Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Critical Role Episode #26 - spoilers!
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 7465723" data-attributes="member: 2629"><p>My dwarven barbarian's flaw is that he is a horrible liar and doesn't realize it. I elected to have him take a -5 penalty to his deception instead of the +1 he would normally have for a 13 Charisma. </p><p></p><p>My svirfneblin wizard was a drow wizard's slave and spent years expecting to be killed at any moment before he escaped and became an adventurer. When the party encountered drow and again later when they encountered driders, his first priority was hiding so that they did not know he existed - until he had a chance to exact revenge and finish off the encounters. </p><p></p><p>Back in the 1E days I had a fighter dual classed to wizard that had been born the son of a Thayvian noble. Due to a helm of opposite alignment, he went on to become a heroic adventurer and freedom fighter, but he lived in terror that his father would find him, remove the helm's effects and bring him back into the fold of evil. When the PCs encountered a Red Wizard in a side encounter, I decided that the character would do everything possible to kill it so that it could not report his location. When it teleported away, my character sidetracked the entire campaign for weeks with an obsession of tracking it down, confirming it had not revealed his location and then killing it... </p><p></p><p>Taking disadvantage when your character is afraid of something is good roleplaying. As Matt, I'd have probably told her that we'd give Lorenzo a free intimidate check to frighten her rather than make it automatic disadvantage, but I'd simultaneously have given her inspiration just for suggesting it.</p><p></p><p>As for the encounter - They're 5th level. They faced off against what appears to be a level 9+ Hexblade (which would be CR 3), a level 5+ wizard (CR 2), a druid, 2 thugs and a barbarian. If the barbarian and druid were also 5th level-ish (CR 2) and the thugs were MM thugs (CR 1/2), the encounter would have been under the threshold for a deadly encounter (2250 xp versus 2750 for deadly). It was not an unfair encounter based upon abilities exhibited. </p><p></p><p>I'm curious whether we've seen the last of Molly or if we'll see a new party member.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 7465723, member: 2629"] My dwarven barbarian's flaw is that he is a horrible liar and doesn't realize it. I elected to have him take a -5 penalty to his deception instead of the +1 he would normally have for a 13 Charisma. My svirfneblin wizard was a drow wizard's slave and spent years expecting to be killed at any moment before he escaped and became an adventurer. When the party encountered drow and again later when they encountered driders, his first priority was hiding so that they did not know he existed - until he had a chance to exact revenge and finish off the encounters. Back in the 1E days I had a fighter dual classed to wizard that had been born the son of a Thayvian noble. Due to a helm of opposite alignment, he went on to become a heroic adventurer and freedom fighter, but he lived in terror that his father would find him, remove the helm's effects and bring him back into the fold of evil. When the PCs encountered a Red Wizard in a side encounter, I decided that the character would do everything possible to kill it so that it could not report his location. When it teleported away, my character sidetracked the entire campaign for weeks with an obsession of tracking it down, confirming it had not revealed his location and then killing it... Taking disadvantage when your character is afraid of something is good roleplaying. As Matt, I'd have probably told her that we'd give Lorenzo a free intimidate check to frighten her rather than make it automatic disadvantage, but I'd simultaneously have given her inspiration just for suggesting it. As for the encounter - They're 5th level. They faced off against what appears to be a level 9+ Hexblade (which would be CR 3), a level 5+ wizard (CR 2), a druid, 2 thugs and a barbarian. If the barbarian and druid were also 5th level-ish (CR 2) and the thugs were MM thugs (CR 1/2), the encounter would have been under the threshold for a deadly encounter (2250 xp versus 2750 for deadly). It was not an unfair encounter based upon abilities exhibited. I'm curious whether we've seen the last of Molly or if we'll see a new party member. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Critical Role Episode #26 - spoilers!
Top