Uummm ... No, But Thanks For Offering

[the_gneech]

Session #3 (I think?) of jamesbarrett's game with Celedras. The good news is, the Devourer did not obliterate the party as I (the player) was afraid it might. In fact, once we went to town on it, it went down pretty quickly. I had visions of either camstone's or lythandra's characters getting their souls sucked out -- and it tried! But fortunately camstone's dice came through when a success was needed and he resisted! I was never particularly worried for Celedras, because he stayed out in the hall and peppered the thing with arrows.

So anyway, we wrapped up that adventure (Dungeon Crawl Classics: The Blackguard's Revenge) and launched straight into the companion adventure (Dungeon Crawl Classics: Iron Crypt of the Heretics). Level-up time! =D So now Celedras is Scout 5 / Ranger 5 / Thief-Acrobat 1. His new favored enemy is (You guessed it!) Undead +4! He still doesn't get Skirmish damage against 'em, but Favored Enemy damage is better 'cause it doesn't matter if he moves, full-attacks, is within 30' or is on the far side of the map. And unlike precision damage (i.e., sneak attack, skirmish, etc.), it always applies.

Weird thing tho, E-Tools is randomly giving him an extra 3 points of AC all of a sudden that I can't account for. He's got:

10 (base)
+7 (elven chain +2)
+4 (18 Dex)
+1 (ring of protection +1)
22 = Total

Except that E-Tools keeps listing him as having AC 25. It's not adding in his Skirmish bonus, that would only be +1. It's not adding in the Thief-Acrobat AC bonus, because that shows up at ThfAcr 2. So where's it coming from? Pfui.

It's easy enough to fix on the character sheet ... I just wonder why it's doing it. As it is, I have to go into the HTML file of the print preview and fix his flat-footed AC as well. (Uncanny Dodge means you never have to say "I don't get my Dex bonus.")

Oh well. For those interested, here's his new (correct) stat block, DMG II-style.

Celedras (CR 11, HD 5d8+5d8+1d6+22)

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Elf (High) Sco5/Rgr5/ThfAcr1
NG Medium Humanoid (Elf)
Init +5
Spd 40
Senses Low-light Vision (Ex), search for Secret/Concealed Doors, Listen +14, Spot +16

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AC 22 (FF 22, Touch 15)
hp 77 (11 HD)
Saves: Fort +8, Ref +14, Will +4
Immunity: Sleep Effects (Ex); +2 Saves vs. Enchantment Spells and Effects; Evasion;

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Atk +11/+6 base melee, +12/+7 base ranged; Grapple +11;
   +14/+9 Ranged (+1 flamingLongbow, composite (+3 Str Bonus) 1d8+4+1d6/x3) OR
   +12/+7/+12 Ranged (+1 flamingLongbow, composite (+3 Str Bonus) 1d8+4+1d6/x3) Rapid Shot OR
   +10/+5 Melee (+1 frost Sword, short 1d6+4+1d6/crit 19-20/x2) AND +10 Melee (+1 ghost touch Sword, short 1d6+2/crit 19-20/x2) OR
   +12/+7 Melee (+1 frost Sword, short 1d6+4+1d6/crit 19-20/x2)


Scout Features: Skirmish (+2d6, +1 AC) (Ex), Trapfinding, Uncanny Dodge, Battle Fortitude +1 (Ex), Trackless Step, Move: Base (10), Bonus Feat, Evasion
Ranger Features: Track, Wild Empathy (4x/day), Ranger Combat Style (Two-Weapon Fighting), Endurance, Spells, Animal Companion, Favored Enemy: Aberration (+2), Favored Enemy: Undead (+4)
Thief-Acrobat Features: Steady Stance (Ex), Kip Up (Ex), Fast Acrobatics (Ex)


Abilities: STR 16*/+3, DEX 18/+4, CON 14/+2, INT 14/+2, WIS 15*/+2, CHA 9/-1
*Str includes gauntlets of ogre power; Wis includes periapt of Wisdom +2
Feats: Armor Proficiency: light, Defensive Archery, Endurance, Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Rapid Shot, Shield Proficiency, Simple Weapon Proficiency, Track, Two-Weapon Fighting, Weapon Focus: Longbow
Skills: Balance +14, Climb +12, Disable Device +8, Escape Artist +3, Handle Animal +6, Hide +21, Jump +14, Knowledge (Nature) +6, Listen +14, Move Silently +16, Open Lock +10, Ride +12, Search +15, Spot +16, Survival +12, Swim +1, Tumble +17


Ranger Spells Prepared (--/1): 1-resist energy


Weapons: +1 Longbow, composite (+3 Str Bonus): Flaming; +1 Sword, short: Frost; +1 Sword, short: Ghost Touch; Arrows (50). Armor: +1 Leather, Barding (on his animal companion); +2 Elven Chain. (Spell Failure 20%). Goods: Coin: gp (537); Thieves` tools, Masterwork. Magic: Boots of Elvenkind; Cloak of Elvenkind; Potion of Cure Moderate Wounds (3) x2; Gauntlets of Ogre Power; Periapt of Wisdom +2; Ring of Protection +1; Quiver of Ehlonna.

His new skill ranks went mostly into Search and Move Silently, although one also went into Survival.

-The Gneech

PS: sirfox, here are the links you wanted. Now ... crash time! *thud*

Comments

[katayamma.livejournal.com]

Is it adding +2 AC for the evasion mabye?

[frostdemn.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised you're up, but it makes it seem later here than it really is. XP

[the-lizard-rat.livejournal.com]

Awww, but being entrapped by a Devourer is so... liberating! ;) Well, at least until you fade away after being drained. Yay for dice playing kind.

Sounds like a fun adventure, at any rate.

40 Speed? I thought base was 30, though it looks like he has a +10 thanks to that move:base bit.

Lizard Rat out.
Secretly a Devourer in Albany NY

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Shouldn't; Evasion doesn't affect AC.

I looked at the XML file generated by E-Tools's print command; it just randomly has "+3" in a "Misc. Modifier" tag. I'm thinking that maybe it's duplicating the magic bonuses there for some obscure reason (like possibly a programmer error), since he has +2 armor and a +1 ring.

The way E-Tools prints is kinda interesting ... it generates an XML version of the character file, then uses that to send an HTML file to Internet Explorer with a "Print this!" script. So what I did was instead of "print" I told it to do "print preview", found the temp file it sends to IE, edited the HTML to fix the errors and refreshed it, then printed that.

It's kludgey, but at least I have a correct character sheet now. Luckily, most characters don't come up with so many errors. E-Tools just doesn't like Scouts, for some reason.

-The Gneech

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Scouts get a 10' bonus to their base speed, like barbarians or monks.

-TG

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

It was plenty late for me! ;)

-TG