How far away is our group?

You can see at the top of the roll, in the spoiler titled Combat Map.

We're off the map though, how many squares by?

You can enter any of the west-most squares.

Roast, I went in loud and literally shining like a beacon so that the rest of the complex would ignore you guys.

Well if we get them from behind there won't be a reaction, I'm rogue-ing.

No roll again tonight, will definitely roll tomorrow.

Here are some elaborated rules on zone battles:

Movement is a free action - it costs no AP to move your set amount of Movement. To move additional spaces, you can consume standard AP. You can also move one space, perform an action, and move the remaining amount, as long as the total is within your Movement stat.

It takes 1 Movement 'point' to move to an adjacent zone. It takes 1.4 Movement points to move to a diagonal zone.

Melee attacks can only hit targets in the same zone (grid tile).

When performing a ranged attack (bow, magic, etc.) that is capable of missing, the attack receives a -1d6 penalty to Aim for each tile away. An attack on an adjacent cell receives -1d6, 2 cells over receive -2d6, and so on. For unusual angles, the distance to the target will be based on the "Movement" distance - how many steps it would take to reach that target.

Soon (tm), ranged weapons and abilities will receive a Range stat. This makes it so the attack will only have a range reduction once it is past the Range stat. So if Fireball had a range of 5, it wouldn't receive any range penalty up to 5 tiles away. At 6 tiles away, it will receive a -1d6 penalty, 7 tiles would be -2d6, and so on.

Some abilities will Soon (tm) get an (AoE) tag. This means that they will hit all units in the zone, friendly or not. (AoE) abilities can only be dodged by moving out of the zone before the attack hits. Some abilities may cover more than 1 zone.

If an AoE ability is targeted on your zone and you attempt to evade, you will still roll for evasion vs aim. However, your character will move to a different zone instead of evading while remaining in the same place IF you have not used all of your Movement yet. You are able to specify what zone/direction you wish to move to if an attack occurs, as well as specifying to simply move to any safe zone.

Okay, no roll again tonight because work early again, BUT here are some more range rules.

Direct Magic is planned to have a range equal to your Arcane. This includes telepathy, Cauterize, Ice Pack, and similar abilities.

Conical/beam abilities (Blast Wave, Flare, Megaflare) will have range equal to [Arcane + Mana] * 0.25. Might be decreased later.

Projectile abilities (Fireball, Frost Bolt, Kinetic Bolt) will have a range of 5. Might be increased later.

Lightning will be considered a long-range skillset and will have higher range than other abilities.



Feel free to ask questions or ask if something could be different etc.

> Move with the other group, be cautious.
Anything about ranged weapons yet?

EDIT:

Alrighty then.

> Equip my crossbow and go with Ki'stha, shooting for the same targets.

Asklar, help attack with Roast. Maybe you can stay under wraps if you 1-shot the guard towers.