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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5520751" data-attributes="member: 92511"><p>Just a small wrap up on the group's adventure on Dragonbone Isle...(not that they're totally out of the water, so to speak, just yet <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>I don't want to get into too much (well, any, really) "crunch" as this is not a "mechanics" kinda story hour.</p><p></p><p>But here's why I LOVE running low level groups and/or starting at 1st level.<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devil.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" /></p><p>Following the last scene/on the run, the crew looked like this:</p><p>Alaria: 1hp</p><p>Fen: 2hp (after being healed from -2 by Trihna)</p><p>Braddok: 2hp</p><p>Erevan: 3hp (after being healed from 0 by Haelan)</p><p>Haelan: 5hp (reeeally got off easy. But given he nearly died with the harpies, I didn't mind so much the dice giving him a break)</p><p>Coerraine: full hp (the guy's just damn tough to hit! Also, his "Protection from Evil" field was UBER useful against the elemental)</p><p>Duor full hp (let's hear it for Dexterity bonuses and great rolls. Definitely kept him out of a world of pain.)</p><p>Trihna (NPC): full hp</p><p></p><p>I'll also take this opportunity to lament, as a DM, the encounter with Meeessh. If the party had not encountered Meeessh (or if it had gone badly) they would have had to enter the mountain via the "front door" cave that Fen knew about. It would have been a VERY different (and I daresay, more deadly) adventure...*disappointed sigh*. My own fault for putting him in there.</p><p></p><p>But them's the gaming breaks, aren't they? Players will always figure out some way around your most well thought out, detailed and planned encounters (...as they should!). C'est la guerre.</p><p></p><p>It's ok though...Tresahd will live to rear his bone-crowned head another day which, while not originally being in the "plan", is just fine with me. Bwahaha. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devil.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" /></p><p>--SD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 5520751, member: 92511"] Just a small wrap up on the group's adventure on Dragonbone Isle...(not that they're totally out of the water, so to speak, just yet ;) I don't want to get into too much (well, any, really) "crunch" as this is not a "mechanics" kinda story hour. But here's why I LOVE running low level groups and/or starting at 1st level.:devil: Following the last scene/on the run, the crew looked like this: Alaria: 1hp Fen: 2hp (after being healed from -2 by Trihna) Braddok: 2hp Erevan: 3hp (after being healed from 0 by Haelan) Haelan: 5hp (reeeally got off easy. But given he nearly died with the harpies, I didn't mind so much the dice giving him a break) Coerraine: full hp (the guy's just damn tough to hit! Also, his "Protection from Evil" field was UBER useful against the elemental) Duor full hp (let's hear it for Dexterity bonuses and great rolls. Definitely kept him out of a world of pain.) Trihna (NPC): full hp I'll also take this opportunity to lament, as a DM, the encounter with Meeessh. If the party had not encountered Meeessh (or if it had gone badly) they would have had to enter the mountain via the "front door" cave that Fen knew about. It would have been a VERY different (and I daresay, more deadly) adventure...*disappointed sigh*. My own fault for putting him in there. But them's the gaming breaks, aren't they? Players will always figure out some way around your most well thought out, detailed and planned encounters (...as they should!). C'est la guerre. It's ok though...Tresahd will live to rear his bone-crowned head another day which, while not originally being in the "plan", is just fine with me. Bwahaha. :devil: --SD [/QUOTE]
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