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 This is a thread for a weekly online game of D&D 4th Edition. I'll be running the Keep on the Shadowfell adventure, which runs to the end of level 3, likely going for more adventures afterwards if we complete it and interest holds. Just to set expectations, I mostly play 4e for the tactical combat, and the adventure itself is going to be heavy on the combat. I'm pretty open to creative ways to approaching encounters, but the encounters themselves are pretty much always going to be there, it's just a matter of which one you want to do first and how you'll try to gain some additional leverage. If I ever shoot down an idea (I will try not to!), it's mostly because we're doing this off a book. I'm looking for 5 players. If you're new to 4e but would like to learn and join, that's okay too, we have pregens and stuff. Feedback is always welcome, please do not hesitate to contact me about anything! I do have PMs and I can be emailed at gradenko2000 @ gmail Chargen Details Start at level 1 Ability Scores: Point buy-22 points, or the standard arrays No race restrictions No Essentials classes, please (though you can use powers and feats from any book) Starting Gear: 100 gp to buy gear with Bonus Feats: Versatile Expertise, Improved Defenses, and Melee Training No backgrounds No themes Inherent Bonuses: Yes The first session will be on Thu, Dec 3 2015, at 8:00 PM EST (or Fri, Dec 4 2015, 1:00 AM GMT)
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FYI your post in the thread said "at 9:00 AM Eastern".
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Nov 29, 2015 03:57
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bunnielab posted:FYI your post in the thread said "at 9:00 AM Eastern". Sorry about that. Fixed
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Nov 29, 2015 04:13
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Can I just play Nando the Mando again?
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Nov 29, 2015 07:01
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The combat in 4e is my primary interest so an encounter heavy game is right up my alley  . Thursday shouldn't prove any problem for my schedule in the short term. A few months from now? That may be another story but I'd be up for doing more modules if other folks are.Striker- I played this for about 45 minutes back when it came out, and then our party wiped and we all didn't touch 4e for several months  . I was originally a rogue in that game and it'd be cool to go back in and get some revenge haha.  Sheet: Mr. Shenk Stibbens- Have my powers with the appropriate math on a second tab. Class: Rogue(Artful Dodger) Race: Halfling. Array: Str:10 Con:14 Dex:16 Int: 8 Wis:13 Cha:14 Post Racial: Str:10 Con:14 Dex:18 Int: 8 Wis:13 Cha:16 Equipment: Leather Armor(25gp), 4 daggers(4gp), adventurer's kit(15gp), cloth armor(basic clothing 1gp), Everburning torch(50gp), and an extra belt pouch(1gp) to act as the cover for the torch. Gold Remaining: 4 gp quote:When you ask around town for very specific services the name that comes up is always Stibbens, the halfling was a lauded dealer of death and an artist with a knife who was content to keep his services exclusive to the larger cities; doling out punishment to the unwanted for a handful of coin. If you get a glut of all strikers or something I'd be happy to toss together a different role filler. If you're wanting to do character generation in session I'm cool with that too it doesn't take me but a few minutes to get an idea for a character and stat them out.
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Nov 29, 2015 09:48
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Bleu posted:Can I just play Nando the Mando again? We'd be starting from level 1, but otherwise yeah, that's cool. Welcome aboard! That sheet looks slick as hell, too.
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Nov 29, 2015 16:55
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Oooh, I'm definitely interested in playing this! I'll try to have a character sheet up and posted by tomorrow.
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Nov 29, 2015 17:29
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Time got away from me. I'm not going to be able to submit a character. Have fun!
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Nov 29, 2015 19:57
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gradenko_2000 posted:Welcome aboard! That sheet looks slick as hell, too.  I'm out doing errands for a bit but I'll probably toss up a temporary IRC channel later today and tomorrow if there's anyone new or old to the game who wants a hand putting a character together. e: Hanging out in #ShadowKeepSA on synirc for the rest of the day if anyone has some questions or wants some help putting a character together. Successful Businessmanga fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Nov 30, 2015 |
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Nov 29, 2015 21:39
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Major thanks to A Darker Porpoise for helping me put this character together! I've made a Warlord, which is a first for me personally  Sheet: Myna - Like ADP's sheet it has the powers with the math on the second tab Race: Half-Orc Stats: Str:16 Con:13 Dex:10 Int:14 Wis:8 Cha:14 Stats After Race: Str:18 Con:13 Dex:12 Int:14 Wis:8 Cha:14 Equipment:Chainmail(40gp), Executioner's Axe (30gp), Adventurer's Kit(15gp), Sling (1gp), 20 sling bullets (1gp) Gold remaining:13gp
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Nov 30, 2015 03:16
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  Sheet: Adar Power Cards Race: Human Stats: Str:10 Con:16 Dex:11 Int:13 Wis:16 Cha: 8 Stats After Race: Str:10 Con:16 Dex:11 Int:13 Wis:18 Cha: 8 Equipment: Staff Implement(5gp) Adventuring Kit (15g) Hide Armor (30g) Ritual Book (50g) Gold Remaining: 0 Thanks to A Dark Porpoise for taking the time to make sure I don't suck. Updated with power cards because all the cool kids were doing it. Sinistral fucked around with this message at 01:28 on Dec 4, 2015 |
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Dec 2, 2015 00:31
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Thanks for your interest! Welcome aboard.
