Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
D&D Older Editions
Running player commentary on Sanzuo's 4e Dark Sun campaign
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Iron Sky" data-source="post: 5317878" data-attributes="member: 60965"><p>Just got a chance to post for the first time today. While I was at work today, I realized a couple things I forgot to mention last night.</p><p></p><p>*The beasties were called Jakar. They had a particularly nasty encounter power that they used to drop Kyden; an opportunity attack that they could make if an enemy ended within 2 squares of them. They could shift in and make an attack that was (guesstimate) something like 2d8+3. They'd hit for 10-15 damage, which is alot for someone with 23hp.</p><p></p><p>*Another thing that helps with the "Athas is harsh" reinforcement (and Sanzuo says its recommended in the guide) is to throw <em>hard</em> encounters at your players. The fight we were in was 6 level 1 skirmisher Jakar and 1 level 2 elite, or roughly n+3/+4. The fact that the only living things we'd seen in two days nearly killed us was not lost on us.</p><p></p><p>*At the end of the session, we sold the Jakar's pelts for 100 "gold coins". Metal is <em>extremely</em> rare on Athas, so said gold coins were ceramic discs with "one gold coin" etched into them. They seem to function roughly the same as regular gold coins.</p><p></p><p>*I talked with Thoon's player and he disagreed with the "grittier than Warhammer" - though that may be in part because his character can pretty easily survive on his own in the desert while mine is pretty much dead tomorrow if he runs out of Survival Days today. He did say that it was much grittier than any other 4e he's played.</p><p></p><p>*We've also decided to adopt the "no xp tracking" houserule. The DM will tell us when we've leveled based on achievements in the game rather than "paying us" a level for how many things we've murdered.</p><p></p><p>I think that's it. I'll post the details of the second session we played elsewhen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iron Sky, post: 5317878, member: 60965"] Just got a chance to post for the first time today. While I was at work today, I realized a couple things I forgot to mention last night. *The beasties were called Jakar. They had a particularly nasty encounter power that they used to drop Kyden; an opportunity attack that they could make if an enemy ended within 2 squares of them. They could shift in and make an attack that was (guesstimate) something like 2d8+3. They'd hit for 10-15 damage, which is alot for someone with 23hp. *Another thing that helps with the "Athas is harsh" reinforcement (and Sanzuo says its recommended in the guide) is to throw [I]hard[/I] encounters at your players. The fight we were in was 6 level 1 skirmisher Jakar and 1 level 2 elite, or roughly n+3/+4. The fact that the only living things we'd seen in two days nearly killed us was not lost on us. *At the end of the session, we sold the Jakar's pelts for 100 "gold coins". Metal is [I]extremely[/I] rare on Athas, so said gold coins were ceramic discs with "one gold coin" etched into them. They seem to function roughly the same as regular gold coins. *I talked with Thoon's player and he disagreed with the "grittier than Warhammer" - though that may be in part because his character can pretty easily survive on his own in the desert while mine is pretty much dead tomorrow if he runs out of Survival Days today. He did say that it was much grittier than any other 4e he's played. *We've also decided to adopt the "no xp tracking" houserule. The DM will tell us when we've leveled based on achievements in the game rather than "paying us" a level for how many things we've murdered. I think that's it. I'll post the details of the second session we played elsewhen. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
D&D Older Editions
Running player commentary on Sanzuo's 4e Dark Sun campaign
Top