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<blockquote data-quote="thedungeondelver" data-source="post: 4626405" data-attributes="member: 34865"><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">"How many Hit Dice does it have? What's it's AC? I want to know because somehow this scrawny runt in the rusted armor is kicking my ass and I can't seem to hit him at all."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">I've had variations on this phrase thrown at me time and again and they all make me <em>grind my teeth</em>. <strong>I</strong> am keeping track of the numbers, thanks. <strong>I</strong> know who needs what to hit or be hit. <strong>I</strong> am under no obligation to show you my game notes, the module text, or any such nonsense. If you're fighting brontosauruses as outlined in the <strong>MONSTER MANUAL</strong> and you've carved through a pack of them*, and suddenly the fourth one breaths fire, regenerates all lost hit points, and begins using multiple <em>spheres of annihilation</em> against the party, then yeah, things have changed and maybe you'd have a right to say "Wait a damn minute you told us those were brontos..."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">Maybe.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">But no, no you don't get to know right off the bat how the numbers crunch. I mean if you were playing <strong>WARHAMMER FANTASY BATTLES</strong> and you asked your opponent "Let me see your Magic Cards, I want to know what you drew so I can use effective counterspells and cancel you out" or "Hey, are you going to use your night goblin fanatics against my cavalry? Just let me know so I know how to use some command points..." you'd get laughed out of the tournament.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">*=if your party is fighting <em>multiple</em> brontosauruses and <em>winning</em> in <strong>AD&D</strong> then you have got a truly bad-assed party!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thedungeondelver, post: 4626405, member: 34865"] [FONT=century gothic] "How many Hit Dice does it have? What's it's AC? I want to know because somehow this scrawny runt in the rusted armor is kicking my ass and I can't seem to hit him at all." I've had variations on this phrase thrown at me time and again and they all make me [I]grind my teeth[/I]. [B]I[/B] am keeping track of the numbers, thanks. [B]I[/B] know who needs what to hit or be hit. [B]I[/B] am under no obligation to show you my game notes, the module text, or any such nonsense. If you're fighting brontosauruses as outlined in the [B]MONSTER MANUAL[/B] and you've carved through a pack of them*, and suddenly the fourth one breaths fire, regenerates all lost hit points, and begins using multiple [I]spheres of annihilation[/I] against the party, then yeah, things have changed and maybe you'd have a right to say "Wait a damn minute you told us those were brontos..." Maybe. But no, no you don't get to know right off the bat how the numbers crunch. I mean if you were playing [B]WARHAMMER FANTASY BATTLES[/B] and you asked your opponent "Let me see your Magic Cards, I want to know what you drew so I can use effective counterspells and cancel you out" or "Hey, are you going to use your night goblin fanatics against my cavalry? Just let me know so I know how to use some command points..." you'd get laughed out of the tournament. *=if your party is fighting [i]multiple[/i] brontosauruses and [i]winning[/i] in [b]AD&D[/B] then you have got a truly bad-assed party! [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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