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<blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 7539057" data-attributes="member: 6775031"><p>One year earlier than that, I was playing in that campaign, and the final boss died in a similarly expedient manner. </p><p></p><p>In this case, it was as a side-effect of the GM's many house rules. The particular house rule was a hold-over from 1E, and it may have been a house rule back then, but it's hard to convince some people to ever change. In any case, the rule was that if you failed to overcome Spell Resistance, you had to use a different spell before you got a chance to try again; using the same spell against the same target would always yield the same result.</p><p></p><p>In an earlier session, the party was granted a boon from a powerful fey, which included a list of potential short-term benefits. One of those possibilities was, IIRC, a bonus of +20 to any d20 roll. </p><p></p><p>As soon as the fight started, and we survived their initial volley, my character immediately reached over to cast <em>Harm</em> on the Big Bad. Using the boon on that SR check, I was able to make my Harm spell affect her, and three rounds of sustained Harm was enough to end the fight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Crimson Binome, post: 7539057, member: 6775031"] One year earlier than that, I was playing in that campaign, and the final boss died in a similarly expedient manner. In this case, it was as a side-effect of the GM's many house rules. The particular house rule was a hold-over from 1E, and it may have been a house rule back then, but it's hard to convince some people to ever change. In any case, the rule was that if you failed to overcome Spell Resistance, you had to use a different spell before you got a chance to try again; using the same spell against the same target would always yield the same result. In an earlier session, the party was granted a boon from a powerful fey, which included a list of potential short-term benefits. One of those possibilities was, IIRC, a bonus of +20 to any d20 roll. As soon as the fight started, and we survived their initial volley, my character immediately reached over to cast [I]Harm[/I] on the Big Bad. Using the boon on that SR check, I was able to make my Harm spell affect her, and three rounds of sustained Harm was enough to end the fight. [/QUOTE]
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