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<blockquote data-quote="Shard O'Glase" data-source="post: 446183" data-attributes="member: 1134"><p><strong>Re: oh, got it</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Something simialr happened in a game I played in about 9 months ago. I was playing a 1st level wizard and fight 1 I noticed an invisible somehting following us. The invisble something noticed my attention and fled, since we were in high grass it made the spot check easier, 2 rounds of absurd spot checks, and 2 crits later the invsible something is dead. The dm wasn't pleased. </p><p></p><p> Fight 2 guy on horse in plate 3 crits in a row and the guy(levle 5 fighter) was running like a punk. My last 2 shots were from the ground, since I got hit by an arow(1hp left) with a str drain poison and I couldn't <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> my crossbow, so i paid a nearby peasent to <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> it for me and hand it to me so I could shoot(we wee right outside the town gates so lots of peasents)</p><p></p><p> After this fight the 1st thing someone saif to me was. You said you were a wizard, you haven't cast one spell yet, and your the bes tfighter in the group, now really what are you.</p><p></p><p>Anyways one comment on your post. I think part of the problem lies in the characters backstory. At level oneit should be something like I was traned by fighter x how to wear armor, and which end of the sword I should hold, how I got wrapped up in this adventure is beyond me. If the backstory is of a ehavily trained soldier from the army it doesn't seem to fit being level 1. Not that I think poeple should cripple thier backstory writing by writing rookie X story when they don't want to, just that if you ar elevel 1 you really aint that trained, but write the story you want because getting anyone to write any story is a big enough pain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shard O'Glase, post: 446183, member: 1134"] [b]Re: oh, got it[/b] Something simialr happened in a game I played in about 9 months ago. I was playing a 1st level wizard and fight 1 I noticed an invisible somehting following us. The invisble something noticed my attention and fled, since we were in high grass it made the spot check easier, 2 rounds of absurd spot checks, and 2 crits later the invsible something is dead. The dm wasn't pleased. Fight 2 guy on horse in plate 3 crits in a row and the guy(levle 5 fighter) was running like a punk. My last 2 shots were from the ground, since I got hit by an arow(1hp left) with a str drain poison and I couldn't :):):):) my crossbow, so i paid a nearby peasent to :):):):) it for me and hand it to me so I could shoot(we wee right outside the town gates so lots of peasents) After this fight the 1st thing someone saif to me was. You said you were a wizard, you haven't cast one spell yet, and your the bes tfighter in the group, now really what are you. Anyways one comment on your post. I think part of the problem lies in the characters backstory. At level oneit should be something like I was traned by fighter x how to wear armor, and which end of the sword I should hold, how I got wrapped up in this adventure is beyond me. If the backstory is of a ehavily trained soldier from the army it doesn't seem to fit being level 1. Not that I think poeple should cripple thier backstory writing by writing rookie X story when they don't want to, just that if you ar elevel 1 you really aint that trained, but write the story you want because getting anyone to write any story is a big enough pain. [/QUOTE]
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