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<blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 4239809" data-attributes="member: 114">I'm guessing this is deliberate hyperbole, because I've not seen the question of 4e swarms raised even once on ENworld... (unlike pretty much everything else!).Stirges as swarms makes a lot of sense (because you're not having to worry about micro-managing the grapple attempts of dozens of the little beggars), although it will lose a little bit of its scare factor... like the time when the Large PC was successfully attacked by about 16 stirges, and he knew that on their next action he would be exsanguinated with a vengeance and so he cried out &quot;fireball me! fireball me NOW!&quot;.One genre staple that seems to be missing is the opportunity to use a torch to fend off swarms (whether insects or snakes - go Indy!). Perhaps anyone with a torch could use &quot;Attack vs Will&quot; in order to prevent the swarm approaching close enough to 'aura' them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Plane Sailing, post: 4239809, member: 114"] I'm guessing this is deliberate hyperbole, because I've not seen the question of 4e swarms raised even once on ENworld... (unlike pretty much everything else!). Stirges as swarms makes a lot of sense (because you're not having to worry about micro-managing the grapple attempts of dozens of the little beggars), although it will lose a little bit of its scare factor... like the time when the Large PC was successfully attacked by about 16 stirges, and he knew that on their next action he would be exsanguinated with a vengeance and so he cried out "fireball me! fireball me NOW!". One genre staple that seems to be missing is the opportunity to use a torch to fend off swarms (whether insects or snakes - go Indy!). Perhaps anyone with a torch could use "Attack vs Will" in order to prevent the swarm approaching close enough to 'aura' them. [/QUOTE]

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