Re: Vents with allowed responses - 2
In reply to Eggy (msg # 30):
That sounds even better than what I was thinking. My brain tends to just go for the most ridiculous thing it can think of, so everything would be utter chaos.
"I attack. I have 1d100 plus 125 to hit."
"All right. His armor class is 26, so you'll have to beat that."
"Um... I guess I don't have to roll, then. All right. I also have a 30% chance of landing a critical blow, minus his luck."
"Luck? He doesn't have that stat."
"Then I guess it's a 30% chance of a critical." *rolls* "Got it! That's triple damage!"
"Triple? Just like that?"
"Well, after his damage reduction. My damage is only 26, so even on a critical it probably only deals, like, 12 damage, right?"
"No. 26, minus his damage reduction, times three... that's 78 damage."
"Wait. His defense is zero? I didn't know that was even possible. Well, he's dead now."
"Nah, man. He still has a fourth of his life left."
"What? Man, they make these boss monsters really weird. More than 60 hit points and no defense... what were they thinking? Well, he gets to rebut, and then I get another attack, and then my turn is over."
"He rolls a natural 20 on the attack! Rolling confirmation... 36! That beats the number he has to roll to hit you, right?"
"You mean 254? No."
"Dang. Well, he still hits for 2d6+8 damage." *rolls* "That comes out to 16 damage."
"Minus my defense of... ah! 16. Guess I take no damage. Also, I hit again, dealing no less than 26 damage, so he's dead now, right?"
"Just unconscious."
"What? My sword's not magic! How does that happen?"
"His hit points dropped below zero."
"So he's dead!"
"Nah, man."
"But I still get xp, right? So, what's his level?"
"12."
"Cool. I get the full 100 xp from that battle. Now I'm level 4!"
... and so on.