Recent content by Evil Dr. Grignard

I was reading recently the top ten reasons encounters get trashed and among them was placing the villain in front of the 200 foot drop. It invites the bull rush and the end of the encounter. I'm not sure how it would work if they villain responded with a grapple? Is it even possible? It...

Sweet. The mental angle is one I never thought of. I agree that the PC's can frustrate with that sort of meta thinking, but that's a rant for another post... Probably one I'll start in a week or so ;) ciao, Dr.G

Thanks! I was afraid that the same thing would happen if I started using vivid descriptions, but my PC are for lack of a better word - dense. One of them took on 15 goblins by himself. Nearly died in the process, got a friend killed in the battle even, but didn't slow him down at all. Maybe...

Thanks!, That is sort of what I have been doing already, but another thought I had is adding more quasi-magical description. E.g. The arrow lodges firmly in the creatures chest, the beast raises it face to meet your gaze. At the same time it snaps the offending arrow shaft off leaving the...

Hello, I'm looking for how you all describe damage reduction in game? I've got an encounter coming up with a creature that has very high DR (15/bronze) and low HP. I like to describe the action in my game and I'm drawing a blank as to what I should say for DR beyond the obvious, " your...