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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AlViking" data-source="post: 9791316" data-attributes="member: 6906980">Since this isn't about weather effects and LTH I thought I'd move my response over here.I mentioned that if someone sets up a hut in an area that the antagonists are going to detect it (and if not then the hut wasn't necessary), they will take an intelligent approach in response.  I had a slightly longer answer above...The response depends on the enemy. Animal intelligence? They'll likely just avoid the area if attacked.  Even low level intelligence like ogres aren't going to continually attacking futilely if they can't do anything.  But they might stand back and start throwing things from behind cover - they've go 8 hours after all and the hut isn't going anywhere.  This would likely be a go-to tactic for most giants, just bury the hut in debris.  Once it's buried so people on the inside can't easily get out, bury it some more.  Could even be a tactic for more militarily minded/organized war bands like those hobgoblins.  Many others would simply gather up forces just out of sight with everything prepared to alpha-strike once the hut goes down.  A lot depends on the terrain and location of course.  In the middle of a forest, goblins might leave multiple fire bundles in the underbrush surrounding the hut.  Once the hut drops, start a forest fire with the characters in a ring of fire (queue Jonny Cash "Well it burns, burns burns, that ring of fire").  In a dungeon they may seal almost everything off, but pile up anything that would cause a lot of smoke.  Hut ends, start fire, finish sealing off the exits.If the characters are after the Golden McGuffin the enemy takes it to parts unknown.  Trying to stop a ritual, the timing of the ritual is moved up. That princess they're supposed to rescue just became a midnight snack.  They summon a nearby caster to come cast dispel magic.  The response will be appropriate to the scenario, but at the enemy has potentially hours to plan and put those plans into motion.  What they do depends on the enemy, the enemy's goals, resources and intelligence.  At the level LTH is going to be used, I assume most monsters will be at least somewhat literate in what spells the enemy can cast.  If I'm not sure whether they would know what it is I'll roll for it.  D&D is not a video game.  Monsters don't sit around waiting to be triggered based on when you cross some magic activation line.</blockquote>

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