Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Samothdm" data-source="post: 2128414" data-attributes="member: 5473">It's not really a &quot;problem&quot;.&nbsp; It's just that two of my main villains in the campaign were both defeated by tripping, which just seems so, as I said, anti-climactic.&nbsp; It's not that I don't want this guy to trip.&nbsp; That's not my point.&nbsp; In this thread, I was just looking for some things I could do to throw the group off a bit, keep them on their toes, and make them realize that the Kensai isn't always going to prevail with the trip technique.&nbsp; That's all.Yeah, I've done flying stuff before.&nbsp; I'm just looking to broaden my repertoir of ideas.&nbsp; Yeah, I get what you're saying.&nbsp; The rakshasa did do a bunch of behind-the-scenes stuff prior to his confrontation with the party.&nbsp; I think I just overestimated him and his ability to use his magical mind-powers on the group.&nbsp; When the final confrontation occurred, the Kensai guy tripped him and whacked on him until the rakshasa turned invisible and tried to flee.&nbsp; I've never DM'd a rakshasa before and I probably just overestimated him based on the way the rest of the party (minus the Kensai) normally deals with stuff.&nbsp; That's really more a part of my other thread, I guess (about integrating a veteran player with a group of inexperienced players).That's true... I guess I didn't think of it that way.&nbsp; It's partly because the first time they destroyed him was at the end of the previous session, so it was very climactic... the vampire-thing turns gaseous and flees after the party was pretty damaged by his minions.&nbsp; But, then, within the first 10 minutes of the follow-up session they had destroyed the reliquary, cast hallow, tripped the vampire-thing, and hacked him apart.&nbsp; So, from that standpoint, it was kind of a let-down.&nbsp; But, yeah, I'm probably putting too much of that on the Kensai player when it was really more involved than that.&nbsp; Still, the ideas for ways to overcome tripping in this thread have been great!&nbsp; Obviously from the responses I'm not the only one who has thought about this before.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Samothdm, post: 2128414, member: 5473"] It's not really a "problem". It's just that two of my main villains in the campaign were both defeated by tripping, which just seems so, as I said, anti-climactic. It's not that I don't want this guy to trip. That's not my point. In this thread, I was just looking for some things I could do to throw the group off a bit, keep them on their toes, and make them realize that the Kensai isn't always going to prevail with the trip technique. That's all. Yeah, I've done flying stuff before. I'm just looking to broaden my repertoir of ideas. Yeah, I get what you're saying. The rakshasa did do a bunch of behind-the-scenes stuff prior to his confrontation with the party. I think I just overestimated him and his ability to use his magical mind-powers on the group. When the final confrontation occurred, the Kensai guy tripped him and whacked on him until the rakshasa turned invisible and tried to flee. I've never DM'd a rakshasa before and I probably just overestimated him based on the way the rest of the party (minus the Kensai) normally deals with stuff. That's really more a part of my other thread, I guess (about integrating a veteran player with a group of inexperienced players). That's true... I guess I didn't think of it that way. It's partly because the first time they destroyed him was at the end of the previous session, so it was very climactic... the vampire-thing turns gaseous and flees after the party was pretty damaged by his minions. But, then, within the first 10 minutes of the follow-up session they had destroyed the reliquary, cast [i]hallow[/i], tripped the vampire-thing, and hacked him apart. So, from that standpoint, it was kind of a let-down. But, yeah, I'm probably putting too much of that on the Kensai player when it was really more involved than that. Still, the ideas for ways to overcome tripping in this thread have been great! Obviously from the responses I'm not the only one who has thought about this before. [/QUOTE]

Verification