General Discussion Thread IX

[Knight Otu]

I think the honor of largest battle goes to Manzanita's end of M2, with a ton of Sahuagin emerging from the waters. The end battle of Bastards of Bluerun, I seem to recall, was pretty big as well, and as Jdvn0 mentioned, Slaves of the Dragons is pretty big as well - 8 PCs, 11 NPC allies, summoned creatures, and an animal companion against around 16 kobolds, 1 kobold priest and 1 were-monitor sorcerer (the 'dragon').
But that coming battle of yours might take over.

 

[Knight Otu]

15 kobold and Eskaron against 8 players, 1 rebel kobold (and his 4 (soon 5) summoned minion) and 10 villagers. That's make 16 vs 19 (excluding the summoned creatures). Ko like to handle a lot odf people at once it seems.

Edit: I was forgetting, one animal companion for our druid...

Well, to be fair, the villagers haven't been too effective (and neither have the stock kobolds, who are down), and two of the summoned creatures have whisked away already. But yeah, considering that after Bluerun, I didn't want to run a large-scale battle again too soon... .
But, they're kobolds. That pretty much says mass combat.

 

[Manzanita]

The final battle in M2 pitted three forces against each other. First the 8 PCs attacked a mixed goblinoid force. About round 10, sahaugins began emerging from the ocean. The battle lasted a full 40 rounds.

The PCs managed to kill an ungodly number of sagaugins (23?) and escaped with no casualties and a big pile of XPs. Unfortunately, not all battles near Monemvassia go so well. KO may have an announcent to make...

 

[Erekose13]

might be more than just KO makin announcements soon :\

 

[Patlin]

Alas, poor Ashnar! Undone by crippling magical fear... if only some goodly Paladin had been by his side, he might have lived!

 

[Knight Otu]

As long as we don't get a TPK... Unfortunate that "Kazikazi" reacted so badly to idle chatter designed to break the ice. Maybe telling him that his lair was ugly was a bit of a mistake?

 

[nimisgod]

I hope Erekose13 doesn't mean poor Ishmael. Stupid Bestow Curse...

That said, Niobe's Dilemma still needs a Judge if there are any that are available.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Well, I guess that's one way to cut back on high-level spellcasters in LEW

 

[Bront]

I hope Erekose13 doesn't mean poor Ishmael. Stupid Bestow Curse...

That said, Niobe's Dilemma still needs a Judge if there are any that are available.

Bah, I'm a great GM, we don't need no stinking Judge!

I add up all your levels to get the appropriate CR of the monsters I should throw at you right?

Odd that a game with 2 judges, the Tavern Coordinator, and the Enworld Poster boy (Pun intended) needs a judge still, hehe.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Bah, I'm a great GM, we don't need no stinking Judge!

I add up all your levels to get the appropriate CR of the monsters I should throw at you right?

Odd that a game with 2 judges, the Tavern Coordinator, and the Enworld Poster boy (Pun intended) needs a judge still, hehe.

Not that odd. The more judges in the adventure, the fewer who can judge it. Just imagine--what would you do if Oirhandir managed to recruit a character from each of Knight Otu, Manzanita, Nimisgod, Orsal and Patlin. 6-person groups aren't that unusual, right?