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[Playtest 2] Any Deaths?
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<blockquote data-quote="Crazy Jerome" data-source="post: 6001672" data-attributes="member: 54877"><p>I ran five 2nd level PCs from playtest 2 through more of the Caves of Chaos. Eight orcs attacking from ambush got them all down into single digits before their luck turned. They ended up not losing a person. But this was a classic case of mostly bad rolls by the players and good rolls by the monsters that flipped the other way right at the crucial moment. (It was all on the table. I never fudge.) </p><p> </p><p>I think in the current Next rules, a low-level party that avoids ambush, avoids higher level monsters, does not push on after being low on resources, or doesn't get trapped (e.g. classic one-way door or the like)--is unlikely to suffer a death--and probably only a freak death when it does happen. The scouting rogue or a wizard caught in an opening hail of missile fire is the most likely death. OTOH, a similar party that doesn't avoid all of that, could easily suffer a TPK.</p><p> </p><p>My next session is shaping up to have 7-9 3rd level PCs. I'm planning on throwing the kitchen sink at them, to find out what such a party can handle. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devil.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crazy Jerome, post: 6001672, member: 54877"] I ran five 2nd level PCs from playtest 2 through more of the Caves of Chaos. Eight orcs attacking from ambush got them all down into single digits before their luck turned. They ended up not losing a person. But this was a classic case of mostly bad rolls by the players and good rolls by the monsters that flipped the other way right at the crucial moment. (It was all on the table. I never fudge.) I think in the current Next rules, a low-level party that avoids ambush, avoids higher level monsters, does not push on after being low on resources, or doesn't get trapped (e.g. classic one-way door or the like)--is unlikely to suffer a death--and probably only a freak death when it does happen. The scouting rogue or a wizard caught in an opening hail of missile fire is the most likely death. OTOH, a similar party that doesn't avoid all of that, could easily suffer a TPK. My next session is shaping up to have 7-9 3rd level PCs. I'm planning on throwing the kitchen sink at them, to find out what such a party can handle. :devil:;) [/QUOTE]
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