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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 4603211" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p>To answer this, I just have to say- I spent a great deal of time prepping monsters I really liked with cool powers in the hopes that, in the chaos of everything, they'd stand out in my mind and their abilities and tactics wouldn't be too hard to deal with. </p><p></p><p>Also, the late-3e monster stat block is brilliantly useful, and it was invaluable. Except where I had critters in the old format and ran out of time to update... <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/blush.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":blush:" title="Blush :blush:" data-shortname=":blush:" /></p><p></p><p>As far as the psychology of the creatures- for instance, the dynamic within the evil faction involving Tamult (which the reader has just been made privy to), as well as, er, the "nice surprise" the next update includes for our heroes, and the presence of another potential ally that the party <em>never even saw-</em> but who drew off certain elements of the enemy force- a dragon named Cirrus- were all things that I had to brainstorm very quickly once the 'calling out' happened. Basically, I already knew about these factors, but once the pcs issued their calling out, things developed quickly as most of the Bile Lords' forces moved from their usual posts to attack our heroes. Er... well... damn, I don't want to give away too much- I'm working on the next update and don't want to spoil anything else. But basically, since I already knew the personalities and circumstances involved, when the circumstances changed, the personalities reacted in the logical, obvious fashion. Hopefully, at least some of what I'm talking about will become clear shortly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 4603211, member: 1210"] To answer this, I just have to say- I spent a great deal of time prepping monsters I really liked with cool powers in the hopes that, in the chaos of everything, they'd stand out in my mind and their abilities and tactics wouldn't be too hard to deal with. Also, the late-3e monster stat block is brilliantly useful, and it was invaluable. Except where I had critters in the old format and ran out of time to update... :blush: As far as the psychology of the creatures- for instance, the dynamic within the evil faction involving Tamult (which the reader has just been made privy to), as well as, er, the "nice surprise" the next update includes for our heroes, and the presence of another potential ally that the party [i]never even saw-[/i] but who drew off certain elements of the enemy force- a dragon named Cirrus- were all things that I had to brainstorm very quickly once the 'calling out' happened. Basically, I already knew about these factors, but once the pcs issued their calling out, things developed quickly as most of the Bile Lords' forces moved from their usual posts to attack our heroes. Er... well... damn, I don't want to give away too much- I'm working on the next update and don't want to spoil anything else. But basically, since I already knew the personalities and circumstances involved, when the circumstances changed, the personalities reacted in the logical, obvious fashion. Hopefully, at least some of what I'm talking about will become clear shortly. [/QUOTE]
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