Middle Earth FA65 D&D 5th Ed support Thread

Hit points are all updated and in Bold. Felareth’s AC went up by 1 so also bolded.
4 characters are done and Felareth is close.

Character Race AC hp dv Init Mv 0 Status
Gwaelur Khazad Dwarf 19/23 81 120’ 2 25’ 1 done
Ghân-buri-Ghân Wose 20 59 60’ 3 30’ 2 done
Ceol Rohirrim 17 66 0 2 30’ 3 done
Bitur son of Bofur Khazad Dwarf 18/21 69 60’ 2 25’ 4 done @Hoopy_Frood
Hejren Wood Elf 14/17* 45 120’ 4 35’ 5 Spells @John_DiFool
Thoroncir Dúnedain 17/19 68 0 +3 adv 30’ 6 done @Elendil_s_Heir
Gilraen Telcontar Dúnedain (½ Elf) 16** 61 60’ 4 45’ 7 done
Felareth Took Hobbit 18 59 0 3 25’ 8 done

Also the party needs to make some game decisions too. Where to go and what to do. Maybe get to a more central location, like Rivendell? Maybe solicit help? Whoever is near the machine will have the best chance to track Saruman.

I make my AC 18, since I now keep 3 points of Dex.

I took the Prestidigitation cantrip.

Oops, yes, I have the character sheet right and my grid wrong.

I guess you missed my choosing Dispel Magic for my extra 3rd level. Or perhaps I have another choice or two that I need to make? Would my mentor have any useful spells? [Consider that an official request made to her directly]

I did miss that, sorry.

Miregol has on her, Water Breathing®; Fireball; Counterspell; Dispel; Fly©
she’s willing to teach but you need to cover the copy cost.

BRB with cost.

A spell costs 50gp/lvl and takes 2hrs/lvl. Cost is material components you expend as you experiment with the spell to master it, as well as the fine inks you need to record it. Copies of your own cost only 1hr & 10gp/spell level.

So 150gp for 3rd levels. You have a decent share of gold from the Troll horde.
Currently you only have 75gp to your name.

I like the idea of using my newfound tool expertise to rebuild Grávund to incorporate the machine into it. It’ll be nice not to have the drag the machine around with us.

Anyway, for my two new known infusions:
Resistant Armor
Replicate Magic Item (Cloak of Elvenkind)

For my active infusions, I’ll maintain the infused shield and the replicated Alchemy Jug. And I will replicate a Cloak of Elvenkind (Which since it provides an advantage to stealth will cancel the disadvantage from my armor.)

Also, anyone in the party is welcome to borrow the Cloak if necessary, but it is an attuned item so it’s not readily shareable since they’ll have to spend a short rest to attune.

Also also, I’ll probably switch infusions between the Cloak and the Resistant Armor a decent amount. Resistant armor is a bit situational specific, and I do have absorb elements as a spell, so that mitigates the need to add elemental resistance to the armor, but having the ability to resist psychic, necrotic, or radiant damage is pretty sweet. If I know I’m going into an area crawling with undead, I’ll probably throw some necrotic resistance on the armor. (Of course, it requires attunement, so once again it’s got to be preplanned.)

Also, are you sure about the new spell? According to the chart at 5e tools (https://5e.tools/classes.html#artificer_erlw,state:sub-battle-smith-erlw=b1), I don’t get a new spell to prepare until 7th level. Although, I might change up my prepared spells anyway.

For artificer spells = Int modifier (5) + half your artificer level, rounded down (3) so 1 more spell memorized, no more spell slots though.

So will the Construct remain a badger or become a Watch dog?

Gotcha. I’ll get you the spell list shortly.

Still going to keep the badger motif, but kudos on the pun. :slight_smile:

I must give credit, it was Mirëgol reading over my shoulder.

@Hoopy_Frood, just keep Gravund close and grab him to use him as your arcane focus and you get the free Slow spell. Your choice.

For the 8 Artificer prepared spells (in addition to the automatic spells) I’ll go with these for now:

Absorb Elements
Aid
Enhance Ability
Feather Fall
Invisibility
Knock
See Invisibility
Spider Climb

BTW: New Grávund Steel Defender Lg Badger s14 d12 c14 i4 w10 ch6 hp37 ac15 40’ darkvision 60’ Passive Percept 15 +5/d8+3 Mend heals 2d6

Can’t be surprised Repair 3/d 2d8+3 to self or object w/in 5’. Reaction : Deflect att. Give disadv in 5’ if attacking anyone else.

Incorporates The machine (82.3lbs, 3’x2’octogon. Finest craftsmanship. Always accurate time, Adv Nav checks, can’t get dirty.

Always 64° except hot core is 238°. He definitely shows to anything with infrared vision now.
10’r any creatures aware of the item’s power get adv init; 1/dawn if spell focus, cast Slow Spell but get dry mouth. Must hold Grávund to do so. (Int base spell caster).

I’ve incorporated The Machine & My daughter noticed the To Hit/Dam & self repair were low by 1

For Sir Thoroncir I like the looks, pretty much equally, of Alert, Mobile or Sentinel. If you don’t have a strong recommendation among the three for me, WE, please just roll dice to select one.

And I’m fine with everyone seeing the Sea-knight’s new stats. Please note that he is now 22 years old.

Seeing the local Dwarves would waste a lot of time. No telepathy to them. Mirëgol can talk almost instantly to many in the Grey Havens & Rivendell and a few at Thranduil’s. But the only contact with Dwarves would be by messenger. Horse or perhaps birds.

As both I and MHaye thought it made sense and you have it in your 3. Lets go with Alert: +5 to initiative; cannot be surprised while conscious; creatures hidden from you don’t get advantage to attack you.

OK, if you can divvy up the spoils then I would like Water Breathing® & Counterspell if affordable.

I was just informed that I was about to rip you off. Apparently you should get 2 free spells every time you level up. So have those 2 for free.

So for now I have dispel magic listed as your additional 3rd.

Word Docs should be sending out shortly.

Hanta Hantanyel.

The 8 Characters just went out. Let me know is the Word Docx doesn’t work for anyone or if you don’t get it. There are internal hyperlinks to each character on every page.

Maybe I’m blind (or my creaky browser is malfunctioning, again-more and more sites cannot be loaded), but where is the attachment in the email?

I can’t see the attachment either.

Was the attachment supposed to be in the e-mail from JimF?
If so, I didn’t get it either…