Help, or I may die trying to crawl out of a damn pit trap. [Archive] - Wizards Community

Help, or I may die trying to crawl out of a damn pit trap. [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Stryfe6985
06-01-04, 02:35 AM Me and my friends just recently decided to start playing DnD and we decided to start out with "the sunless citadel" module. Only problem is is that it was designed for 4 PC and unfortionatly there's only 3 of us. One druid, one sorceror and me the fighter. I talked to my buddy who is gunna be the DM and apparently the place is chock full of pit traps and low and behold we are without a rogue. What would be the best way to "balance" out the module for us? Remove the traps or atleast some of them? Or perhaps I could become a rogue, but then we are without a fighter. Any familiars that can find and disarm traps out there?
Zanan
06-01-04, 03:28 AM Always a bit tough for beginners but ... there's always a chance that one of you have two characters, one of which will be the rogue then. On the other hand ... speaking strictly gameswise ... you could start as a rogue (gaining loads of skillpoints at level 1 and switch levels between rogue and fighter now and then. With skills and skillpoints in mind, 3E/3RE is very much a game of multiclassing (for the greatest "roleplaying" - fun).

So there're two options and perhaps you can agree upon switching players per session with this rogue NPC ... just to get a feeling for the game and its classes.
Dirk_Nightbreese
06-02-04, 11:06 AM You could also suggest to your DM the option of starting the party out at second lvl.

While this might make things a bit easier at the begining (i've played the citidel and it's a good mod), this would allow multi-classing to cover all the bases.

Alternitively...the DM could have an NPC accompany you..I would suggest this NPC being a fighter.

Anyway, good luck with the Sunless Citidel and don't let the pits get you down... yuck yuck.

~Dirk
MetalGemini
06-02-04, 05:46 PM Dirk stole my idea. Have the DM make an NPC fighter. Better to have the NPC be a fighter than the rogue, so the DM won't have to worry about doing checks for things he knows are there and ruining the suprise of traps and such.
Stryfe6985
06-03-04, 02:44 AM the DM fighter NPC sounds like a good idea, we can go with that. But i had my heart set on being a heartless mercenery with a Gigantic greatsword of platnium which I used to slice and dice anyhting that I decided I wanted to die. Looks like its the death from the shadows, cocky, never fight the fair fight rogue for me.

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Stryfe6985 06-01-04, 02:35 AM	Me and my friends just recently decided to start playing DnD and we decided to start out with "the sunless citadel" module. Only problem is is that it was designed for 4 PC and unfortionatly there's only 3 of us. One druid, one sorceror and me the fighter. I talked to my buddy who is gunna be the DM and apparently the place is chock full of pit traps and low and behold we are without a rogue. What would be the best way to "balance" out the module for us? Remove the traps or atleast some of them? Or perhaps I could become a rogue, but then we are without a fighter. Any familiars that can find and disarm traps out there?
Zanan 06-01-04, 03:28 AM	Always a bit tough for beginners but ... there's always a chance that one of you have two characters, one of which will be the rogue then. On the other hand ... speaking strictly gameswise ... you could start as a rogue (gaining loads of skillpoints at level 1 and switch levels between rogue and fighter now and then. With skills and skillpoints in mind, 3E/3RE is very much a game of multiclassing (for the greatest "roleplaying" - fun). So there're two options and perhaps you can agree upon switching players per session with this rogue NPC ... just to get a feeling for the game and its classes.
Dirk_Nightbreese 06-02-04, 11:06 AM	You could also suggest to your DM the option of starting the party out at second lvl. While this might make things a bit easier at the begining (i've played the citidel and it's a good mod), this would allow multi-classing to cover all the bases. Alternitively...the DM could have an NPC accompany you..I would suggest this NPC being a fighter. Anyway, good luck with the Sunless Citidel and don't let the pits get you down... yuck yuck. ~Dirk
MetalGemini 06-02-04, 05:46 PM	Dirk stole my idea. Have the DM make an NPC fighter. Better to have the NPC be a fighter than the rogue, so the DM won't have to worry about doing checks for things he knows are there and ruining the suprise of traps and such.
Stryfe6985 06-03-04, 02:44 AM	the DM fighter NPC sounds like a good idea, we can go with that. But i had my heart set on being a heartless mercenery with a Gigantic greatsword of platnium which I used to slice and dice anyhting that I decided I wanted to die. Looks like its the death from the shadows, cocky, never fight the fair fight rogue for me.