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Dec 2, 2015 02:54
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Interested in playing an Eladrin Swordmage. Will submit a character sheet within the next 24 hours.
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Dec 2, 2015 03:35
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And stats are up. Decided to go with a tiefling rather than an eladrin so I could be a bit more down-to-earth. Shard, Tiefling Swordmage Stats: Str 10, Con 16, Dex 12, Int 16, Wis 8, Cha 12 Stats After Race: Str 10, Con 16, Dex 12, Int 18, Wis 8, Cha 14 Equipment: Longsword (15 gp), Leather Armor (25 gp), 4 Daggers (4 gp), Adventurer's Kit (15 gp), Disguise Kit (30 gp) Money: 3 gp, 73 sp, 36 cp
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Dec 3, 2015 02:58
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Bacon In A Wok posted:Shard, Tiefling Swordmage Welcome aboard!
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Dec 3, 2015 04:45
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Link to the roll20 game: https://app.roll20.net/join/1133259/2A3Z-g
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Dec 3, 2015 04:58
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In a world gone mad...A world where monsters are taunted and hands are shouted back on...A battle for the ages. Kobold marriages arranged. Balconies jumped off. Stones slain. And in the end...peace. But that wasn't the end. Nothing could have prepared them for what happened next. A Keep. A Shadow. A Fall. Action. Adventure. Mystery. A battle seven years in the making. One man has the courage to stand up for what's right. One man has the passion to take the fight to them. One man has the balls to say "Hell yeah!" to Caster Supremacy. He is...Nando "The Mando" Alessandro. Wizard Cop.   "I just failed my Charisma save" - Michael "Mike" Mearls "Now smoking: Nando's palpable, exotic presence; unadulterated ecstasy; and Thrills (the gum that tastes like soap)" - James Edward Raggi IV "6/10 ok i guess" - IGN
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Dec 3, 2015 06:27
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I am ready, ready for action, hijinks, and goblin murder! See y'all soon!
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Dec 3, 2015 23:34
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I'll allow you all to freely change your Power and Feat selections in between sessions. As a recap of what dropped this session: Repulsion Armor, Leather +1 Architect's Staff, +1 Luckblade, Dagger +1 And then A Darker Porpoise has been tracking the group's standing through this link
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Dec 4, 2015 09:50
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So just for recaps in case y'all didn't copy it down Adar quote:Architect's staff This has a bit of a weird interaction with swarm of locusts, the blast still only targets a 3x3 section of the map but the after effect left behind is a 4x4 area. The +1 to attack and damage on this will be subsumed by our inherent bonuses come level 2 Shard quote:Repulsion Leather Armor +1  .Shenk quote:Luckblade Dagger +1 The +1 to attack and damage on this will be subsumed by our inherent bonuses come level 2. Money wise we're doing pretty good assuming we're just auto converting any material goods into gold immediately. If we ponied up the cash we could pay for a lower tier magical item for one of our party members or if we continue along the path we're going we'll easily be able to purchase a single level 1-3 item each in no time at all! Assuming we can find someone to do Mechanics wise I'm trading clever strike(CA against enemies next to my allies) for deft strike(move 2 and then attack). Successful Businessmanga fucked around with this message at 23:48 on Dec 6, 2015 |
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Dec 5, 2015 01:57
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E: didn't notice the date. Obviously can't apply, but curious anyway. Has the module been tweaked in any way? It's not got the best rep.
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Dec 5, 2015 19:09
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I believe we're playing the reprint version which has some tweaking built in of how the encounters are laid out compared to the original, but I can't speak as to whether this is more difficult overall yet. We've yet to come up against what decimated my group so hard that we stopped playing so I'm sure if we all come in next week and post dejectedly about how we got murdered by Irontooth you'll see if it's been changed for the better . We did get through what I remember as the first common TPK (kobolds at a waterfall) without too much trouble, everyone is down a couple of surges across the 3 combats we did, and no dailies have had to be popped. Mainly we've just had really bad dice luck haha.
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Dec 5, 2015 21:07
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Maxwell Lord posted:E: didn't notice the date. Obviously can't apply, but curious anyway. I'm mostly making sure that: Monster HP is MM3-compliant Brute, Solo and Elite defenses aren't overtuned Players get more loot
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Dec 6, 2015 01:11
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This is just for my personal reference, but the Dark Sun Arena Gladiator feats are in Dragon #368
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Dec 7, 2015 07:21
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I'll be a little late. On my way, though.
