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I didn't bother rolling the attack since he was too late. It wouldn't have mattered if he passed or failed.

Not for that round but if grappled, doesn't that continue from round to round?

Are you talking about the 'grab' attack from the Complete Fighter's Handbook? Or a wrestling hold from the PHB? Or the overbearing attack from the PHB?

Whichever attack seemed most appropriate. I was leaving the details to you:

Chris1234 wrote:...Shima will try to grab the mage's arm or otherwise wrestle with him to hamper or prevent spell casting.

Very well then. I'll rule he made a grab attack. With one hand (the other holding the poison cloakpin), that's a called shot (-4 to hit) and his STR score treated as 3 points less (12).

Shima has a THAC0 of 17 and Magnus has an AC of 4, so he needs a 13 or better to succeed.

He rolls a 9, which -4 equals 5, so misses.

Ok, thanks for that.

Just a couple points of clarification:

- I had meant to move to the square to the left of Pen, aka the corner, not the one to the right of him. That way I would have an unobstructed view of Yvette and Burzan

- As far as I can see; Haaqhae should have 1d20+2 to hit, not 1d20-2 like you rolled. Not that it matters much; having rolled a 2, but the difference between 55% chance to hit and 75% chance to hit is significant.

- It appears that Haahqae's name isn't bolded, while everyone else's is.

Sorry, I've had less than 8 non-consecutive hours of sleep in the past 48 hours.

All errors listed have been fixed now.

(OOC: How many rounds from now Tulbas will be held? 8? 7? No one has dispel magic??)

Eight rounds, and nobody on your side has Dispel Magic, no.

I will settle for William freeing Tulbas as good gesture

Tulbas uses the time to rethink his actions in the past few in game month and out of game years...

I really didn't mean it to go THAT way. Brothers to arms killing brothers and such...

*edit* at least while held Tulbas can't cause more damage.

With Magnus out of the room and Tulbas being held; is there any chance that Haahqae could cast a "scare" spell and mask it as an attempt to intimidate his foes?

I'm thinking of a more extreme version of the banter he was using on Tulbas before; but aimed towards all the remaining dragonarmy in the room. I'd love to use some minor illusions for bonus special effects to make him more believable; but I'm fairly certain he wouldn't be able to do all of that in a single round (casting illusion or conjuration cantrips at the same time as the scare spell).

The components are V, S, M, where the material component is a piece of bone, so I could work that into his speach for the spell. The question is mostly if the verbal/somatic components look obviously like casting a spell.

You can't cast two spells at the same time, no. But you could get away with casting a spell without being noticed. Nobody is particularly paying attention to Haahqae right now, so in the heat of battle, they likely wouldn't notice chanting or moving his hands around.

Well being not noticed while I cast the spell wouldn't get the effect that I was hoping for (giving Tulbas/Kendra an extra reason to go rethink their lives); but it might still be a useful option given the current situation.

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(OOC: Does the hold person duration ended?)