ft (or 5ft) blast. Not targeted.
arh thanks
[post=17855530]Max Ribbleton vs Mineau Guwango[/post] is up. Just took a couple of rolls to decide it. Ouch.
Zevox
Thanks for the run.
@your comment: In his 10 fights Max only has used Share Pain twice now. Its just the ability to create those high level Astral Constructs that make him work reasonably well.
Fight's up (Darrgon vs. Morro)
Morro has armor spikes so he should get an AoO when Darrgon cast grease. I had hoped my high AC would be enough but although the Ape's average d20 was 11.1 the numbers seem grouped around 20 and 2. Not much I can do about that.
Also the "if needed" isn't in reference to the free activity - it is a note to myself that he doesn't go active unless we are short on gladiators at that ECL. Now that we're seeing better populations, I'm going to stop doing that though - hoping that people will be active enough on their own
One major problem though, maybe. My friends and I may have just been playing wrong all this time.
Ok, so a medium player without reach can make a melee attack into a square directly lateral or diagonally from his position, right? In this case, he could hit an opponent directly across from him or one 5 ft. above that square?
Then, high ground is a bonus granted when you make a melee attack from above the opponent's position? So, a raptorian with improved flight(a fly speed with good manueverability) could make melee attacks from 5 ft. in the air and gain a bonus from high ground? He doesn't get the bonus from just hovering at 0 ft. would he?
So, if you gain a high ground bonus from being mounted on a large creature, aren't you at least 5 ft. in the air?
And as such, couldn't you make melee attacks against an opponent 0 ft., 5 ft, or 10 ft. in the air as long as he's directly across from you? In this case, melee opponents on the balcony(which is not a roof)?
If not, well...that was a pretty serious flaw in my tactics. Silly cover. :P
Your understanding of the spacing and reach rules is correct. Well, mostly, anyway - technically someone mounted on a large creature isn't 5 ft in the air, he's just sharing the same space as his mount, and so for space purposes counts as being large instead of medium. The high ground bonus is a special rule specifically for mounted characters. Those rules are probably meant to simulate what you said, though.
Your problem, though, is that to do this you'd need to get to the other side of that hedge, meaning a jump check, and since there's no way you can get a 20' running start, its DC 40 - I don't think your horse can make that. And even then, he'd still have cover (if you think about it in 3D, it'd be pretty much the same as attacking an enemy from around a corner).
Zevox
1. I didn't record precise positioning. I just made it as if a)you always denied a charge, b) the griffon always positioned to set up a charge, but always resorted to a move and attack. Since it wasn't changing altitude, it had plenty of movement to maintain the minimum 40ft forward per round.
2. The rolls were modified as follows: +3 (for using the bite instead of the claw/rake when applicable) -2 (for not charging) +1 (for higher ground, which I had neglected in the original run by accident).
3. All rolls were taken in order as needed and new ones rolled and added in round 20 of the roller.
What really hurt you this time was that the confirmed criticals were always on the bite attack - which is a big difference in damage potential. Since it rolled several criticals - that was bound to be a problem for you.