Getting used to the battle system
Okay, so this will be to help get a decent style for posting with the rolls down. This may be altered in the campaigns slightly depending on the circumstances, but to start we'll just keep it simple. As you wipe out the enemies, or vice versa, I'll add more. For now though I will create a second post and gvie you some enemies to fight as the dice roller doesn't work in the first post of a thread.
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You enter the 50 foot by 60 foot room,. Which is unremarkable save for the four goblins each is armed with a short sword. Upon seeing you enter, they draw their weapons and rush to attack.
Initiative roll
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Okay, so I'm thinking you will post your drawig of weapons and positioning for battle and roll your initiative. You will roll one ten sided die and then if you look at your DEX score, some of you will have modifiers, the first number is the initiative modifier and you will subtract that number form your roll to get your initiative. So if I had a DEX of 16, my mod would be +1 and I would subtract that from the result of the die roll. For the sake of ease, and as I'm sure we can all do simple math, beside initiative roll, please post whatever the modifier is so we ca easily figure out who goes first. After everyone has rolled initiative, I will do a DM post to give the battle order and then everyone can execute their attacks.
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Trying a quote to see if the dice roller will work in it. If it does, it will become my standard way of showing my modifiers.Originally Posted by Initiative +0 from 11 Dexterity
Edit: It did work. Now to see if I can edit a message without it clearing the dice. Also, I will add in my combat text.
Mendel readies his warhammer across his body in a defensive manner, and looks across the field of battle to find his first victim.
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Last edited by Meinolf; 10-19-2011 at 02:14 AM.
Do you mean so that you can edit them in after the roll?
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Dunno, didn't try. However, I was able to make a roll in my post, and then go back and edit it. I was worried that it wouldn't let me, and thus I wouldn't be able to clean up my posts afterward.
However, I shall try with this post.
Edit: It does not work.
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Edit2: Looks like I misread your post, Naz. However, I still answered your question.
Well, might as well do this one on one till some others get here.
Three of the goblins stand their ground The forth rushes straight at you, swinging his shortsword
Attacking Meinolf (needs 15 to hit)
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Damage (+0)
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When you post your attack rolls, if you would post your THAC0 with the weapon your suing beside attack roll. I will post what I need to hit so that if I do, you can say what happens to the enemy's swing in your post. So here goes...
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Sorry about the wait. I was making my pizza dough for the evening.
The first victim steps forth and tests his steel against the might that is Mendel. The fool. His resolve is nothing against the backing of Hades that fuels Mendel's hammer.
Evidently Mendel's shoelaces were untied. Damn gnomish cobblers.
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You know what, I think that the initiative roll for the next round will also be required in your post so that we don't have to break the flow of the battle. Anyway.
The goblin sidesteps the attack. Or at least he would have had it been anywhere near him and then readies his next attack.
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And sorry, forgot to post that that was my initiative roll for the upcoming round. Hey Meinolf, why not try a spell. For anyone who does cast a spell, some have casting times which appears in segments on the spell description(some will appear in rounds or turns) In battle for the most part, it will be segments. So if a spell takes five segments to cast, and my init. is 5, I add 5 to the roll for the casting time and now my init is 10. It should be noted that you do have to concentrate to cast a spell and if you are hit, that concentration is broken and you lose your init. for that round.
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Furious at the goblin for living for even one more minute than necessary, Mendel begins to call upon Hades to smite down his worthless hide.
Question: In default 2E you want to get a lower number for initiative. Is the same true for how we are using the system? For example, would I be gunning for a 1 or a 10?
Edit: Dammit all to Hades. That's it, I am melting me some dice.
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