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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Klaus" data-source="post: 1560741" data-attributes="member: 607">About a year ago I wrote an article for the Fiery Dragon website that covered ways to keep the game moving, specially for those of us who can rarely get a game going (about once every 4 or 5 months. One of the tips was Being prepared:"Be prepared: Are you putting a ghost in your adventure? Then go over its powers and make sure you understand how to use them. Prepare strategies, complete with save DCs and effects. For my latest game, I had an evil 8th-level cleric face the party. His round-by-round strategy was something like this:Preparation before combat (by round): 1 — magic vestment (AC 19); 2 — guidance (+1 attack); 3 — entropic shield (20% miss chance); 4 — divine favor (Str 18, attack +12/+7, damage 1d10+5+1d6, hp 60), when divine favor ends, bull’s strength (Str 17, attack +11, damage 1d10+4+1d6); 5 — summon monster II (fiendish wolf); 6 — spiritual weapon (+6 attack, damage 1d8).Combat Round by Round: 1 — Direct spiritual weapon and cast command ("flee", DC 14); 2 and 3 — melee (Sunder at +16); 4 — hold person (DC 15); 5 — melee; 6 — contagion (DC 16); 7 — divine favor (+2 attack and damage) and direct SW; 8 — shatter; 9 — air walk and climb up 20 ft. to window, SW attacks and ends; 10 — walk away, then drink fly potion and fly faster. Substitute for healing whenever needed."Those round-by-round reminders can really help you use those nifty spells, powers and maneuvers that would otherwise be forgotten (done that far too much...). Plus, you can get descriptions of actions done in advance. And select spells for specific purposes (like the evil troglodyte cleric that prepares "death knell" so he can boost himself up by slaying his own pet monitor lizard... nothing says "evil" like killing your own pet).And that goes for PCs as well. Got Improved Sunder? Go for the opponent's weapon every now and then.</blockquote>

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