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<blockquote data-quote="aboyd" data-source="post: 5417025" data-attributes="member: 44797">Hmm.&nbsp; Not sure this is funny, but it was enjoyable.&nbsp; A while back, here on EnWorld the gang was helping me to make an anti-magic anti-hero type NPC.&nbsp; The players of my game hated him, and ended up losing fights against him multiple times.&nbsp; The last time they fought, I knew it would be a TPK unless I gave the players a way out.&nbsp; I decided that the NPC's right-hand man had returned from business, and would be part of the encounter.As I said recently in this forum, I love the &quot;ranged disarm&quot; feat in Complete Warrior.&nbsp; So I built this right-hand man to be the most amazing ranged disarmer that ever lived.&nbsp; Huge number of attacks, many bonuses to initiative, optimized to always hit with little concern for how much damage he could do, etc.And then it happened during one game -- the players confronted this anti-hero named Lord Seren, and rather than utterly destroy all of them, Lord Seren simply said, &quot;Disarm them!&quot;&nbsp; Mr. right-hand did five ranged attacks in a single round, and half the group had lost their weapons before even getting a turn.&nbsp; Seren: &quot;Surrender!&quot;Unfortunately, the players were not impressed, and decided to fight anyway.&nbsp; So they would pick up weapons, get a single strike in (if that), be disarmed again, pick up weapon, get a single strike, be disarmed, and so on.&nbsp; TPK.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aboyd, post: 5417025, member: 44797"] Hmm. Not sure this is funny, but it was enjoyable. A while back, here on EnWorld the gang was helping me to make an anti-magic anti-hero type NPC. The players of my game [i]hated[/i] him, and ended up losing fights against him multiple times. The last time they fought, I [i]knew[/i] it would be a TPK unless I gave the players a way out. I decided that the NPC's right-hand man had returned from business, and would be part of the encounter. As I said recently in this forum, I love the "ranged disarm" feat in Complete Warrior. So I built this right-hand man to be the most amazing ranged disarmer that ever lived. Huge number of attacks, many bonuses to initiative, optimized to always hit with little concern for how much damage he could do, etc. And then it happened during one game -- the players confronted this anti-hero named Lord Seren, and rather than utterly destroy all of them, Lord Seren simply said, "Disarm them!" Mr. right-hand did five ranged attacks in a single round, and half the group had lost their weapons before even getting a turn. Seren: "Surrender!" Unfortunately, the players were not impressed, and decided to fight anyway. So they would pick up weapons, get a single strike in (if that), be disarmed again, pick up weapon, get a single strike, be disarmed, and so on. TPK. [/QUOTE]

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