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DorsetDas
03-13-07, 08:32 AM Hi all

Been asked to fill in for our DM for a one off gaming session. Our Friday night club plays for about 2hrs and then we goto the pub. So I thought hard one so I am running a Fight Club. I have maps of an arena and I am going to select a group of monsters from MM1,2,3 and various other books for characters to play, once they die the get a new monster to play. I have devised a scoring system and a prize for the winner.

What I want an opinion on is what monster to use.

I am using CR 3/4/5 monster and luck of the draw what you get. Can you suggest a few fun ones that you would throw in.

Oh also a joker, A Kobold with a Fireball wand for a little fun!

Thanks in advance

Das
AndrewD2
03-13-07, 01:28 PM Using things with resistance to things like bull rush. My group did an arena as part of a campaign and the GM let other players play the monsters, and the character the GM was planning on having win actually lost in the first round because of lost initiative and a bull rush. Another thing that could be neat is doing caged fights to avoid the grapple, pickup, carry and drop. It can make things quite anticlimatic
WilwarinAndamar
03-15-07, 07:33 PM I did something similar, but instead of Fight Club, it was Gladiator. :D

Drunken Centaurs, Trolls, Gnolls, and Dire Wolves were just some of the creatures I used. I also through of using a Dire Bear or Drow at one point.

To mix things up, I also made the characters fight with unfamilar weapons. 'Watching' centaurs get beaten by a spiked chain and nunchaku made me LOL almost all night.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
DorsetDas 03-13-07, 08:32 AM	Hi all Been asked to fill in for our DM for a one off gaming session. Our Friday night club plays for about 2hrs and then we goto the pub. So I thought hard one so I am running a Fight Club. I have maps of an arena and I am going to select a group of monsters from MM1,2,3 and various other books for characters to play, once they die the get a new monster to play. I have devised a scoring system and a prize for the winner. What I want an opinion on is what monster to use. I am using CR 3/4/5 monster and luck of the draw what you get. Can you suggest a few fun ones that you would throw in. Oh also a joker, A Kobold with a Fireball wand for a little fun! Thanks in advance Das
AndrewD2 03-13-07, 01:28 PM	Using things with resistance to things like bull rush. My group did an arena as part of a campaign and the GM let other players play the monsters, and the character the GM was planning on having win actually lost in the first round because of lost initiative and a bull rush. Another thing that could be neat is doing caged fights to avoid the grapple, pickup, carry and drop. It can make things quite anticlimatic
WilwarinAndamar 03-15-07, 07:33 PM	I did something similar, but instead of Fight Club, it was Gladiator. :D Drunken Centaurs, Trolls, Gnolls, and Dire Wolves were just some of the creatures I used. I also through of using a Dire Bear or Drow at one point. To mix things up, I also made the characters fight with unfamilar weapons. 'Watching' centaurs get beaten by a spiked chain and nunchaku made me LOL almost all night.