Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Goldy" data-source="post: 80411" data-attributes="member: 3273">Craziness...Hi Doc. I'm a long time lurker, turned postee in light of this sudden turn of events. I've read your story for quite some time, and I would never have expected such a bold move from your party.&nbsp; I'm sorry to say that I am a bit disappointed with your frustration.&nbsp; I think that everyone is going a little overboard.I say if a party wants to do something crazy, like attack a giant, ancient Wyrm, then let them. It's all part of the role-playing, high fantasy experience. I think you're taking yourself, your players, and the game too seriously.&nbsp; To quote the DeadAleWives, &quot;It's a game of the imagination.&quot;&nbsp; Let them have their fun. Of course, you should not have pulled any punches while they were fighting the dragon. Why did it only kill one member? If it was tough enough to brush off a harm spell, you think it could have annihilated the whole party.&nbsp; Where were the minions and sidekicks? Another question that comes tomind is how high level is this module? You said your players are 11th level, and to have a big bad Wyrm at the end sounds like a module that is too tough for the characters at this point anyhow. It may have been silly or poor judgement for the characters to attack the end bad guy right away, but did you ever think maybe it was poor judgement on your part for putting them in a module with one? These are things a DM has to think of since there is no telling what his players are going to do.I think it would be interesting for the dragon to want a rematch, but I say don't bother taking away magical items or loved ones. Never works. Chances are this is going to hurt your campaign more than anything. If you ruin their characters, you're only going to bring an end to your epic campaign. I say send the dragon after them in a fair fight. They dropped in on it, so have it drop in on them. Let whoever dies, die, and let that be it. Afterall, it is a game. When the game gets taken too seriously, people stop having fun, which is the whole point of playing in the first place.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Goldy, post: 80411, member: 3273"] [b]Craziness...[/b] Hi Doc. I'm a long time lurker, turned postee in light of this sudden turn of events. I've read your story for quite some time, and I would never have expected such a bold move from your party. I'm sorry to say that I am a bit disappointed with your frustration. I think that everyone is going a little overboard. I say if a party wants to do something crazy, like attack a giant, ancient Wyrm, then let them. It's all part of the role-playing, high fantasy experience. I think you're taking yourself, your players, and the game too seriously. To quote the DeadAleWives, "It's a game of the imagination." Let them have their fun. Of course, you should not have pulled any punches while they were fighting the dragon. Why did it only kill one member? If it was tough enough to brush off a harm spell, you think it could have annihilated the whole party. Where were the minions and sidekicks? Another question that comes tomind is how high level is this module? You said your players are 11th level, and to have a big bad Wyrm at the end sounds like a module that is too tough for the characters at this point anyhow. It may have been silly or poor judgement for the characters to attack the end bad guy right away, but did you ever think maybe it was poor judgement on your part for putting them in a module with one? These are things a DM has to think of since there is no telling what his players are going to do. I think it would be interesting for the dragon to want a rematch, but I say don't bother taking away magical items or loved ones. Never works. Chances are this is going to hurt your campaign more than anything. If you ruin their characters, you're only going to bring an end to your epic campaign. I say send the dragon after them in a fair fight. They dropped in on it, so have it drop in on them. Let whoever dies, die, and let that be it. Afterall, it is a game. When the game gets taken too seriously, people stop having fun, which is the whole point of playing in the first place. [/QUOTE]

Verification