Out of Character (OOC)

We will continue when everyone has introduced their characters. =)

By the way, And I don't know if this would be a lot of work for our GM in this system, but I am totally OK with having our inititive rolled for us all at once, down the line if it speeds things up.
Thoughts everyone?

Actually, I'll roll it in the future, its not individual rolls. You will just choose each PC's starting location.

This time, the roll was part of the tutorial; for some, it's their first power roll.

By the way, if you hit the grey book by your character name in the list of your characters it makes it so the rest of us can see your character.

Uploading the last part of this interview because I like James's pitch of his (he was the lead designer, it gets to be his as well as the rest of the team's) game. (the start at embed isnt working, go to 1:29:03, or jump to it externally HERE)

Yeah, this can be a little confusing at first.

"Free strikes" in Draw Steel are called that not because they don’t cost anything to use, but because they’re available to everyone by default. They aren’t one of your limited, special Class abilities that you usually pick during character creation — everyone gets access to them automatically.

It is also the one used by your Opportunity Attack.

Thank you for letting us know. =)

We need to hightail it to Obsidian and Shrike before they get overwhelmed. Does anyone have any AoE abilities, or is it just one target per?

Also, am I missing something, is there a reason I would use ray of wrath (other than the cool name) over blessed light, when the latter does slightly more damage and has the additional benefit of giving surge?

Oops. My fault. Ray of Wrath is your (slightly better than usual) ranged free strike. Sometimes, you cannot use a regular main action, just a free strike.

I improved the description in your character sheet.

Marbin only have single targets. Preferably single targets not next to allies. Though he has a range of 10.

Yeah, it looks like, at least for the Conduit class, AoE powers come in at later levels.

We also don't have access to our 3-insight and 5-insight abilities where I would think most area attacks would be.

I feel like we are getting a bit overrun, but I will have to take my next main action to heal.

So does using my jump ability in combat add to damage or anything?

No... Jump alllows you to avoid pits, chasms, difficult terrain, obstacles... But don't change your damage.

Tutorial notes

Hey folks! Just a quick heads-up in advance — I’ll be traveling starting next Wednesday for about a week. I won’t have access to a computer, just my phone, so my posts might be shorter or a bit sporadic while I’m away. I’ll do my best to keep things moving, but replies may be slower than usual.

Thanks for your patience!

Thanks for the head's up!
I hope travel goes smoothly for you.

No worries, safe travels!

I can do a knockback of a creature if anyone wants it closer.

Alright folks, that’s our first checkpoint. The skirmish outside the Delian Tomb has come to an end. This was a great chance to get a feel for the dice mechanics, combat, pacing, and a bit of my GMing style. We also got to learn some of Draw Steel in practice.

From here, we have a choice:

Leave - If you’d like to leave the game here, that’s absolutely fine — thank you so much for joining, and sorry if there were any rough edges along the way. This was my first time running Draw Steel, and I’m grateful for the chance to learn with you.

Onwards - If you’d like to continue, the adventure moves into the Delian Tomb, where we’ll face more goblins, traps, dangerous terrain, and opportunities for your characters to shine. From this point on, both PCs and enemies will begin to gain more abilities and tactical options, making the fights richer and more complex.

Take a moment to decide what’s best for you, individually. No pressure either way.

Onward and upward downward for me! I'd like to try some more of DS and see the full complexity (or as much as one can on pbp).

And a shout out to htech, for this being your first time, imo, you're smashing it.

No way, just got back to a regular schedule. Can't wait to continue.

Onwards. This game is great and you are doing great running it.

Let's go!!!!

Great! Let's wait for @Furmyr and we can continue.

Sorry I didn't post yesterday. Didn't get through all my games in breaks at work and when I got home a migraine put a stop to anymore computer time.

No problems! I was actually referring to this:

It is. The Introductory Adventure is sold separately from the Core Rulebooks and they include those step-by-step, incremental encounters. =)

Welp, based on that cover, looks like we're in for a good time :)

Just a quick reminder that I am not at home. I won't be able to post today, unfortunately.

