Recent content by Tanarii

You both missed how those tables work anyway. The AD&D 1e weapon modifiers vs AC tables are only used against armor or armor-like creatures. They don't apply to generic monster AC. What DOES apply is weapon damage vs size, and that's what made AD&D 1e Longswords king: 1d12 damage vs L creatures...

What I find interesting is that before the tangent, the only answer given to the OP doesn't match the RAW. RAW for determining surprise says each and every creature attempting to sneak up on the other side must make a Stealth check vs passive perception. So ruling 'one roll for each type of...

The easiest way is to take the XP reward of a creature equal to the players level, divide by four, then reference the CR for that new amount of XP. For example, a level 5 player, take XP for a CR 5 creature (1800), divide by 4 (450), and that's CR 2. Example 2: player level 10, CR 10 XP...

Sounds like a good recommended solution to me then. ;)

What difficulty (ie adjusted XP) are you throwing at them, what level and how many are they, and how many encounters per day? If you're throwing less than 3 encounters, they should be at least Deadly X1.5 for two, and Deadly x3 for just one. Personally I don't think a prepared group in CaW play...

You want to play a game balanced on attrition, but without the attrition? You're going to have to rewrite the classes and spells from the ground up IMO. Or just accept that you can throw massively over-difficulty encounters at the party, and accept a serious risk for TPKs. If that's "dangerous...

Thats a fair extension of my complaint. But my understanding is that PrCs were always, quite intentionally, more powerful than a base class. And I don't see narrative balancing prerequisites on Player options as a fair restriction for the DM to have to deal with. If that's changed and...

thats not a big, that's a feature. Downtime is a resource just like any other resource, if you choose to use some, and others don't, then you've trading adventuring for some other benefit. That said, you should know or be warned that you're playing in a game style that strictly enforces of...

That's fine in a home game. But it typically won't fly in open AL drop-in games. IMO if the flavor-side was supposed to balance the power of the class, especially in regards to Warlocks, they should have made it explicit with something similar to Paladin Oaths. That's especially important for...

I'm on a roll today. /smh :)

Well :):):):) guess I'm just talking out my ass then. And derailing the thread. Carry on.

You probably should have started a new thread linked back to this one. Folks aren't likely to notice this post, with a new question, many pages into to the post and made a year later. Unless they do what I just did, and read the entire thread through in one sitting. :p IMo the force multipliers...

Personally I think they're far too low for any realistic dungeon delve. But I've felt that way about PC survivability in pretty much every edition of D&D. Having to retreat due to lack of resources, and leaving behind a forwarned dungeon, comes after far too encounters. Thats as a player. As a...

Then you, or your DM, isn't playing by 5e guidelines. That's fine, but hopefully the games rules have been adjusted to reflect this, since characters will be far more powerful and encounters more easily overcome. They have several variant rules in the DMG to cover exactly this. Of the DM can...

Why is that happening? In a Linear or Narrative or CaS adventure, that's already under DM control, because the flow of the game from scene to scene is controlled by the DM. In a sandbox/CaW environment, wandering monsters will screw you up if you try to rest where it's not safe. And...