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Moe, The Black2
02-29-04, 08:01 PM what do you do if you keep acidently killing off the PC's even when you try to soften the encounters alot??

and also

what do you do if one of the PC's is capable of killing all of the enemys single handedly and easly??
halzmar of geoff
02-29-04, 08:19 PM Well I think more details might help with coming up with suggestions - why are most of the party dying and one PC killing all the bad guys?

The best I have for lots of death if you don't have players with tons of character concepts is softening Raise Dead and giving a fortitude save to avoid level loss - buy the Ghostwalk campaign in case of TPK - occassionally capture PCs by switching to subdual damage when they are low on HP but sometimes characters die it's a brutal game sometimes and a game without the threat of death is not too good.

As for the strong character how about some details on how he can wipe the floor with the bad guys when the rest of the party are being killed off. It may be he's not that invicible.
Moe, The Black2
02-29-04, 09:48 PM when they were 15th level a single umberhulk killed their wizard and brought the rest of the party to half health (normal uninproved unberhulk)
halzmar of geoff
02-29-04, 10:09 PM Originally posted by Moe, The Black2
when they were 15th level a single umberhulk killed their wizard and brought the rest of the party to half health (normal uninproved unberhulk)

Not good but such things happens at 20th level a character can fail a save vs. disentegration and die instantly at the hands of an 11th level wizard he wouldn't get any XP for facing.

Still it doesn't seem right - how do you handle hit points - roll or max hp at 1st, half HD +1+Con thereafter? How are they set on the character wealth table DMG3.5 pg 135 did they all have 200,000- 250,000 GP worth of gear? Did they simply have a bad dice rolls? Did the Umber hulk get several critical hits? It may be that they have too low HPs, or too low treasure, or bad dice.
Seeker95
03-01-04, 10:26 AM Suggested solutions:

1. I roll my dice behind the screen, and fudge if necessary.
2. I remind the PLAYERS that running away is a valid option that the characters should consider more frequently.
3. I remind the PLAYERS that they have to play smart.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Moe, The Black2 02-29-04, 08:01 PM	what do you do if you keep acidently killing off the PC's even when you try to soften the encounters alot?? and also what do you do if one of the PC's is capable of killing all of the enemys single handedly and easly??
halzmar of geoff 02-29-04, 08:19 PM	Well I think more details might help with coming up with suggestions - why are most of the party dying and one PC killing all the bad guys? The best I have for lots of death if you don't have players with tons of character concepts is softening Raise Dead and giving a fortitude save to avoid level loss - buy the Ghostwalk campaign in case of TPK - occassionally capture PCs by switching to subdual damage when they are low on HP but sometimes characters die it's a brutal game sometimes and a game without the threat of death is not too good. As for the strong character how about some details on how he can wipe the floor with the bad guys when the rest of the party are being killed off. It may be he's not that invicible.
Moe, The Black2 02-29-04, 09:48 PM	when they were 15th level a single umberhulk killed their wizard and brought the rest of the party to half health (normal uninproved unberhulk)
halzmar of geoff 02-29-04, 10:09 PM	Originally posted by Moe, The Black2 when they were 15th level a single umberhulk killed their wizard and brought the rest of the party to half health (normal uninproved unberhulk) Not good but such things happens at 20th level a character can fail a save vs. disentegration and die instantly at the hands of an 11th level wizard he wouldn't get any XP for facing. Still it doesn't seem right - how do you handle hit points - roll or max hp at 1st, half HD +1+Con thereafter? How are they set on the character wealth table DMG3.5 pg 135 did they all have 200,000- 250,000 GP worth of gear? Did they simply have a bad dice rolls? Did the Umber hulk get several critical hits? It may be that they have too low HPs, or too low treasure, or bad dice.
Seeker95 03-01-04, 10:26 AM	Suggested solutions: 1. I roll my dice behind the screen, and fudge if necessary. 2. I remind the PLAYERS that running away is a valid option that the characters should consider more frequently. 3. I remind the PLAYERS that they have to play smart.