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<blockquote data-quote="ccooke" data-source="post: 7645731" data-attributes="member: 6695890"><p>There's a difference between the potential for infinite rats and "There are this many rats in this cave system". To a player, I <em>might</em> always say "There's another five rats around this corner", but then again I might not. The potential for more enemies is balanced against the knowledge that I (as the DM) am here to give the players a fair chance at success and thus won't just jump them with a hundred rats attacking from every direction (including up and down) unless they really, <em>really</em> deserve it.</p><p>But if there's an actual finite number pre-declared and it's definitely more than the party can handle, and the actions of the party directly cause rats to come out of that pool and attack... then the possibility of that hundred-rat swarm is much more tangible.</p><p></p><p>(and yeah, it works well with things that aren't rats. Zombies, for instance. Especially if you make them simple zombies with 1hp, but keep the Zombie Fortitude saving throw)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ccooke, post: 7645731, member: 6695890"] There's a difference between the potential for infinite rats and "There are this many rats in this cave system". To a player, I [I]might[/I] always say "There's another five rats around this corner", but then again I might not. The potential for more enemies is balanced against the knowledge that I (as the DM) am here to give the players a fair chance at success and thus won't just jump them with a hundred rats attacking from every direction (including up and down) unless they really, [I]really[/I] deserve it. But if there's an actual finite number pre-declared and it's definitely more than the party can handle, and the actions of the party directly cause rats to come out of that pool and attack... then the possibility of that hundred-rat swarm is much more tangible. (and yeah, it works well with things that aren't rats. Zombies, for instance. Especially if you make them simple zombies with 1hp, but keep the Zombie Fortitude saving throw) [/QUOTE]
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