Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 3595260" data-attributes="member: 545">Good advice, folks.(1) Do not be afraid of making a mistake if that is exactly the kind of mistake your PC would probably make.(2) A good tactician looks for ways for his PC to be more effective.&nbsp; A great tactician looks for ways to make his comrades more effective first.(3) Hitting them fast and hard to knock a few opponents out of the fight ASAP is a great idea but a bad habit.&nbsp; The PCs as a party tend to have deeper magical resources to draw upon, so slowing down the combat and/or regrouping tends to be to your advantage.&nbsp; Scrolls of Obscuring Mist, Fog Cloud, Web, Stinking Cloud are worth their weight in platinum when facing a real emergency.(4) Area control spells such as walls, Web, fog, etc. can accomplish both #2 and #3 very efficiently.&nbsp; Isolating a portion of the enemy for even a single round will allow the rest of the party to operate a peak effectiveness without interference.&nbsp; This is extremely powerful in larger parties.(5) Great villains always have an escape plan.&nbsp; So should heroes.&nbsp; A potion of Invisiblity and a potion of Fly (when you have the lucre) gives you the option of fleeing to fight another day.&nbsp; A potion or two saved for an emergency is a lot cheaper than the Raise Dead or TPK.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ridley's Cohort, post: 3595260, member: 545"] Good advice, folks. (1) Do not be afraid of making a mistake if that is exactly the kind of mistake your PC would probably make. (2) A good tactician looks for ways for his PC to be more effective. A great tactician looks for ways to make his comrades more effective first. (3) Hitting them fast and hard to knock a few opponents out of the fight ASAP is a great idea but a bad habit. The PCs as a party tend to have deeper magical resources to draw upon, so slowing down the combat and/or regrouping tends to be to your advantage. Scrolls of Obscuring Mist, Fog Cloud, Web, Stinking Cloud are worth their weight in platinum when facing a real emergency. (4) Area control spells such as walls, Web, fog, etc. can accomplish both #2 and #3 very efficiently. Isolating a portion of the enemy for even a single round will allow the rest of the party to operate a peak effectiveness without interference. This is extremely powerful in larger parties. (5) Great villains always have an escape plan. So should heroes. A potion of Invisiblity and a potion of Fly (when you have the lucre) gives you the option of fleeing to fight another day. A potion or two saved for an emergency is a lot cheaper than the Raise Dead or TPK. [/QUOTE]

Verification