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<blockquote data-quote="WaterRabbit" data-source="post: 7525912" data-attributes="member: 2445">Funny thing about party size.&nbsp; I started playing AD&amp;D in 1979.&nbsp; I played in two groups: one with my local friends about 5 of us total; and another at the YMCA.At the YMCA there were two tables (and two DMs) and each was open to anyone who wanted to join.&nbsp; Each table had at least 8 players and often as many as 12 players.-------THACO wasn't a thing until 2e.&nbsp; Purple worms were truly terrifying in AD&amp;D.&nbsp; I would have no problem running a purple worm against a party of five 5th level characters in 5e, but I would not create an ambush scenario and I would definitely set it up ahead of time to make sure the players would have plenty of options.&nbsp; I would not run it as a random combat encounter.Asymmetric encounters are quite memorable.&nbsp; In AD&amp;D our party encountered a Hill Giant at first level in a fort.&nbsp; It would have been a total party wipe, but my druid was able to get off an Entanglement that held the giant and we were able to wear it down with ranged attacks and kite it around the fort's walls.Instead of whinging about there being a purple worm, either include or not.&nbsp; Create a memorable encounter around it or don't.Also, but the numbers you presented I think it was 11 or 12 on the first table and 1 in 6 on the second?&nbsp; Wouldn't that make it a 1 in 36 chance of rolling the purple worm for each chance of an encounter?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WaterRabbit, post: 7525912, member: 2445"] Funny thing about party size. I started playing AD&D in 1979. I played in two groups: one with my local friends about 5 of us total; and another at the YMCA. At the YMCA there were two tables (and two DMs) and each was open to anyone who wanted to join. Each table had at least 8 players and often as many as 12 players. ------- THACO wasn't a thing until 2e. Purple worms were truly terrifying in AD&D. I would have no problem running a purple worm against a party of five 5th level characters in 5e, but I would not create an ambush scenario and I would definitely set it up ahead of time to make sure the players would have plenty of options. I would not run it as a random combat encounter. Asymmetric encounters are quite memorable. In AD&D our party encountered a Hill Giant at first level in a fort. It would have been a total party wipe, but my druid was able to get off an [I]Entanglement[/I] that held the giant and we were able to wear it down with ranged attacks and kite it around the fort's walls. Instead of whinging about there being a purple worm, either include or not. Create a memorable encounter around it or don't. Also, but the numbers you presented I think it was 11 or 12 on the first table and 1 in 6 on the second? Wouldn't that make it a 1 in 36 chance of rolling the purple worm for each chance of an encounter? [/QUOTE]

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