"I got nuthin'. My magic is about being sneaky and messing with people, not moving stuff or making lava less...lava-y. Anything I can think of t' try is...not a great move."
"Do we still have that rod? Maybe we can floaty hand it with some rope secured to it in a way that would allow me, Tommary the Unworthy, to take a running rope jump, swing most of the lava and release at the ropes furthest point of extension? [OOC: basically using the rope as a sort of lever to make a spectacular jump?]. I, and anyone else willing to Knievel* this."
*Knievel van Dyke has the market in some ways literally cornered for Cliffside Chimney sweeps. He's purported to take care of whole city blocks of flues without ever setting foot in his clients buildings. Does it all from the rooftops. Knievel's antics came to Tommary's mind when contemplating building a boat out of admantium from Santa's chimney, and the thought of Knievel put him on this tact instead. Knievel sometimes hung out with Tommary's totally real combat sports daredevil scene, where Knievel developed a reputation for being something of a D__k. Tommary didn't have a lot of love for the guy, but recognized Knievel wasn't a bad, and certainly not an eval, man. He thought a lot of Knievel's social sootiness came from a broken heart. Knievel often talked of his love for some magic parisol lady, but the only parisol Tommary ever saw Knievel near were the ones placed in his rum drinks. Tommary also thought there may be some social anxiety when Knievel mixed with the gladiatorial circuit, when he talked amongst the scene he seemed to cop the Lockesworkers manners of speech, but never quite pulled it off right.
"Do we still have that rod? Maybe we can floaty hand it with some rope secured to it in a way that would allow me, Tommary the Unworthy, to take a running rope jump, swing most of the lava and release at the ropes furthest point of extension? [OOC: basically using the rope as a sort of lever to make a spectacular jump?]. I, and anyone else willing to Knievel* this."
*Knievel van Dyke has the market in some ways literally cornered for Cliffside Chimney sweeps. He's purported to take care of whole city blocks of flues without ever setting foot in his clients buildings. Does it all from the rooftops. Knievel's antics came to Tommary's mind when contemplating building a boat out of admantium from Santa's chimney, and the thought of Knievel put him on this tact instead. Knievel sometimes hung out with Tommary's totally real combat sports daredevil scene, where Knievel developed a reputation for being something of a D__k. Tommary didn't have a lot of love for the guy, but recognized Knievel wasn't a bad, and certainly not an eval, man. He thought a lot of Knievel's social sootiness came from a broken heart. Knievel often talked of his love for some magic parisol lady, but the only parisol Tommary ever saw Knievel near were the ones placed in his rum drinks. Tommary also thought there may be some social anxiety when Knievel mixed with the gladiatorial circuit, when he talked amongst the scene he seemed to cop the Lockesworkers manners of speech, but never quite pulled it off right.
Using a rope and the rod to swing over could possibly be done. Not sure how you plan to carry the 180 lbs door though...
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"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
Using a rope and the rod to swing over could possibly be done. Not sure how you plan to carry the 180 lbs door though...
That's totally a detail Tommary the Unworthy won't worry about till he gets over there. He wants to get over there and has devised a plan, actually two plans.
"Ok, so we like float the bar up say about there [Tommary the Unworthy points out a point in space that would seem to be the furthest and highest they could get the rod with a rope attached to it] with a rope fastened to it. Then I either do the big running leap and swing it over like Knievel on the rooftops ... or I ride Toot-Rex's here head dome sorta like she's the spring for a crossbow and I'm the bolt, and when I fly I use the rope to swing across. And once I'm over there, I check out that door. The other way would be we float the rod up there with a rope, I shimmy up the rope and then build up enough momentum to spin around the rod, release the rod, flip through air, set the rod, release again, etc. until I make over there then I check out that door. I'm thinking that's the less viable of the two options. What d'y'all think?"
