[OOC Dora realises that Guilliame has his own way of operating and that she needs to only intervene on the critical issues. So yep, okay for Guilliame to proceed.]
I take Guilliame's lack of response to my question as an indication that it is safe for the Hand to remain watching. Despite myself I become absorbed by Guilliame's calm, unhurried gestures.
As Guilliame continues to do his ritual, Dora hears a sound from beneath the platform the guard post is built upon; she notices that Luca also heard the sound. Perhaps an animal has crawled in under there. Rats are not uncommon in the area.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC: Paul, please roll Initiative for Dora. That is a d20 roll with a +2 bonus for her.
Andrew, Guilliame may elect to not roll for Initiative and continue with his ritual. If he wants to discontinue the ritual, please also roll for Initiative but be mindful he is in mid casting and his spell components and his spell book are all currently in use and exposed.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
This post has potentially manipulated dice roll results.
[OOC:
Initiative Rolls:
Jack:15 Alice:5 Luca:5 Barrus:9 Other:6
Guilliame: TBD. Dora: 3
The above Initiatives will apply for the events that follow, but Guilliame, Jack, Alice and Barrus are surprised and cannot act this round. Dora initiated the action and so can move this round, as can Luca who wasn't surprised; 'Other' can also act this round because they also weren't surprised.
Movement occurs from highest to lowest Initiative and we might need to wait a little to see what Andrew wants Guilliame to do.
[OOC I think you have described the guard outpost but for the life of me I can't find it. I've checked World Anvil and I've review our posts. I need to know the layout before I deploy my hand.]
[OOC I think you have described the guard outpost but for the life of me I can't find it. I've checked World Anvil and I've review our posts. I need to know the layout before I deploy my hand.]
[OOC: This page on the World Anvil site shows the plan of the outpost. Please note that you should see two versions of the guard post map, the second one shows what is in the cabin.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC: From the sounds of it, you need to log into the World Anvil site again. It is a public page so you can go there, but you need to be logged in to see private player information.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
This post has potentially manipulated dice roll results.
[OOC OKay got it.]
[OOC My assumption is that only Luka and I can make a move but that I can issue orders to the others. They just won't act in them till next move.]
"Luka and Jack, move beside the magus now, defend him.
"Alice, Barrus, ready your crossbows and follow me."
I grab a burning brand from the fire and run outside down the steps, I hold the brand beneath the platform hoping to see what it is that is there. The brand in my foremost hand, my scimitar at the ready in my other hand.
[OOC My assumption is that only Luka and I can make a move but that I can issue orders to the others. They just won't act in them till next move.]
[OOC: This is more or less correct. A round is 6 seconds, so there can't be long speeches involved. Also, you can speak before moving, your turn in the Initiative order is more to do with movement.]
"Luka and Jack, move beside the magus now, defend him.
[OOC: The members of your hand are all individual characters and may not do what is ordered. This is particularly relevant to Luca who actually moves before you and may commit to doing something other than what you order before you get the chance to say anything... Or he just may decide not to follow orders. I will determine that when I actually get to process his move.]
"Alice, Barrus, ready your crossbows and follow me."
I grab a burning brand from the fire and run outside down the steps, I hold the brand beneath the platform hoping to see what it is that is there. The brand in my foremost hand, my scimitar at the ready in my other hand.
[OOC Perception}
11
[OOC: I think I have mentioned this before, but electing to roll a Perception check actually uses your Action in combat, meaning your options for doing anything else in the same turn are very much reduced. Therefore, it might not be the wisest course of action to call for a Perception check in all circumstances.
What I possibly haven't mentioned previously is that all characters have a level of Passive Perception (Dora's is 13, see Character Sheet). This is what I—as the referee—use to determine what your character can automatically see/hear etc. It is also what someone who is hiding needs to beat so the character isn't automatically seen/heard, which may become important later.
The difference between an Active Perception check and a Passive Perception check can be subtle but generally if the referee calls for a Perception check then it will have no cost or disadvantage to the player's character. But, if a player calls for a Perception check, especially in combat, then it has an effect on what they can do (i.e., what is commonly termed their Action Economy). The pros and cons of a player initiated Perception check is that there is a chance they can roll higher than their Passive Perception. However, they can also roll lower than their Passive Perception value, which represents that they don't actually know what it is they are trying to see/hear.
