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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 7383247" data-attributes="member: 12731">Thank you.Believe me when I say I have:<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?595068-ToA-The-many-and-fabulous-bazaars-of-Port-Nyanzaru" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?595068-ToA-The-many-and-fabulous-bazaars-of-Port-Nyanzaru</a>This thread is on page 7-ish out of 23 pages in total (already written, only I hand out one page a day so as to not overwhelm you readers). Unless I remember wrong it contains no less than three items that specifically target the problem areas discussed by this thread. An item to counterattack on a miss. An item to make two off-hand attacks with your TWF bonus action. And a third item... sorry, it escapes me at the mo'.Apart from the myriad items that benefit many characters, that is.Thank you. I am aware. But in my discussions we simply don't see it. The ability to abuse Rogue damage, that is. Yes, we see how the class can be used to scout ahead solo and murderize single targets. But we're not down for that. Nobody is interested in showing up to sit on their hands while another player plays the game for them.You really should have Sally call me and explain how she accomplishes all that melting. We fancy ourselves as heavy minmaxers, and we simply can't see it. I'm eagerly awaiting Sally's call <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />As for NPC assassins, let me assure you I'm no slouch in the abuse-the-rules area. Let me give you a sneak preview of one of my souped-up Omu encounters (my party is on their way to becoming level 10).Remember good old Bag of Nails, the demented tabaxi hunter. Well, I'm planning to give him an Oathbow with Arrows of Slaying. To make a long story short, he will shoot arrows with their names on them from 600 feet away with advantage for 20d6 damage. (To make this short story longer, wait for the encounter in my <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?629284-Lost-City-of-Omu-for-high-level-PCs-(spoilers)&p=7382671#top" target="_blank">Omu thread</a>)Yes, you heard that right. The only way to represent a truly legendary hunter is if he actually stands a chance of one-shotting a character before they hunt him down and kill him. And at that distance, he will actually stand a chance of disappearing (my players like extreme mobility and they HATE monsters that get away) to repeat this. He has divined three names and he has three arrows. It should be fun! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />(They have 50-70 hp each plus reactionary temp hp (see the Many and Fabulous Bazaars thread), so even when I roll high, I don't expect any instant deaths - that would require me to deal 100+ damage in a single attack. If I hit, which even with advantage isn't a given. But I expect an hope to come close at least once out of the three attempts <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ) That's not my idea of a balanced encounter, by the way. I just came to think of it when you worried about my abilities to send "melting" NPCs of Sally levels at the party <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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