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"Th' problem with Knieveling your way across the giant river'a lava is that if you screw it up, there's no saving you," Ilyara pointed out. "You fall into that mess? You're cooked. Literally. We can't save you. You're literally gamblin' your life on one roll'a the dice, and whether or not you're a good enough flying fishman to make that jump. An' even if you do, how d'you get back? You gonna retain th' rope even after takin' your flying leap off'a it? This team's got a distinct habit of botchin' its first run at something, then recovering and figurin' out a way forward after the botch. That ain't no bad skill to have. But botch this? We all get to watch you burn to ash. You okay with that bein' the last show you ever put on, Tallboots? Three Waywatcher ladies in the bowels of a rot-infested mountain watchin' you burn to ash?"
"Well, the least cool, like literally least cool, option is me seeing if I can walk across it with my Unworthy Right to Stormwalker here. I know I can do all sorts of literal water walking, and probably oil walking, maybe molasses walking, and I'm pretty sure I can walk over the liquid lava there, hey is lava related to the word for bath? that lightning hit's got my brain working all kinds of funny. Anyway, while I'm sure I can set foot over it, so to speak, I don't know if the heat will bring me down, you know what I'm saying. I guess we could lower be down on a rope and if I start shouting TOO HOT TOO HOT, TOOTS TOO HOT, because Toots like phonically fits in there, we yank my burning man self up."
OOC: it must be the lightning strike side effects that have Tommary like literally waiting for permission to do any of this
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"Well, the least cool, like literally least cool, option is me seeing if I can walk across it with my Unworthy Right to Stormwalker here. I know I can do all sorts of literal water walking, and probably oil walking, maybe molasses walking, and I'm pretty sure I can walk over the liquid lava there, hey is lava related to the word for bath? that lightning hit's got my brain working all kinds of funny. Anyway, while I'm sure I can set foot over it, so to speak, I don't know if the heat will bring me down, you know what I'm saying. I guess we could lower be down on a rope and if I start shouting TOO HOT TOO HOT, TOOTS TOO HOT, because Toots like phonically fits in there, we yank my burning man self up."
OOC: it must be the lightning strike side effects that have Tommary like literally waiting for permission to do any of this
"I mean, not literally Toots Rex here, I mean if I'm able to walk on the hot drink but the heat's too much, I'll likely start yelling "too hot, too hot" and Toots' name sorta fits in there, but I'm figuring Ely would be my anchor for this stunt if we want to test the molten waters."
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Elyona continues to be a bit dazed from her injuries, and it takes her a while to sort out what it being said. Finally it all sinks in, and she says, “I’m not sure it’s worth trying to get over there; it looks like a dead end to me. If you’re absolutely committed to trying, the rod and rope idea is likely the best. Another day, I could use the power Arvoreen grants me to help you endure some of the heat, but today I too warn out to do so. I could offering you her blessing, which might or might not help with the swing. Now if you’ll excuse me for just a moment.” Elya takes a careful step or two away from the group, closes her eyes, and offers a prayer or Arvoreen. A cheerful green glow surrounds her for a few moments, and some of her wounds close and heal.
OOC: Lay on of Hands for 30 HP; that still leaves her 15 in an emergency; that puts her just barely over half HP. But at least she’s not hanging on by a thread, and maybe she’ll be better able to pay attention! On a day when Elyona hadn’t already blown both her 3rd levels slots, she could cast protection from energy, which would grant Tommary resistance to fire damage; but that’s still a long shot given those damage numbers.
Oh, and Sposta, thank you for a pop culture reference I actually got! Most of the ones bandied about by the rest of you go right over my head, I’m afraid. It was nice to see one I understood immediately!
OOC: the funny/awful part is that one more cleric level and Ilyara would have both Polymorph and Dimension Door, and this wouldn't be the slightest issue. Heh. This is what I get for crossing the streams.
