Table #1: Adherents of the Repeated Meme

DM: Mike Brady
Meeting Time: Sundays, 2 PM EDT
Campaign: Scales of War
Map Client: MapTool
Chat Client: Skype
Max. Players: 6
Players (Class):
Sean - Karch Silvertongue, Tiefling Rogue (9214000441)
DrPepperMD - Rhogar, Dragonborn Fighter (2223-817-487)
Gneekman - Rhyd'Ley, Dragonborn Paladin
Kris - Sirkana Embersight, Eladrin Wizard (9214000197)
Styks - Markas, Human Wizard (2223-817-529)
FrakTruck - Berechek Athabasca, Dwarf Cleric (2223-817-540)

Oh and Min: for AC when wearing light or no armor you can use the higher of DEX or INT, so your AC should be 14.

I thought my AC was low...correcting now

anybody else having trouble connecting? I put my username in, and the server pass, select the FB server and hit the connect button...Im still on the "connecting" screen for about 10 mins so far.

From watching the tutorial videos linked in the other thread, you need to be using the exact same version of the MapTool client to connect.

@Sean - My understanding is that you don't stack similar damage for "no reason", meaning unless you have something special going on. Looking at pg 276 in the PHB leads me to believe that damage is solely multiples of damage dice + mods. For instance, your Sly Flourish damage with a hand crossbow on a hit would be 1d6+DEX(mod)+CHA(mod), not 1d6+Dex+Dex+Cha.

While you're correct to think that you ranged attacks for the most part have their damage increased by your Dex mod, that is supposed to be implicitly stated in the power block so as to avoid confusion. Ergo, any power that you can apply your Dex mod to damage should have it stated.

Those other two questions seem like DM discretion.

Trying to connect as I type. We'll see.

From the FAQs page for MapTool.
"A good rule of thumb is this: If all the players cannot connect, it is probably the GM that needs to fix something; if some of the players cannot connect but others can, it is probably the players PC that needs some addressing. "

I'm going to shut down the server for a bit and restart it with my computer hard-wired. For some reason my computer has issues with wireless when I'm using memory-intensive applications. I think that's the issue anyway. My wireless throughput seems to degrade the longer I have the computer on - if anyone has an idea of why that might be I'd be grateful. Regardless, this should hopefully resolve any lingering connection issues. All the connection information should remain the same.

Sean:
1. Your crossbow adds the DEX bonus to damage on a "basic ranged attack". That's a specific type of attack, not an inherent property of the crossbow. [W] always refers to the base damage die of the weapon: 1d6 for the hand crossbow. So if the damage roll is 2[W] + Dex modifier and your Dex modifier is 3 it would be 2d6 + 3. That being said, some feats and class features add a bonus to damage rolls. That bonus is always applied when you are using the weapon, so in the previous example if you had +1 to damage with crossbows the damage roll would be 2d6+4. Even if the description was 2[W] (without a dex modifier) the resulting roll would be 2d6+1. Does that make sense?
2. I'm pretty lenient on table talk. I consider D&D to be a social game so I don't like to put hard limits on what you can say to fellow players. Especially when we're getting used to new rules.
3. I'm shooting for around 3 hours. Normally I'd say closer to 4, but I think we'll be trying to absorb a lot of information this time. I also have a 6-day old newborn here so my wife will appreciate the shorter session. :)

Well now that I'm hard-wired the port forwarding doesn't seem to be working right. I have the server up again but when I tested the connection it said that it wasn't visible. Oy.

Yeah I changed the IP to match my ethernet connection. If nobody can connect still I'll try... something.

I tried your IP direct with the password godspeed and got this error:

IOError: java.net.Connect Exception: Connection timed out: connect

huh?

well, can we try connecting in some other way to make sure it's just a maptool problem? like, IM or skype or something? my Skype name is theppb if you want to try.

I am connected now

I can be a paladin for you guys. I've only played D&D for maybe 30 hours, so I'm quite new. I've also never RP'ed a paladin. I'd still like to join though!

Sounds like fun! I'll pencil you in.

woot full group!

And Baum, when you have your paladin put together send it over to me so I can know exactly how to cripple your character during the coming boss battle (mikebrady@ieee.org).

Rephrased for clarification.

Posted By: Mike BradyIncidentally, I love picking out magic items to give out. Makes me feel like Santa.In Soviet Russia, Hoop-Dee-Doo reviews you!

As long as there isn't an actual Santa NPC rolling about town dispensing +1 swords and other magic goodies. I've unfortunately played in a game where such an event happened. I may have told Santa I didn't believe in him anymore.

I feel awful.
I may have to pull out.

I just got my class schedule and it looks grim. I'm not sure I can devote time to this. I feel guilty for getting hopes up.

Posted By: baumgcI feel awful.
I may have to pull out.

I just got my class schedule and it looks grim. I'm not sure I can devote time to this. I feel guilty for getting hopes up.

I don't want to speak for everyone, so I won't. I plan on playing when I can, and notifying the group when I can't. Hopefully my school schedule will allow me to keep 3 or 4 hours open on Sunday afternoons, but if it doesn't every week, I'll certainly let you all know.

...and then there are those of us who don't have any class. Wait a second...

OK, we're live. Make sure and grab the latest build (1.3.37) before you try and connect. WebStart link is here. As usual, the server name is Fancy Bastards and the password is godspeed. I've changed a few things this time that should improve map loading times considerably. See you there!

Be there in 5-10 mins!

Go here ( http://www.rptoolstutorials.net/maptool.htm ) and watch the Chat Window and Macros screencast.

My character and stuff is on Windows, so I'll get around to posting how my macros are set up after a while. That video showed me how to do it though, so it should work for you. You ARE a fighter, though... I'll put an example up soon ;P

I finally got around to putting Skype on this computer. Just call Bradymikep for all your GM needs. See you guys on Sunday.