Was out of town on vacay, will look through thread and post later tonight.

No prob. =)

How is everyone doing on recoveries? I am at 4/10

7/10 I have been using them sparingly. I fight better winded.

8/8 as I've mostly been hanging back, but will use one after this battle is over.

6/8. Didn't need any this combat, but may have to go front line next encounter so we can share the pain.

Can we use catch breath anytime or only during battle?

During combat it is a maneuver. Outside of combat you can use as many as you want, as long as you have Respites.

Just let us know and, please, keep track of your Stamina and Respites. =)

We are waiting for Esidrix. =)

I'm good, let's move.

Hey all, I'm on a mini vacay from yesterday to Tues. I'll try and post as I can throughout the day, but evenings most likely. If you need to bot my character please do.

@htech I was looking through the rule book and found that I should have had primordial strength from the start which would have granted added might bonus dam to weapon strikes and also when pushing one into another. My might bonus is +2.

Primordial strength is gained at the forth encounter. Please remember that no one has a fully fleshed first level character in this tutorial game ;)

Gotcha. might not make it that far. Hahaha

This game is making me want to run a game of Draw Steel ...

That's great! We will end this game when you rescue the girl, so there is not that many months left here.

I am planning to GM another Draw Steel game afterwards, I liked the system, but not necessarily immediately after this one.

Feel free (and encouraged) to start your game and invite any interested players. If you need any help, just let me know =)

I have had fun playing this one, so would love to try one of the other classes as well.

https://gamersplane.com/forums/thread/39010/?p=1969857#p1969857

How does healing work outside of combat? In DnD lingo, can the cleric cast Cure X Wounds on his party members before the next big fight?

Everyone can use their Recovery to regain Stamina, provided they have any.

Shrike and Obsidian, however, have few Recoveries left. Depending on how the group plays, they could die in this final battle.

We need to plan and coordinate our next battle. It is hard to keep Obsidian from charging in but I will try. I have 2 recoveries and 1 healing potion.

Will spend 2 recoveries to get back to full health. Then I have 4 recoveries left. So Marbin is in pretty good shape.

I assume not, as my teleport ability only have self as target. I should be able to reach Violet this round throug normal movement and teleport

@PhoenixScientist Like Furmyr said, you have to check the specific ability that allows you to teleport.

If you can target a creature, ally or willing creature, you can teleport Violet. Otherwise, if you target is only "Self", you leave her behind.

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A hero who can reach Violet can free her as a maneuver. A hero carrying Violet who has a Might score of 1 or lower is Slowed while they carry her. Otherwise, you can move with her (but may receive a bane to fight)

Other option. I can stun the boss and someone can follow me in behind me and take her out of there. I assume only Obsidian wouldnt be slowed.

If you stun him, how long does it last and does anything free him sooner than the duration?

He will be Dazed and Slowed, save ends
(It can only do one action on its turn and no triggered actions)

Well, I can get there this round as I said, but it will take me both maneuver and move, so would have to convert my Main action to a Maneuver to free her. I cannot carry her without being slowed however.

With a triggered action I can act immediately after Obsidian though, so by the time the enemy has time to react at least there will be two targets in the room.

I can't move far enough to get to her in one turn move and charge is only 12 squares and charge has to be in a straight line.

@mathias0077

With my move and then charge I could get to L12

Hello everyone, I still need to do something and act as groups 2, 3, 4 and Bugbear before we finish this first round. But it's too late here, so I'll have to continue tomorrow, unfortunately.

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Hindsight's a b*tch, ha :-/

You said the ritual was hurting the girl, and we could disrupt it by attacking the bugbear. I'm here to save the girl. So...

holy crap we've done 54 damage to the bugbear and it is still up?‽!

Yeah, it did disrupt the ritual, very quickly. She didn't lost a single Stamina =)