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2008-02-18, 06:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2007
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- London, UK.
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I shouldn't always trust the dice....
This is being written under supervision of Melange Pie and Nameless.
I've just finished my first major gaming session, with me as DM using a version of the Basic Game scenario with alterations e.g. Less chests, proper stats for monster, players use their own characters. The party was a Tiefling Sorcerer, played by Nameless, a Half-elf Ranger played by another friend and a Human Druid played by Melange Pie. After the first encounter (Two goblins) and the Ranger looted one of the goblins of their necklace, when they exited the dungeon and approached the town elders Nameless decieded to tell them that the Ranger had stolen the necklace which then led to a fight which itself ended in a unconcious sorcerer with crossbow and camel releated injuries, which a succesful bluff check enabled them to convince the town clerics that they were made by camel/goblin halfbreeds. After had just finished the first encounters, mainly due to the help of Herbert, the druids' camel Animal Companion, and had just entered the third when the druid spotted two chests in behind a harpy and decided to take on the harpy while the other two opened the chests. After two succesful searches I rolled for random treasure which ended in 4pp being shared out and the two chest-openers walking away with a +2 Vicious Merciful Shock Gauntlet for the sorcerer which in total did 4d6+1d3 non-lethal or 3d6+1d3 lethal with 1d6 to the sorcerer while the ranger ended up with a +1 Magical Beast Bane Thundering Frost Longbow....I'm starting to think I should tone up the campaign.
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2008-02-18, 06:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jul 2006
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Re: I shouldn't always trust the dice....
True statement.
Are you sure you rolled the right table?
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2008-02-18, 06:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2006
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- Canada
Re: I shouldn't always trust the dice....
I hate to sound rude, but how did you roll that?
if this was a 1st or 2nd level campaign, you'd be looking at minor items at best, and those are +4 or +5 items.
for future reference, it's perfectly alright to tone down the items your PCs find, if they'll break your story.Nerd-o-rama Wrote on 10/16/06 at 01:06:57:
Even creatures listed as "Always Alignment" have one-in-a-million exceptions: the Chaotic Good White Dragon Ranger yearning to throw off the reputation of its Evil kin, anybody?
Dice for the Dice God! D20s for the D20 Throne!
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2008-02-18, 07:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2007
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- London, UK
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2008-02-18, 07:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2007
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- London, UK.
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2008-02-18, 07:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2006
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- Canada
Re: I shouldn't always trust the dice....
Nerd-o-rama Wrote on 10/16/06 at 01:06:57:
Even creatures listed as "Always Alignment" have one-in-a-million exceptions: the Chaotic Good White Dragon Ranger yearning to throw off the reputation of its Evil kin, anybody?
Dice for the Dice God! D20s for the D20 Throne!
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2008-02-18, 07:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2007
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2008-02-18, 08:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Apr 2005
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- Back in the USSR
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2008-02-18, 08:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2008
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- Nova Scotia, Canada
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Re: I shouldn't always trust the dice....
See, this is why I love the Magic Item Compendium so much. You can't roll something that is completely inappropriate for the characters level, and the tables are really easy to use as well.
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2008-02-18, 08:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2006
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- In the Playground
Re: I shouldn't always trust the dice....
Don't take the items away, that'll annoy your players. Either tone up everything else, or send them on adventures where their stuff is temporarily taken away. Never steal stuff back from the players, if possible, unless extremely cinematic and your players are good at taking that kind of loss.
Fun. There was one guy on the forum recently who had rolled a weapon with something like 8 different abilities on it. I forget who and what now.
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2008-02-18, 08:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2007
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- London, UK
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