OT: D&D 4e or: Wanna slaughter some minions?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Since we may be starting soon, I'd like everyone to state one thing they'd like to see in the game.

Depending on what it is, it might not happen right away, but if it's not going to happen at all, I'll tell you and try to negotiate. (I don't expect to happen, but someone could be silly and say 'A Vorpal sword...At second level' )

(Yes, my sleep schedule can get very wonky...Especially when I'm trying to unwonky it)

[Nocturnal]

A quest which requires us to wholesale slaughter innocent garden-variety bunny rabbits. I don't care how little XP or gold we can get out of it, it's just that I like massacring bunnies.

[Astorax]

I would like for the party to somehow receive a long time frame quest in addition to any short term quests the town has to offer. Like a quest that would take many adventures to finally draw to a close taking us ever further afield (or deeper in the ground )

[narf poit chez BOOM]

@Astorax: I'll assume the party is going unaligned when I formulate that; if the party doesn't, it'll be the easiest to modify.

[Nocturnal]

I'm trying to choose my character's spells and I wonder...
Is a range of 20 considered a pretty long, medium, or a short range for most combats? Like, can I expect to start a fair number of combats within 10 or 20 squares of the nearest enemies?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

(Note: The math is there just to show conclusions. )

x5 to convert to feet. That's 100 feet.

Most first-level characters move 6 squares - That's 30 feet.

3 and 1/3 (4) rounds to close, assuming only one side is closing (Logical, if the other side is using ranged weapons to weaken their enemy)

1.833~ (2) rounds to close if both are charging.

Question is, in which case is the power more useful and does it do something appropriately useful in that time?


Oh - The start of combats. In dungeons, you could easily start in the 6-12 square range. In open fields, anywhere from 40 squares to 2 squares, depending on terrain, 'shrubbery' and stealth/perception rolls.

[Astorax]

Well, as the Rogue, I'll be stealthed most of the time scouting ahead for traps/enemies. So we will have advanced warning most of the time. There are always surprises though.

I would say yes to that question - definetly within 20 squares and probably alot of the time within 10 unless its some huge room of course.

[Nocturnal]

Wonderful. In that case I'm sticking with my Blizzard build with many powerful and debilitating frost spells (and only one daily acid spell for the long-range terminations.)
I'll be fairly impotent beyond a range of 11 (not even taking Magic Missile or Sleep) so we'll count on the strikers or bows to cover us against ranged enemies. But I'll be a storm of icy death at exactly that range.
My initiative is embarrassingly pathetic: I'll always move last. Keep me alive for the first round and then we'll talk.

Oh, and I have every perception and knowledge-based skill except Dungeoneering (and streetwise if you count that.) Can't help it, wizards don't have that many options... and my head is hideously large.

Narf, how would you like us to send character sheets and communicate? IRC does not like me, and I don't like it.
You can reach me by email at lord_admiral_guy[ignorethisplaceholder_itistoresistspam]atyahoo.com

Hmm, come to think of it, I can possibly just add it as an attachment here. There. Tell me if I got anything terribly, terribly wrong!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

We're trying Maptool. It is currently not wanting to connect.

I think you're missing powers.

Fill-out-able character sheet, three posts down: http://forums.comicgenesis.com/viewt...84008&start=20

Will sleep soon. No sleep yet. Coherency going bye-bye.

[Nocturnal]

Maybe I can't post two attachments to the same post? I dunno, but here are my spells.

As the thingy says, "my name cannot be pronounced by the likes of you, but there are some who know me as... Bob." He also likes to name all his spells after himself. He's really a bit of a jackass, but a very capable wizard, for a beginner anyway. (I actually stole every single idea I've used so far from somewhere else. That one from "The Holy Grail.")

I can understand if you think a terrifying and imposing name like... Bob is far too imposing and frightening for men and beasts alike. It wouldn't be fair to have entire swarms of minions flee at the mere sound of his name. If you prefer, I'd consent to take the more boring and less impressive name Dorfamal.

[Edit:] Updated spell list because I decided Icy Terrain sucks even with the Blizzard feat! See post further down...