Critters on the ceiling

[tobensg]

Yeah. The party survived this one although the Players bickered with each other a bit about tactics afterwards. I am always surprised by the lack of reach weapons in the campaigns i've played in. My multi-class halfling even carries one around to be able to poke at the big baddies before moving in close with his blades.

Thanks everyone for all the responses here.

-Toben

 

[mvincent]

One of the characters tried to claim that this was a little unfair to the melee fighters because each individual only takes up a 5' cube and couldnt actually reach the dragon without jumping.

Being able to reach a dragon (i.e. flying creature) via jumping actually seems like a luxury.

 

[MarkB]

Wow. It's been years since I learned better than to build a character without any ranged weapons. The last one was a dedicated 2-weapon fighter whose only ranged capability were about a dozen daggers that he'd wield in his off hand and throw as necessary. And even he wised up and kept a looted crossbow after about half a dozen sessions.

Basically, those players need to get smart, and realise that intelligent opponents will exploit their weak spots. Especially something highly mobile like a dragon.

 

[moritheil]

Well, it's understandable if they were new. Most people only need to get strafed to death by flying baddies (or undergo any embarassing death) once before grasping the concept.