Having said the above, I would still have Dora make a Perception check in this case because her action imply that that is what she is doing, but I just thought I should mention that automatically making a roll is not always the best course of action. It might also become irrelevant because of the course of events that happen earlier in the move.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC okay, I have got it - we are a loose confederacy - we are not a military unit. However what is the point of having a handleader if no-one is going to be led.]]
Both Guilliame and Jack are surprised by Dora's sudden outburst and so Luca is the first to react.
Ignoring Dora's commands, Luca draws his sword and attempts to vault over the back barrier of the platform [OOC: Acrobatics check versus a DC of 10:13]
"And where do you think you are going?" says Luca, his sword ready to strike. [OOC: He is holding an Attack action.]
Suddenly, Dora sees the sword flash down.
[OOC: Luca's To Hit Roll with minus 5 because of Cover:10]
"Damn it!" shouts Luca, looking at the cabin at the end of the platform. "He is heading that way."
[OOC: As everyone else is still surprised, it is now Dora's turn and hopefully this will demonstrate why it is better to wait to see what happens in combat. I will ignore any previous directions that have been given.]
[OOC Dora realises that Guilliame has his own way of operating and that she needs to only intervene on the critical issues. So yep, okay for Guilliame to proceed.]
I take Guilliame's lack of response to my question as an indication that it is safe for the Hand to remain watching. Despite myself I become absorbed by Guilliame's calm, unhurried gestures.
For Dora:
As Guilliame continues to do his ritual, Dora hears a sound from beneath the platform the guard post is built upon; she notices that Luca also heard the sound. Perhaps an animal has crawled in under there. Rats are not uncommon in the area.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"That was no rat!"
Loudly enough to be heard I warn the hand "arm yourselves."
I draw my scimitar.
[OOC: Paul, please roll Initiative for Dora. That is a d20 roll with a +2 bonus for her.
Andrew, Guilliame may elect to not roll for Initiative and continue with his ritual. If he wants to discontinue the ritual, please also roll for Initiative but be mindful he is in mid casting and his spell components and his spell book are all currently in use and exposed.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC Initiative]
6
[OOC Again]
3
Loudly "Protect the magus."
[OOC:
Initiative Rolls:
Jack: 15
Alice: 5
Luca: 5
Barrus: 9
Other: 6
Guilliame: TBD.
Dora: 3
The above Initiatives will apply for the events that follow, but Guilliame, Jack, Alice and Barrus are surprised and cannot act this round. Dora initiated the action and so can move this round, as can Luca who wasn't surprised; 'Other' can also act this round because they also weren't surprised.
Movement occurs from highest to lowest Initiative and we might need to wait a little to see what Andrew wants Guilliame to do.
]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC I think you have described the guard outpost but for the life of me I can't find it. I've checked World Anvil and I've review our posts. I need to know the layout before I deploy my hand.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC I definitely can't find that description.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC OKay got it.]
[OOC My assumption is that only Luka and I can make a move but that I can issue orders to the others. They just won't act in them till next move.]
"Luka and Jack, move beside the magus now, defend him.
"Alice, Barrus, ready your crossbows and follow me."
I grab a burning brand from the fire and run outside down the steps, I hold the brand beneath the platform hoping to see what it is that is there. The brand in my foremost hand, my scimitar at the ready in my other hand.
[OOC Perception}
11
I yell out "SHOW YOURSELF".
[OOC Intimidation]
10
Will stop spell and roll initiative.
17
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC okay, I have got it - we are a loose confederacy - we are not a military unit. However what is the point of having a handleader if no-one is going to be led.]]
[OOC:
Initiative Order:
Guilliame: 15
Jack: 15
Luca: 14
Alice: 12
Barrus: 6
Other: 6
Dora: 3
]
Both Guilliame and Jack are surprised by Dora's sudden outburst and so Luca is the first to react.
Ignoring Dora's commands, Luca draws his sword and attempts to vault over the back barrier of the platform [OOC: Acrobatics check versus a DC of 10: 13 ]
"And where do you think you are going?" says Luca, his sword ready to strike. [OOC: He is holding an Attack action.]
Suddenly, Dora sees the sword flash down.
[OOC: Luca's To Hit Roll with minus 5 because of Cover: 10 ]
"Damn it!" shouts Luca, looking at the cabin at the end of the platform. "He is heading that way."
[OOC: As everyone else is still surprised, it is now Dora's turn and hopefully this will demonstrate why it is better to wait to see what happens in combat. I will ignore any previous directions that have been given.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.