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Dec 11, 2015 01:42
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Things for Mynaquote:Dwarven Armor+1 Enhancement is replaced by inherent bonuses at level 4. quote:Vengeful Execution Axe+1 Inherent bonuses replace the Enhancement at level 2
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Dec 11, 2015 03:41
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Recap of stuff: From the Kobold cave: Vengeful Weapon, Execution Axe +1 (level 5) Dwarven Armor, Chain +1 (level 2) From the Dragon burial site: 115 gp 3 gems worth 100 gp each (300 gp) ancient mirror worth 550 gp Orb of Unlucky Exchanges, +1 (level 3) Reward for stopping the kobold threat: 540 gp Amulet of Health, +1 === You are all level 2 now You can buy any magic item in the books that you might want/need As before, you can change your powers or feats to whatever's accessible for your level If you have any questions, you can post here, or PM me, or email me, or we are intermittently online at #shadowkeepsa on synIRC And then A Darker Porpoise has been tracking the group's standing through this link
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Dec 11, 2015 04:39
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Since I gained a level, can I retrain one of our bonus feats? I'd like to turn Versatile Expertise into Orb Expertise, since Nando's weapons make him basically David Bowie in Labyrinth.
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Dec 11, 2015 04:59
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Bleu posted:Since I gained a level, can I retrain one of our bonus feats? I'd like to turn Versatile Expertise into Orb Expertise, since Nando's weapons make him basically David Bowie in Labyrinth. Yes, you may. ADarkerPorpoise, I know I said different prior. I've changed my mind. You can change the generic Versatile Expertise into one of the weapon-type specific Expertises (with the trade-off being that it's just towards that weapon type)
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Dec 11, 2015 05:03
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gradenko_2000 posted:Yes, you may. Good....Good. 
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Dec 11, 2015 05:06
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Tips for using roll20: Instead of using the /roll command, you can type something like:  And it will come out as:  This takes up less of the chatlog space, and lets you roll to-hit and damage at the same time. So if the power card on your character sheet says:  Then the text string to enter into the chatbox would be code:For me I just have a notepad for each of these attacks, so I can just copy-paste them to the chatbox, add whatever circumstantial bonus I might have, then hit enter. You can do the same with skills as well. And if anyone wants help setting up such text strings, let me know!
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Dec 11, 2015 05:21
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New sheet, new tricks. Class: Wizard. Alignment: Wizard. Bleu fucked around with this message at 05:32 on Dec 11, 2015 |
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Dec 11, 2015 05:28
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Cool beans! Regarding the expertise retraining If people make any big purchases you can open the tracking sheet to the wealth page and if you'd put in a "-360" or whatever you spent underneath your character's name and note that you purchased something, or post in the thread what you've bought I'd appreciate it .Shenk is leveled up to 2. Power: Sneak in the Attack: Minor action to tag a target, next ally to hit that target who has combat advantage against it can deal my sneak attack damage to it which is an additional 2d6. Feat: Deft Hurler Style: When I make someone miss with my halfling racial power I can use the Sly Flourish power against them as a free action. Retrain: Versatile expertise into light blade expertise(+1 damage against enemies granting CA) Magic Item Bought: None right now my I'm still saving up until I can decide on what I want first. Acrobat Boots: 520 gp to get standing from prone as a minor. Flowform Armor or a Shielding Dagger would be 840 so I'd need 389gp still over what I have.  Iron armbands of Striking would run me 1800gp so I'm pretty sure those are gonna have to wait .Item blurbs from this session. For Nando found in a garbage dump. quote:Orb of Unlucky Exchange The enhancements here are already covered by our level 2 inherent bonuses. For someone tbd quote:Amulet of Health The enhancements here will be null at 4th level I'm personally nominating Shard to get the amulet as buffing our defender's defenses isn't going to do anything but pay off in the long run .
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Dec 11, 2015 06:21
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Here's Myna's nice and updated sheet!
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Dec 12, 2015 01:49
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I had some time today so I drew up a less-awful Myna image (and token) 
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Dec 17, 2015 00:40
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Uploaded to our roll20. That looks neat!
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Dec 17, 2015 06:39
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Got called into work so I'm probably going to be late tonight.
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Dec 17, 2015 20:30
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Had to call the game tonight. I won't be free next Thursday because that's Christmas already for me, but I am available on 1. Mon, Dec 21; 8:00 PM EST 2. Tue, Dec 22; 8:00 PM EST 3. Wed, Dec 23; 8:00 PM EST Please let me know if you're available on any of these days. If we can get a consensus, I'll run a game for that day then.
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Dec 18, 2015 02:53
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I'm free all three days so no worries there.
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Dec 18, 2015 03:06
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I too am free all three of those nights.
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