OOC: Lay on of Hands for 30 HP; that still leaves her 15 in an emergency; that puts her just barely over half HP. But at least she’s not hanging on by a thread, and maybe she’ll be better able to pay attention! On a day when Elyona hadn’t already blown both her 3rd levels slots, she could cast protection from energy, which would grant Tommary resistance to fire damage; but that’s still a long shot given those damage numbers.
Oh, and Sposta, thank you for a pop culture reference I actually got! Most of the ones bandied about by the rest of you go right over my head, I’m afraid. It was nice to see one I understood immediately!
🦖Toots nuzzles Ely, and then gives her a great big wet slobbery dino-kiss to make it better.
OOC: My pleasure!
PS- OOC: Should we take a Short Rest so Elyona can spend some but dice and heal up? It’ll drop Toots out of Dinomorph, but it doesn’t seem to be doing us any good anymore anyway. Or, while Ely rests Toots could turn flappy-flap, fly whoever wants over to investigate the door, and fly back. Like I said, it’ll eat her last 4th-level slot, but she has a 5th, all of her 3rd & 1st, and most of her 2nd-level slots left.
OOC: Do you mean:
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OOC: Primal Rage! so much fun!
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-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
So...What are you going to do now?
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
"I got nuthin'. My magic is about being sneaky and messing with people, not moving stuff or making lava less...lava-y. Anything I can think of t' try is...not a great move."
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"Do we still have that rod? Maybe we can floaty hand it with some rope secured to it in a way that would allow me, Tommary the Unworthy, to take a running rope jump, swing most of the lava and release at the ropes furthest point of extension? [OOC: basically using the rope as a sort of lever to make a spectacular jump?]. I, and anyone else willing to Knievel* this."
*Knievel van Dyke has the market in some ways literally cornered for Cliffside Chimney sweeps. He's purported to take care of whole city blocks of flues without ever setting foot in his clients buildings. Does it all from the rooftops. Knievel's antics came to Tommary's mind when contemplating building a boat out of admantium from Santa's chimney, and the thought of Knievel put him on this tact instead. Knievel sometimes hung out with Tommary's totally real combat sports daredevil scene, where Knievel developed a reputation for being something of a D__k. Tommary didn't have a lot of love for the guy, but recognized Knievel wasn't a bad, and certainly not an eval, man. He thought a lot of Knievel's social sootiness came from a broken heart. Knievel often talked of his love for some magic parisol lady, but the only parisol Tommary ever saw Knievel near were the ones placed in his rum drinks. Tommary also thought there may be some social anxiety when Knievel mixed with the gladiatorial circuit, when he talked amongst the scene he seemed to cop the Lockesworkers manners of speech, but never quite pulled it off right.
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
OOC: D&D doesn't have many knock back rules or magic that does knock back. If TyranoToots hits Tommary with a tail smash, he just gets smashed.
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
OOC: How about a hackysack style toe flip? (I’m trying to figure out if there’s any way to “throw” him without her tiny arms.)
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Using a rope and the rod to swing over could possibly be done. Not sure how you plan to carry the 180 lbs door though...
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
That's totally a detail Tommary the Unworthy won't worry about till he gets over there. He wants to get over there and has devised a plan, actually two plans.
"Ok, so we like float the bar up say about there [Tommary the Unworthy points out a point in space that would seem to be the furthest and highest they could get the rod with a rope attached to it] with a rope fastened to it. Then I either do the big running leap and swing it over like Knievel on the rooftops ... or I ride Toot-Rex's here head dome sorta like she's the spring for a crossbow and I'm the bolt, and when I fly I use the rope to swing across. And once I'm over there, I check out that door. The other way would be we float the rod up there with a rope, I shimmy up the rope and then build up enough momentum to spin around the rod, release the rod, flip through air, set the rod, release again, etc. until I make over there then I check out that door. I'm thinking that's the less viable of the two options. What d'y'all think?"
