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<blockquote data-quote="redboxrazor" data-source="post: 5500569" data-attributes="member: 89863"><p><strong>Transbot9</strong>- Indeed. : )</p><p></p><p><strong>Mojo_Rat </strong>- <span style="color: SandyBrown">Not bad advice. I'm starting to think that it's not going to be a huge deal in the long run, though. I suppose once the party is able to come by 900+ GP on a regular basis, 'Rich Parents' will have become a wasted trait for the player who took it. It doesn't seem to have any long-term benefits... So he's got a +1 to hit for now, and later... nothing to show for it. Took me awhile to think of it in those terms.</span></p><p><span style="color: SandyBrown"></span></p><p><span style="color: SandyBrown">I agree that I need to find a way to deal with the 15-minute adventuring day. I think the setting takes care of that - food is hard to come by, and it's dangerous in the jungle at night... Can't afford to sit around too often. Plus, I hear there are ghosts on the shore... ; )</span></p><p></p><p><strong>Concerro </strong>- <span style="color: DeepSkyBlue">His reflex save is rather low. I don't really want to punish him for having a strong character, but I'm curious at to how other DMs run their non-spellcasting monsters in combat to deal with such a foe.</span></p><p></p><p><strong>Pming </strong>- <span style="color: Yellow">You make a good point. I simply don't have enough experience DM'ing Pathfinder to know if this is going to be an issue or not. For all I know, the rules may in fact be messed up. It just seems like this one character is going to outshine the rest of the party for a long time, and I'm not entirely sure that the player would enjoy a game where every encounter is a walk in the park. I'll have to wait and see how it plays out for a bit before I make any changes.</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Specifically, I was looking for some advice on combat tactics more than anything. Perhaps I should have clarified that sooner, but I'm interested in different ways that already-existing creatures would choose to attack a heavily-armored opponent.</span></p><p></p><p>I could be reacting too strongly, so I appreciate your perspective.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="redboxrazor, post: 5500569, member: 89863"] [B]Transbot9[/B]- Indeed. : ) [B]Mojo_Rat [/B]- [COLOR="SandyBrown"]Not bad advice. I'm starting to think that it's not going to be a huge deal in the long run, though. I suppose once the party is able to come by 900+ GP on a regular basis, 'Rich Parents' will have become a wasted trait for the player who took it. It doesn't seem to have any long-term benefits... So he's got a +1 to hit for now, and later... nothing to show for it. Took me awhile to think of it in those terms. I agree that I need to find a way to deal with the 15-minute adventuring day. I think the setting takes care of that - food is hard to come by, and it's dangerous in the jungle at night... Can't afford to sit around too often. Plus, I hear there are ghosts on the shore... ; )[/COLOR] [B]Concerro [/B]- [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"]His reflex save is rather low. I don't really want to punish him for having a strong character, but I'm curious at to how other DMs run their non-spellcasting monsters in combat to deal with such a foe.[/COLOR] [B]Pming [/B]- [COLOR="Yellow"]You make a good point. I simply don't have enough experience DM'ing Pathfinder to know if this is going to be an issue or not. For all I know, the rules may in fact be messed up. It just seems like this one character is going to outshine the rest of the party for a long time, and I'm not entirely sure that the player would enjoy a game where every encounter is a walk in the park. I'll have to wait and see how it plays out for a bit before I make any changes. Specifically, I was looking for some advice on combat tactics more than anything. Perhaps I should have clarified that sooner, but I'm interested in different ways that already-existing creatures would choose to attack a heavily-armored opponent.[/COLOR] I could be reacting too strongly, so I appreciate your perspective. [/QUOTE]
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