"Right," Aria nodded and turned to go behind the mast. On her way, the rather fast-firing satyr archer pelted her with more arrows - and she would admit he was a rather good shot, but fortunately she was an adept dodger as well; she ducked one arrow and then two other, very good shots struck her but fell away not quite penetrating her mail.<br/><br/>She joined ROse behind the aftmast, ready to stab and slice the vagabond. On the way she muttered, "The crow's nest looks cramped...if you don't think you'll have room for the polearm, there are the random weapons we've salvaged today ,and I have a two-handed sword or morningstar in my pack just that must might be your style...they're certainly not mine!" She offered to procure it or whatever else.<br/><br/>From the crow's nest, the vagabond in question was howling, "Hoo hoo hoo, corwardly little foxes! Betcha wish ye'd prepared another teleport spell, witch! You've got nowhere to go now! You'll never climb all the way up here through my rain of arrows, nor escape off the boat alive! All hail Captain Ashal!"<br/><br/><br/>AFAIK rounding is almost always down in DnD (although some things round to 1 rather than 0, and diagonal movement is 5' for the first square and then 10' for the second, probably for consistency with 5' steps). Str damage is in every stat block I've seen (for example the generic orc warrior (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/orc.htm) has 17 Str, and adds +4 with the falchion). I think there's a line on general rounding somewhere in the srd or dmg, but not for two-handed Str damage specifically.<br/><br/>I'm glad Rose has the vest. "Best 25K you'll ever spend," I once read someone say. The mention was just a justification for the mindflayer not trying to escape when we know it was doomed...<br/><br/>There are some free actions that can be done during a full attack (a 5' step; drawing arrows - the Rapid Shot feat would be impossible to use otherwise, as would any ranged full attack; drawing thrown weapons for a full attack with Quick Draw, or reloading a light crossbow with Rapid Reload - and I think smite can be done on iterative attacks, although most people don't anyway). The haste, or lion's charge spell, seemed it might be a special case since the full attack or  charge attack might have to be modified a priori.<br/><br/>Satyr third round: same FA routine, all at Aria (I'm presuming Rose moved behind the foremast on her turn, but Aria hasn't had one since charging the mindflayer)<br/><br/>atk 18 miss<br/>atk 29 miss<br/>atk 25 miss<br/><br/>Aria fourth round: move behind mast, drawing something as part of move (and dropping hammer to do so) if Rose has taken up the offer. Then, standard action to ready a melee attack if-when in range of satyr.<br/><br/>I should've mentioned earlier - the crow's nest is effectively 4 squares (10'x10', although it's not literally square), so with a 10' reach weapon you won't threaten other creatures in the crow's nest with you, as they're always adjacent. Rose could DD to arrive just outside it, on the rigging (let me know if you'd like me to figure out the relevant Climb or Balance mechanics to attack two-handed while doing so).<br/><br/>Or Rose can have drawn something out in her prior turn if you like, she has the spare action - actually drawing something is free along with movement - I'm guessing she moved behind the aftmast - and then sheathing the guisarme would be the other move action - moot in this case since they can wait out behind the aftcastle an extra around if need be.<br/><br/>I believe Rose's DD is refreshed on her next turn - that once every 1d4 rounds means '1d4-1 off rounds', since 'every 1 round' would probably mean 'once a round' - and three rounds have elapsed in between (first mindflayer attack, second mindflayer attack,  and her turn just now).<br/><br/>Although if she wants to wait anyway (to do another round of stuff, and then DD the round after that, or use a delay action so Aria has the next turn after the DD rather than the satyr, or whatever) you can do several rounds in one post cycle, since the satyr has nothing to do. With his next turn, if he has one, he'd be readying an action to fire if the girls appear around the mast, but it won't avail him, as if they DD adjacent he'd cancel it anyway (since it's provoke AoOs to use).<br/>