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Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue

A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.

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Kalshane - Oct 01, 2014 1:38:30 pm PDT #23766 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Yes. It was called Next during the play test. But all the new books call it 5th Edition in the interiors. (The exteriors all just say Dungeons & Dragons.)


billytea - Oct 01, 2014 8:14:11 pm PDT #23767 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I spoke too soon, my Monster Manual arrived today. Mephits! And flumphs! And a hook for actually seeking out a flumph, interesting.

I like it. I think they've done a good job with the flavour text, and the mechanics look pretty workable. (Just one thing I've notived so far: they've changed the golems' magic immunity to advantage on saves against magic. I think that should work nicely.)


Laga - Oct 02, 2014 9:30:53 am PDT #23768 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Hey switch-hitters. Do you feel that your dice roll better for you when you are the GM than they do when you are a player?


Kalshane - Oct 02, 2014 11:06:27 am PDT #23769 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

It certainly seems that way to me. I've had complaints from players when I get on a got streak and start critting the hell out of them.

Then again, in my Roll20 Rise of the Runelords game right when they were attacked by a monster that I'd been building up for several sessions beforehand I got stuck in a horrible cold streak and couldn't roll above a 10. I think one PC got hit for minimum damage in the fight.


Kalshane - Oct 04, 2014 7:18:55 pm PDT #23770 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Ran some more 5th Ed for my son today.

Answering the call for volunteers to seek out the goblin lair from the village elder were a ranger and a fey pact warlock, in addition to Rex the barbarian and his cleric friend. I let my son roll for all the characters in his party, while I still made the decisions for them.

I'm running a modified version of the adventure from the Pathfinder Beginner's Box. The party tracked the goblins to a cave a couple miles from the village and managed to sneak up on the two goblins keeping guard, dispatching them easily. Moving on, they encountered a fountain glowing with golden light, but after no one in the group could decipher the runes on it, my son decided they should leave it alone.

Hearing the sounds of goblin voices, they moved down the tunnel and came upon 4 goblins having an intense argument while a bigger goblin sat on a rough throne, holding his hands over his ears. At the party's approach, the big goblin demanded "Who dares enter King Fatmouth's throne room?" My son thought this was hilariously funny, and Rex laughed in the big goblin's face, then attempted to intimidate the goblins by screaming and swinging his greatsword around. His intimidate check was enough to cow the lesser goblins, granting them disadvantage, but the goblin boss bellowed for them to attack.

After a hard fight, the party managed to put the four goblins and their leader down (with Rex landing the killing blow on King Fatmouth) and ransacked the treasure hidden behind the throne, earning themselves a handful of pearls, some gold, a strange ring and couple healing potions. They then decided to hole up and take short rest (after I explained the mechanics to my son as a suggestion), as everyone was at half HPs or less.

That was where we called the session on account of bedtime. My son asked if we could play again tomorrow. If we do, he'll likely hit level 2, as he's only 75XP shy.

ETA: Also, forgot to mention that my son decided to open the fight with the goblins by hurling a lit torch at King Fatmouth. While the damage was minimal it got the goblin boss' attention and made him focus on Rex instead of his squishier teammates.


billytea - Oct 04, 2014 10:43:58 pm PDT #23771 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

That's fantastic. I think that when Ryan reaches Cragmaw Castle, he will find it groaning under the iron rule of King Fatmouth.


Kalshane - Oct 05, 2014 4:53:41 am PDT #23772 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

I also forgot to mention that Mattias saw a mimic in one of my books awhile back and asked what it was. Every time he's encountered a chest so far, he declares that he makes sure it's not a mimic before he gets close to it.


billytea - Oct 05, 2014 5:36:56 am PDT #23773 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Next up, introduce him to Trappers and Lurkers Above.


Kalshane - Oct 05, 2014 8:00:45 am PDT #23774 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

I saw gas spores are back in the new MM. Those never made sense to me. If your method of reproduction requires physical contact with living creatures, appearing as an apex predator is a horrible way to go about it.


Kalshane - Oct 09, 2014 6:44:24 pm PDT #23775 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Man, mid-to-high-level Pathfinder/3.x is ridiculous. Just plugged a baddie from the Adventure Path I'm running into Roll20 and his minimum damage on a crit is a 100 points of damage. (Granted, his maximum is only 28 points more.) Double-checked that against the party and the only one in danger of getting killed in a single-blow is the wizard, who should hopefully know better than to get in the face of the big ugly giant with the glowing heavy pick.