That is indeed the spirit in which the game was devised, so in that regard you are spot on as our English fellows say.Treebore said:
Again, I agree with what you stete in regards to the merits of difficult dungeons. Even if one loses one's PC therein, the enjoyment of relating the circumstances of that demise to a group of gamers that had similar experiences is well worth the loss IMO. I managed to get Yrag and several of his cohorts through a dungeon similar to Tsojcanth, one that Rob Kuntz created and DMed. I foolishly had the party seek out an orange area of the map I glimpsed, and the lot were nearly incinerated when I finally managed to stumble upon the sole means of ingress to the chamber. I quit that sort of fudging after thatThen again, I love Tomb of Horrors, Lost Caverns of Tsojanth, and all the other "killer" dungeons. I like bragging rights. Whether it is for having survived or died in the most gruesome and/or original manner. Or for having died 8 times, and every time being from failing to save versus the death/20 poison. 8 consecutive failed saves against the same type of poison. Thankfully the DM decided my obvious allergy towards it had become severe enough that I would break out in hives and have a sneezing fit just from coming within 5 feet of it. Decanter of Endless Water became my great "wash the poison away" friend.
In OD&D I used the Moorcock division of Law and Chaos to serve to describe the general motives of the persons and creatures involved in the game, the Good and Evil. It soom bacame evident to me that those descriptors were not synonyms, thet all that was lawful was not good, all that was chaotic was not evil, and animals were generally not concerned with any of those ethical mindsets.MutieMoe said:
Col_Pladoh said:Just so
Most of the players in my campaign, all of my own PCs, were never too proud to take to their heels when the opposition was clearly overwhelming. In fact, a good bit of thrilling adventure went into some of the ensuing chases. When Mordenkainen and bigby met their fate at the hands of Rob's super iron golem, it was bacause they hadn't the means to escape quickly, not that they didn't wish to beat feet
As a DM I made lemonade out of the "lemons" of the new players' reluctance to flee, to stand and die before a foe that was trashing them. That is how the Old Guard Kobolds came into being, and they have grown in both individual ability, numbers, and organizarion so they now pose a meaningful threat to PC parties of 4th or 5th level. Sadly, a group of such PC that were veterans took ost of them out, but iw was a casual play session, so I won't count it against the little humanoids
Cheers,
Gary
BOZ said:ooh, hydra flail snails would be wicked nasty! that's a few dozen clubbing attacks per round isn't it?
Hi Rich,rgard said:
Col_Pladoh said:
Okay!rgard said:Hi Gary,
The shop is in Sarver, PA. Just north of Pittsburgh (center of the universe...just ask anybody from here.)
The jury is still out on the livelihood aspect of this, but Christmas is less damaging to the wallet given I have 3 sons (ages 8, 11, 13) to whom I've introduced to RPGs and miniatures gaming.
Also, 6 gamers (D&D players) are in the store now and all say 'hi and thanks' too!
Thanks again,
Rich
That's not a bad thing!haakon1 said:Tsojcanth was a "killer"? I thought I was just being a scaredy pants about it. Still we made it through alive, after some Resurrections.
