ChrisCarlson
First Post
Really? Is that what the rules say happens when you fail a madness check? Are you sure?Becoming a gibbering mess for 50 hours?
We've been using the madness rules for months in our current OotA campaign, actually. Working as intended, AFAICT. I've had zero problems with it. I've failed two madness saves so far. Heck, my friend's dwarf fighter PC had a complete mental breakdown and now believes himself to be another player's human dex paladin PC. Took his name. Change his behavior. Uses similar gear now (switched to studded leather and uses a shortsword). Even shaved off his beard! The whole ball o' wax.Have you even read the material you so staunchly are defending?
Read up on DMG madness and the OOTA appendix on the Demon Lords and then tell me with a straight face you don't agree that in theory, the game would have been better off with some work done on keeping the disparity between weak saves and high DCs in check.
So while you are asking if I've even read the material, how about if I ask if you've bothered played the material you are so staunchly attacking?
Because your white-room, theory-craft hand-wringing does not appear to coincide with my at-the-table, practical experience. <shrug> I guess YMMV, one supposes.