Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Brother MacLaren" data-source="post: 4058934" data-attributes="member: 15999">I think it would add something.&nbsp; I play a Drd20 in MarauderX's game.&nbsp; This druid uses summoning spells.&nbsp; He gets animals that have a 1 or 2 Int and don't speak Common.&nbsp; Unless he casts Speak with Animals, he can't direct them precisely.&nbsp; They don't have the information that he does, so he can't expect that they'll always act optimally.&nbsp; It's difficult to know who they should attack or how they should act, since they're just dumb beasts.We're in the middle of a major battle right now, with three Animal Growthed T-Rexes boosted by bard songs and attacking a Great Wyrm White Dragon they they have cornered (they're really serving as meat shields to block his movement).&nbsp; If the dragon casts Prot Good on himself, should I, on my turn, have my dinosaurs waste their turn trying to attack the dragon?&nbsp; That seems like more honest and better gaming, though it's going to hurt the PCs.&nbsp; Or should I have my druid cast Speak With Animals and direct the dinosaurs differently?&nbsp; Is it reasonable for one of them to attack the enemy giant that just attacked him?&nbsp; Or will he keep to his original orders?It's really hard; they're NOT extensions of the PC the way an arrow is.&nbsp; So I'll ask the DM what they'll do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brother MacLaren, post: 4058934, member: 15999"] I think it would add something. I play a Drd20 in MarauderX's game. This druid uses summoning spells. He gets animals that have a 1 or 2 Int and don't speak Common. Unless he casts Speak with Animals, he can't direct them precisely. They don't have the information that he does, so he can't expect that they'll always act optimally. It's difficult to know who they should attack or how they should act, since they're just dumb beasts. We're in the middle of a major battle right now, with three Animal Growthed T-Rexes boosted by bard songs and attacking a Great Wyrm White Dragon they they have cornered (they're really serving as meat shields to block his movement). If the dragon casts Prot Good on himself, should I, on my turn, have my dinosaurs waste their turn trying to attack the dragon? That seems like more honest and better gaming, though it's going to hurt the PCs. Or should I have my druid cast Speak With Animals and direct the dinosaurs differently? Is it reasonable for one of them to attack the enemy giant that just attacked him? Or will he keep to his original orders? It's really hard; they're NOT extensions of the PC the way an arrow is. So I'll ask the DM what they'll do. [/QUOTE]

Verification