Hehe. Actually, what I loved is that Gabriel knew there were hordes of stirges, on account of his low-light vision, and Freddie knew there were hordes of stirges, because of his darkvision...but neither conveyed that information to the rest of the party. For Slick Freddie it was in-character to stay hidden on the far side of the cavern, but I think Gabe was just confused. Let's call the whole thing a team-building exercise in communication.SgtGrimm said:I still don't think it was foolish, I was blind in that cavern. I just need to find a better way to see in the dark
OK, maybe it was a little bit unwise, but it'll stay famous for a long time....
I'm still dreading what the Captain will do when he finds out I got one of his precious spellcasters killed on an unauthorized mission. At least we accomplished the mission - I wouldn't be surprised with either a promotion or a demotion.
Mista Collins said:breath weapons?!
stirges?!
you are a RBDM!
the Jester said:Ahem... actually, breath weapons that dealt both acid and constitution damage.
Tolen Mar said:Um...Whats the next level above RBDM?
Glad I'm not in your game.
the Jester said:*As tiny creatures, four stirges will fit into a 5’ square. The area in question was a 15’ wide passage 100’ long (60 squares), plus a section 15’x25’ (another 15 squares), plus a section 15’x190’ long (another 114 squares), plus another 15’x70’ (another 52 squares), plus a room 30’x50’ (60 more squares), yielding a total of 1204 bile-templated stirges, all capable of unleashing breath weapons that do a wee bit of damage and a wee bit of constitution damage. Sure, the DC is low, but if you’re rolling thousands of saving throws, you’re bound to fail a few, right?
Interestingly, by the book an encounter like this is worth NO XP to the party (because they’re so damn high level), but I ad hoc’ed it. It was a tactical challenge that, if mishandled, could have easily led to a tpk.
Tolen Mar said:Wow...
Actually 'by the book' you could multiply it out. Every time you double the number of CR X critters, you're supposed to add 2 to the Encounter Level. A base Stirge is 1/2 CR, doubled is 1, doubled again is 3, and again is 5, etc...
What levels are these guys anyway?