Published by Anonymous on 4/19/2003 01:48:00 PM
you guys didnt die stupidly, although dusty is questionable...walking into a shield you have no clue about it not bright, he was a cleric, not a Jerry's kid.
Alright... that was unneccisary.
And what shield was that? Oh... you mean the one that you decided to point out to us *after* Dusty walked into it? One of Caroline's points I do strongly agree with- your Spot DCs for critical items is far too high. You don't need a roll for everything- Especially as you described the scene after-the-fact. You're talking a DC0, or DC-5 (thats negative five...) spot check here. I'd specifically asked if this "razor-line where the road ends" extended off past the road, and was told "No." Then after he's vaporized, "oops"... we see that the all the trees that overhang the border are being cut in half.
And how did they loose a scouting party to this thing in the first place? It reminds me of the Lemming's games, watching them march into a pit of acid becuase I forgot to set a "blocker" in time. After watching the first few ranks turn into ashes, at what point to they decide it's a good time to stop? Or did they all join elbows and skip across like they were in Oz? Hell, if that makes Dusty's character a "Jerry's Kid", the military we're working for is the fuckin' Special Olympics.
Caroline: The wizard didn't -have- to make a save. She wasn't within the effect of her own spell. And a single mid-level wizard versus a party of what... 8? Then you trap it in a small room? It was hardly unfair. Not to mention, it knew we were there. With the one guard, the shield guardian, and many rounds knowledge something was up, it could have blocked the stairs coming up and nuked the entire level with Fireballs till nothing was left standing. Dan's 3rd Level character was, I'd hope, merely an oversight.
Alright... that was unneccisary.
And what shield was that? Oh... you mean the one that you decided to point out to us *after* Dusty walked into it? One of Caroline's points I do strongly agree with- your Spot DCs for critical items is far too high. You don't need a roll for everything- Especially as you described the scene after-the-fact. You're talking a DC0, or DC-5 (thats negative five...) spot check here. I'd specifically asked if this "razor-line where the road ends" extended off past the road, and was told "No." Then after he's vaporized, "oops"... we see that the all the trees that overhang the border are being cut in half.
And how did they loose a scouting party to this thing in the first place? It reminds me of the Lemming's games, watching them march into a pit of acid becuase I forgot to set a "blocker" in time. After watching the first few ranks turn into ashes, at what point to they decide it's a good time to stop? Or did they all join elbows and skip across like they were in Oz? Hell, if that makes Dusty's character a "Jerry's Kid", the military we're working for is the fuckin' Special Olympics.
Caroline: The wizard didn't -have- to make a save. She wasn't within the effect of her own spell. And a single mid-level wizard versus a party of what... 8? Then you trap it in a small room? It was hardly unfair. Not to mention, it knew we were there. With the one guard, the shield guardian, and many rounds knowledge something was up, it could have blocked the stairs coming up and nuked the entire level with Fireballs till nothing was left standing. Dan's 3rd Level character was, I'd hope, merely an oversight.