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In it for the long haul

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#1
symeon_quykk
May 13, 2008 22:54:30 Hey, I'm really not sure what forum this belongs in... but since it's the CO boards, I figure you guys have a pretty good memory for numbers.

I just have a simple question... what is the longest combat you've ever had against a single opponent in a low level (5 or so) game?

I just got back from a 27 round fight against a mountain troll (MM3) with a party of 4 5th level pcs (elf beguiler, elf wizard, drow rogue, halfling druid) and not one of us dropped from lost of hp or anything (though the druid did use a wand of clw)... that was a tough little free-for-all.

What's the longest low level fight you can remember (preferably against a single opponent)?
#2
banor
May 13, 2008 23:01:03 Low levels ? Can't tell we rarely play under L6.

For higher levels I remember a 6 hours 3 way fight. 3 groups, 5 character per group (10 PC, 5 DMPC) in a monster freefor all battle.
#3
bejik
May 14, 2008 0:45:39 If you are simply talking the longest single combat then I would have to say both time and rounds it went to the last fight of the first campaign I played in. It required a custom battle map that was 4'x4'. Took our entire gaming session, started at 1pm so really 3pm, and lasted until 7am with a single break for dinner, about an hour, and about 12 rounds. Most of our combats only last 3 rounds tops of course but this was, almost literally, epic.
#4
reis
May 14, 2008 1:09:51 every time we fight golems or something with a low reflex save we just have the wizard freezing fog them and then throw up walls of fire, or seal em in with wall of force/stone and then acid fog, so that usually takes 10+ rounds at least

usually the long fights in terms of RL time though are either because we aren't very focused on it, because someone is missing and another players has to do double duty with their character, or because the DM didn't prepare very well.
#5
Wyvernhand
May 14, 2008 6:10:50 I once toyed with a party of 6 level 8-10s with a pair of Dread Wraiths for something like 4 hours. The cleric had absolutely no chance to turn them with greater turning, and people were starting to lose more and more CON. After about the first hour, the party was down a player and up a Wraith, but he got dusted by the RSoP. The party finally pulled itself into a defensive huddle where everyone with a weak fort save was surrouned by folks with reach weapons and good fort saves, so I finally called the DWs off (they are more inteligent that most PCs, even most wizards).

One other time I toyed with a level 6-8 party for a good 3 hours with a Dread Wraith. They finally managed to kill it by having the wizard ready an action to use a Wand of Benign Transposition to swap the big angry fighter with the DWs current target, and liberal application of Magic Missles.

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#1 symeon_quykk May 13, 2008 22:54:30	Hey, I'm really not sure what forum this belongs in... but since it's the CO boards, I figure you guys have a pretty good memory for numbers. I just have a simple question... what is the longest combat you've ever had against a single opponent in a low level (5 or so) game? I just got back from a 27 round fight against a mountain troll (MM3) with a party of 4 5th level pcs (elf beguiler, elf wizard, drow rogue, halfling druid) and not one of us dropped from lost of hp or anything (though the druid did use a wand of clw)... that was a tough little free-for-all. What's the longest low level fight you can remember (preferably against a single opponent)?
#2 banor May 13, 2008 23:01:03	Low levels ? Can't tell we rarely play under L6. For higher levels I remember a 6 hours 3 way fight. 3 groups, 5 character per group (10 PC, 5 DMPC) in a monster freefor all battle.
#3 bejik May 14, 2008 0:45:39	If you are simply talking the longest single combat then I would have to say both time and rounds it went to the last fight of the first campaign I played in. It required a custom battle map that was 4'x4'. Took our entire gaming session, started at 1pm so really 3pm, and lasted until 7am with a single break for dinner, about an hour, and about 12 rounds. Most of our combats only last 3 rounds tops of course but this was, almost literally, epic.
#4 reis May 14, 2008 1:09:51	every time we fight golems or something with a low reflex save we just have the wizard freezing fog them and then throw up walls of fire, or seal em in with wall of force/stone and then acid fog, so that usually takes 10+ rounds at least usually the long fights in terms of RL time though are either because we aren't very focused on it, because someone is missing and another players has to do double duty with their character, or because the DM didn't prepare very well.
#5 Wyvernhand May 14, 2008 6:10:50	I once toyed with a party of 6 level 8-10s with a pair of Dread Wraiths for something like 4 hours. The cleric had absolutely no chance to turn them with greater turning, and people were starting to lose more and more CON. After about the first hour, the party was down a player and up a Wraith, but he got dusted by the RSoP. The party finally pulled itself into a defensive huddle where everyone with a weak fort save was surrouned by folks with reach weapons and good fort saves, so I finally called the DWs off (they are more inteligent that most PCs, even most wizards). One other time I toyed with a level 6-8 party for a good 3 hours with a Dread Wraith. They finally managed to kill it by having the wizard ready an action to use a Wand of Benign Transposition to swap the big angry fighter with the DWs current target, and liberal application of Magic Missles.