15th lvl Gestalt Planescape (7Players) [Archive] - Wizards Community

15th lvl Gestalt Planescape (7Players) [Archive] - Wizards Community

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marcus_antonius
06-22-06, 05:17 AM Just as the Title says, I will soon start a new Game @15th lvl Gestalt in the Planescape Setting with 7 Players. Does anyone of you have some great ideas how to really make some challenging encounters for such a Group ?

I'm really afraid that even Demons and Devils won't pose much of a threat to them. (aside from bringing them in really great numbers => blood war ;))

thanks, MA
buddy4031
06-22-06, 05:46 AM you could enhance creatures so that they are of high enough HD to take on your players. or you could send a couple of fiend wurms, hellfire wyrms, and dragons at them. :D
Puskara
06-22-06, 06:49 AM Make certain to include lots of environmental effects. SO perhaps some ice demons are not a huge challenge.

But in the Grey Wastes, ice demons + snow-drifts + low temperatures + low visability = much harder. So they user protection from elements and freedom of movement, but now you are consuming lots of resources to balance the scales. Alo nothing will eliminate the low visability problem, not even a true-seeing.

Also tactics are good. So they encounter the demons in the ice and one of the demons breaks through the ice and now a grapple or a bull rush can be a difficult scenario. You get pushed in and they freeze over the hole now you have no line of effect and potentially no way to cast spells even if you are normally able to.

Also remember that a lot of gestalt characters use their diversity to push a single concept. Thus often a fighter/mage gestalt will have lots of combat oriented spells that will nto help tem once you start using those parts of the DMG that players usually ignore (environmental combat, etc)

Puskara
Witch
06-22-06, 06:51 AM I hope this is a play by post game.

I DM a 7 player campaign and I'm really, really happy if some people can't make it.
Usually people get bored because of lack of attention.

Now, I strongly suggest not using gestalt when playing with 7 people. I don't see a reason for it, really, except maybe "being different". Remember, it's not hard to break the game with the Gestalt rules.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
marcus_antonius 06-22-06, 05:17 AM	Just as the Title says, I will soon start a new Game @15th lvl Gestalt in the Planescape Setting with 7 Players. Does anyone of you have some great ideas how to really make some challenging encounters for such a Group ? I'm really afraid that even Demons and Devils won't pose much of a threat to them. (aside from bringing them in really great numbers => blood war ;)) thanks, MA
buddy4031 06-22-06, 05:46 AM	you could enhance creatures so that they are of high enough HD to take on your players. or you could send a couple of fiend wurms, hellfire wyrms, and dragons at them. :D
Puskara 06-22-06, 06:49 AM	Make certain to include lots of environmental effects. SO perhaps some ice demons are not a huge challenge. But in the Grey Wastes, ice demons + snow-drifts + low temperatures + low visability = much harder. So they user protection from elements and freedom of movement, but now you are consuming lots of resources to balance the scales. Alo nothing will eliminate the low visability problem, not even a true-seeing. Also tactics are good. So they encounter the demons in the ice and one of the demons breaks through the ice and now a grapple or a bull rush can be a difficult scenario. You get pushed in and they freeze over the hole now you have no line of effect and potentially no way to cast spells even if you are normally able to. Also remember that a lot of gestalt characters use their diversity to push a single concept. Thus often a fighter/mage gestalt will have lots of combat oriented spells that will nto help tem once you start using those parts of the DMG that players usually ignore (environmental combat, etc) Puskara
Witch 06-22-06, 06:51 AM	I hope this is a play by post game. I DM a 7 player campaign and I'm really, really happy if some people can't make it. Usually people get bored because of lack of attention. Now, I strongly suggest not using gestalt when playing with 7 people. I don't see a reason for it, really, except maybe "being different". Remember, it's not hard to break the game with the Gestalt rules.