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
"Th' problem with Knieveling your way across the giant river'a lava is that if you screw it up, there's no saving you," Ilyara pointed out. "You fall into that mess? You're cooked. Literally. We can't save you. You're literally gamblin' your life on one roll'a the dice, and whether or not you're a good enough flying fishman to make that jump. An' even if you do, how d'you get back? You gonna retain th' rope even after takin' your flying leap off'a it? This team's got a distinct habit of botchin' its first run at something, then recovering and figurin' out a way forward after the botch. That ain't no bad skill to have. But botch this? We all get to watch you burn to ash. You okay with that bein' the last show you ever put on, Tallboots? Three Waywatcher ladies in the bowels of a rot-infested mountain watchin' you burn to ash?"
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"Well, the least cool, like literally least cool, option is me seeing if I can walk across it with my Unworthy Right to Stormwalker here. I know I can do all sorts of literal water walking, and probably oil walking, maybe molasses walking, and I'm pretty sure I can walk over the liquid lava there, hey is lava related to the word for bath? that lightning hit's got my brain working all kinds of funny. Anyway, while I'm sure I can set foot over it, so to speak, I don't know if the heat will bring me down, you know what I'm saying. I guess we could lower be down on a rope and if I start shouting TOO HOT TOO HOT, TOOTS TOO HOT, because Toots like phonically fits in there, we yank my burning man self up."
OOC: it must be the lightning strike side effects that have Tommary like literally waiting for permission to do any of this
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"I mean, not literally Toots Rex here, I mean if I'm able to walk on the hot drink but the heat's too much, I'll likely start yelling "too hot, too hot" and Toots' name sorta fits in there, but I'm figuring Ely would be my anchor for this stunt if we want to test the molten waters."
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Entering/touching the lava is 18d10.
I suppose it might only hurt this much:
lava fire 115
lava fire 101
Just letting you know the risk involved.
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
Tommary the Unworthy looks over the edge and feels the heat radiating from below. "Yeah, too hot, calling that too hot."
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Elyona continues to be a bit dazed from her injuries, and it takes her a while to sort out what it being said. Finally it all sinks in, and she says, “I’m not sure it’s worth trying to get over there; it looks like a dead end to me. If you’re absolutely committed to trying, the rod and rope idea is likely the best. Another day, I could use the power Arvoreen grants me to help you endure some of the heat, but today I too warn out to do so. I could offering you her blessing, which might or might not help with the swing. Now if you’ll excuse me for just a moment.” Elya takes a careful step or two away from the group, closes her eyes, and offers a prayer or Arvoreen. A cheerful green glow surrounds her for a few moments, and some of her wounds close and heal.
OOC: Lay on of Hands for 30 HP; that still leaves her 15 in an emergency; that puts her just barely over half HP. But at least she’s not hanging on by a thread, and maybe she’ll be better able to pay attention! On a day when Elyona hadn’t already blown both her 3rd levels slots, she could cast protection from energy, which would grant Tommary resistance to fire damage; but that’s still a long shot given those damage numbers.
Oh, and Sposta, thank you for a pop culture reference I actually got! Most of the ones bandied about by the rest of you go right over my head, I’m afraid. It was nice to see one I understood immediately!
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OOC: the funny/awful part is that one more cleric level and Ilyara would have both Polymorph and Dimension Door, and this wouldn't be the slightest issue. Heh. This is what I get for crossing the streams.
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🦖Toots nuzzles Ely, and then gives her a great big wet slobbery dino-kiss to make it better.
OOC: My pleasure!
PS- OOC: Should we take a Short Rest so Elyona can spend some but dice and heal up? It’ll drop Toots out of Dinomorph, but it doesn’t seem to be doing us any good anymore anyway. Or, while Ely rests Toots could turn flappy-flap, fly whoever wants over to investigate the door, and fly back. Like I said, it’ll eat her last 4th-level slot, but she has a 5th, all of her 3rd & 1st, and most of her 2nd-level slots left.
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OOC: ArwensDaughter, do you wanna take a short rest for Ely?
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