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Battle vs horde of weak monsters, how to make this fun?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ancalagon" data-source="post: 7349748" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>Good stuff folks, I'm very thankful! <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=":)" /> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That is it, thank you for posting the map! Have you run this adventure?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Definitely. It is quite likely that a combo of spirit guardian and fear spell (from the warlock) will drive the gibberlings off. However... this is a short term solution, and it should add tension to the rest of the map. In fact... maybe that is the real purpose of the encounter... not the fight in per itself, but the party constantly being on guard, wary of the horde re-forming and giving chase. </p><p></p><p> Gibberlings are ... not very smart. But a smattering of random missile fire is definitely possible. AND the brood gibberling are definitely going to spit brain slugs at the cleric.</p><p></p><p>... said cleric is a slugman. Go Yoon-Suin!</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Individual gibberlings have about 4-5 hp... ie insta death from most PC hits. I definitely will be running them as unit, rolling a bunch of d20s at once etc. Most of them wont' able to attack at once due to lack of space. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I reallly don't like swarms because of how they interact with area of effect spell. If you fireball a swarm with 200 hp *everything should die*. Besides, I believe that they are too "big" to be part of a swarm.</p><p></p><p>The noted brood gibberling will be trying more cunning/vicious things, like spitting brain slugs from range (that burrow into you to eat your brain). And yes, the gibberlings have poor morale.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ancalagon, post: 7349748, member: 23"] Good stuff folks, I'm very thankful! :) That is it, thank you for posting the map! Have you run this adventure? Definitely. It is quite likely that a combo of spirit guardian and fear spell (from the warlock) will drive the gibberlings off. However... this is a short term solution, and it should add tension to the rest of the map. In fact... maybe that is the real purpose of the encounter... not the fight in per itself, but the party constantly being on guard, wary of the horde re-forming and giving chase. Gibberlings are ... not very smart. But a smattering of random missile fire is definitely possible. AND the brood gibberling are definitely going to spit brain slugs at the cleric. ... said cleric is a slugman. Go Yoon-Suin! Individual gibberlings have about 4-5 hp... ie insta death from most PC hits. I definitely will be running them as unit, rolling a bunch of d20s at once etc. Most of them wont' able to attack at once due to lack of space. I reallly don't like swarms because of how they interact with area of effect spell. If you fireball a swarm with 200 hp *everything should die*. Besides, I believe that they are too "big" to be part of a swarm. The noted brood gibberling will be trying more cunning/vicious things, like spitting brain slugs from range (that burrow into you to eat your brain). And yes, the gibberlings have poor morale. [/QUOTE]
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