[4e] covaithe's E1: Death's Reach
Lord Sessadore
Explorer
Just wanted to pipe up to say that Sarenax and I are still here as well. 
Walking Dad
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Same for BKT.Just wanted to pipe up to say that Sarenax and I are still here as well.
covaithe
Explorer
Well, there's an update. I handwaved furiously on the flavor text, because it took me a full three hours to do this update before I even started the fluff. So... much... going... on!
I'm definitely going to need to experiment to see if I can't reduce the amount of time these combat updates take. Three hours a round isn't sustainable; I just can't find that kind of time in one block on a regular basis.
By contrast, an encounter for a level 2 or 3 party usually takes me about half an hour for a combat update. Maybe an hour for a big fight. (which this is, to be fair. But small fights just don't cut it against you guys; you're too tough.)
One thing that I'll almost certainly want to try is going back to normal initiative rules, so that the updates are split up into several per round, and aren't quite so monolithic. Any other ideas?
I'm definitely going to need to experiment to see if I can't reduce the amount of time these combat updates take. Three hours a round isn't sustainable; I just can't find that kind of time in one block on a regular basis.
By contrast, an encounter for a level 2 or 3 party usually takes me about half an hour for a combat update. Maybe an hour for a big fight. (which this is, to be fair. But small fights just don't cut it against you guys; you're too tough.)
One thing that I'll almost certainly want to try is going back to normal initiative rules, so that the updates are split up into several per round, and aren't quite so monolithic. Any other ideas?
renau1g
First Post
One nice thing about PbP is the slower pace helps with all the little stuff, like the +1 here and -2 to hit there. At least I find it easier, but from the DM side it's gotta be difficult.
In L4W, I'm getting nervous to run Paragon games (which we seem to be getting closer to), but also a bit excited. Epic is crazy though.
I think splitting up the initiatives is a good idea. If there's 6 of us (assuming we all survive) not sure if its easier to do 2 groups of 3 or 3 groups of 2. The latter will be more updates, but of smaller size, the former less updates, but a bit larger. Depends on the # of enemies I guess. If there's a lot of them, breaking them up more is probably better for you also.
In L4W, I'm getting nervous to run Paragon games (which we seem to be getting closer to), but also a bit excited. Epic is crazy though.
I think splitting up the initiatives is a good idea. If there's 6 of us (assuming we all survive) not sure if its easier to do 2 groups of 3 or 3 groups of 2. The latter will be more updates, but of smaller size, the former less updates, but a bit larger. Depends on the # of enemies I guess. If there's a lot of them, breaking them up more is probably better for you also.
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