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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 5568902" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p>So, playtest report #2:</p><p></p><p>The party fell into the trap just as I'd anticipated- it didn't even occur to them to doubt the pixies that led them to it, and AFAIK they still think the pixies are legit good guys in need of aid (not servants of Acererak trying to lead them to their doom).</p><p></p><p>We had an interesting mix of nonlethal damage (3e style) from falling out of the trap into a pile of sand, ability damage (stirges and scorpion venom) and hit point damage that tore into the party- triple jeopardy, if you will.. Still, they came through the trap, scorpions and subsequent encounter with four lizardfolk and a couple of spitting drakes better than I expected. (I'm totally using the "lower levels of a dungeon are more dangerous" trope and the trap landed them- 1st level characters- in the third level, so I am expecting them to be hard pressed at best.)</p><p></p><p>No deaths, but the halfling fighter lost a leg.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 5568902, member: 1210"] So, playtest report #2: The party fell into the trap just as I'd anticipated- it didn't even occur to them to doubt the pixies that led them to it, and AFAIK they still think the pixies are legit good guys in need of aid (not servants of Acererak trying to lead them to their doom). We had an interesting mix of nonlethal damage (3e style) from falling out of the trap into a pile of sand, ability damage (stirges and scorpion venom) and hit point damage that tore into the party- triple jeopardy, if you will.. Still, they came through the trap, scorpions and subsequent encounter with four lizardfolk and a couple of spitting drakes better than I expected. (I'm totally using the "lower levels of a dungeon are more dangerous" trope and the trap landed them- 1st level characters- in the third level, so I am expecting them to be hard pressed at best.) No deaths, but the halfling fighter lost a leg. [/QUOTE]
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