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Crap, how do I win back my nerd points?
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Don’t sweat it. I’m married (as is What Exit?), plus I used to play tournament racquetball and volleyball (which I still coach). If it is really important to earn back your nerd points, tell us you play glockenspiel.
Big assumption here is that they don’t hit back, especially against us lightly armored shmucks. This ain’t like the movies, boy. I haven’t signed a multi-movie deal, so I need to ensure my character is alive at the end if I want to be in the sequel!
Big assumption here is that they don’t hit back, especially against us lightly armored shmucks.
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I’d expect a 3rd level Pathfinder in leather to defeat at least 12 orcs one at a time (say in a narrow passage) and maybe 5 orcs attacking simultaneously.
That bonus damage means an orc dies with each Pathfinder hit…
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This ain’t like the movies, boy. I haven’t signed a multi-movie deal, so I need to ensure my character is alive at the end if I want to be in the sequel!
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I liked the out takes at the end of Rush Hour 2. In one, a villain falls from a high window head first into a car. Chris Tucker cracks up Jackie Chan by saying “He’s not going to be in Rush Hour 3!”
[QUOTE=D_Odds]
Don’t sweat it. I’m married (as is What Exit?), plus I used to play tournament racquetball and volleyball (which I still coach). If it is really important to earn back your nerd points, tell us you play glockenspiel.
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I wish I could, I play electric guitar. :smack: Lead guitar at that. :o
Please don’t kick me out of the group!
(notice the emoticons? Emoticons make people like you. Please like me.)
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Big assumption here is that they don’t hit back, especially against us lightly armored shmucks. This ain’t like the movies, boy. I haven’t signed a multi-movie deal, so I need to ensure my character is alive at the end if I want to be in the sequel!
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Boy? I was learning the bow before there was a King under the Mountain! (Granted, to match Legolas’s success in an archery duel I’d like the benefit of battlements, like he had, but I’m not that easy to hit.)
A brawl in the dark should be a happy hunting ground for Mulligan; me too, especially if we have just a little light. But do beware of orcish night-vision - it’s rumoured to be good.
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Speaking of Night vision, how is mine comparitivly? I have good night vision for 120’, how good is that?
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Pathfinder works. I am just being conscious of our campaign environment.
Leather isn’t very comfortable to sleep in either, and I wouldn’t want to ride a horse in chainmail. Actually, given my one horse riding experience, I don’t want to ride on a horse regardless of what I am wearing.
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Riding in Chain mail was pretty common however. It is also a standard of Fantasy Role playing. Plates & Splints are much tougher and generally used only before battle. The Dwarf’s is well suited to long Pony rides and is extremely custom made. He made it himself.
Thoroncir’s chain is designed for Light Calvary and Marines. It is a design long perfected by these descendants of the Numenoreans.
Leather is something you get used to when he need to carry it anyway. It is not the height of comfort, but arrows are far worse in this world. My understanding is that Leather is not much worse than wearing today’s body armor. Warm and bulky, but something you get use to quickly enough if in potentially hostile areas.
Theogrim is unlikely to even consider riding without his High Quality Chain Mail. It is very well made as it was made my Gimli’s people.
No one is really likely to ever try sleeping in their armor, but riding is not a major hassle. These are all campaigners to one degree or another. NAF1138: You nightvision is very good to a certain point. You pretty much see as well as the orcs and nowhere near as well as the elf. Of course you all make the humans appear nearly blind at night.
As to Geek Cred, I have 3 questions for you,
What is your name?
What is your quest?
What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Minor note with the killing Orcs in one shot idea. This is mostly true, but some Orcs are battle hardened survivors from prior wars and have more than a HD. Also Uruk Hai are never below 2+1 HD.
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Boy? I was learning the bow before there was a King under the Mountain! (Granted, to match Legolas’s success in an archery duel I’d like the benefit of battlements, like he had, but I’m not that easy to hit.)
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Apologies for the wild exaggeration, btw. The kingdom of Erebor (the original one) was up and running long before Gil-Gandel was born. He is, on the other hand, comfortably older than the Riddermark - he was a young Elf, but by no means a child, before Eorl the Young was crowned, or the Rohirrim took up their present lodgings, or the Golden Hall (“a thatched barn where brigands drink in the reek, and their brats roll on the floor among the dogs”, to quote someone whose views are most definitely not shared by GG) was built.
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Merry is far more nimble than you would expect for a 100 year old. He will admit to staying back for bow work mainly. He mounted his Pony with far more ease than Ghan and more grace than yourself.
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A Pony? He and Pippin were, thanks to the Ent draughts, large enough to ride horses. A Rider of the Mark, capable of riding a horse, any thoughts on why he would be riding a pony?
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A Pony? He and Pippin were, thanks to the Ent draughts, large enough to ride horses. A Rider of the Mark, capable of riding a horse, any thoughts on why he would be riding a pony?
Enjoy,
Steven
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It’s true that Merry and Pippin were the only two Hobbits to outgrow Bandobras “Bullroarer” Took, who was four feet five and famously rode a horse when he was improving his golf handicap, but when Merry accompanied the host of Rohan to Gondor he rode a pony initially, and went as a passenger with “Dernhelm” the rest of the way. Besides, he’s over a hundred, which is old even for a hobbit - not as old as for a Man, but still a good eighty in human terms.
He was made a Knight of the Mark under the name of “Holdwine”, but that was for his valour, not equestrianism.
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And here was me thinking it was for his drinking capability
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Hee.
Since “-wine” turns up a lot in Rohirric names, I think it is probably a “false friend” - although it could be a pun on “Brandy-buck”, I suppose. I don’t think I’ve ever seen enough evidence to support it.
(The very last words of Appendix F to LotR helpfully tell us that “Brandybuck” comes from a Hobbitish word, “Brandagamba” more literally translated as “Marchbuck” (as in “margin” or “border”); “Braldagamba” *would * literally mean “Brandy-buck”, but it might not be a career move for a young hobbit to mispronounce the Master of Buckland’s name in that manner.)
From the Monster Manual (which came out around the time of Edition 1), typical infravision (=nightsight) ranges are:
dwarf 60’
elf 60’
hobbit none (except ‘Stouts’, who seem related to Dwarves)
human none
orc no range given, but prefers darkness to sunlight
My Wose (not in above manual) has 60’ vision in starlight.
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No infravision as per the book. Rather think of it at really excellent night sight. The elves especially see nearly as well on a starry night as during the day. They are not quite as good as a Dwarf in the near complete darkness of a mine or deep cave. Hobbits see better than humans, but not as well as a Dwarf. They do see better typically during the day though than Dwarves or Humans.
Orcs see about as well as Dwarves in dark conditions and have terrible daytime vision. Except the Uruk Hai of course.
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I’d expect a 3rd level Pathfinder in leather to defeat at least 12 orcs one at a time (say in a narrow passage) and maybe 5 orcs attacking simultaneously.
That bonus damage means an orc dies with each Pathfinder hit…
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I’ve learned not to test the gods of random dice rolls too much. I’ve seen some strange, strange things happen.
I was thinking the older Hollywood Shuffle. When a ‘big star’ is asked how he evaluates a script, he says he turns to the last page to see if he is still alive. If yes, he accepts the script, so he can also get the sequels.
Actually, Brin, tall and skinny (I think he is the tallest in the party), doesn’t look completely comfortable no matter what he does. His movements, unlike a similarly slender elf, are not filled with any grace. Those who haven’t seen him fight might be wondering if he got the messenger job just to keep him out of any real danger.
