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<blockquote data-quote="alsih2o" data-source="post: 2102559" data-attributes="member: 4790">I am not sure I have a goal. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;I have placed a few encounters that were almost unpassable in front of the characters and they have ALMSOT always gone around or negotiated. They are pretty good at reading things with little meta-gaming and I do give hints to power when they face somehting tough.&nbsp;I want the players to react. I want the orcs to know that their lives depend on letting NOTHING by them.&nbsp;They can go around, over, through, under or into. Matters not to me. &nbsp;There is a war about to rage in their land and orcs and tribal humans on bison mounts are working to seal off the little country they are from. These lakes mark a boundary. The boundary is largely mental. Like the boundary between russia and Europe. Hmm, that may be a bad example. They are in a noplace between places. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;I want the encounter to be insanely tough. I want there to be no way to bash their way through. What I guess my goal is is to have the players get creative and face a tough choice. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I want to show just how serious the enemy is.&nbsp;Mounted orcs are a cool idea, but are out. Mounts are rare outside one tribe. I really like the True Strike/Ballista combo. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;There are plot devices all around...and if they go out of their way they CAN get aorund. They are within a couple of days ride of the one of only two humanoid groups that know the secret to safe nautical travel. &nbsp;All of this is greatly appreciated. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="alsih2o, post: 2102559, member: 4790"] I am not sure I have a goal. :) I have placed a few encounters that were almost unpassable in front of the characters and they have ALMSOT always gone around or negotiated. They are pretty good at reading things with little meta-gaming and I do give hints to power when they face somehting tough. I want the players to react. I want the orcs to know that their lives depend on letting NOTHING by them. They can go around, over, through, under or into. Matters not to me. There is a war about to rage in their land and orcs and tribal humans on bison mounts are working to seal off the little country they are from. These lakes mark a boundary. The boundary is largely mental. Like the boundary between russia and Europe. Hmm, that may be a bad example. They are in a noplace between places. :) I want the encounter to be insanely tough. I want there to be no way to bash their way through. What I guess my goal is is to have the players get creative and face a tough choice. :) I want to show just how serious the enemy is. Mounted orcs are a cool idea, but are out. Mounts are rare outside one tribe. I really like the True Strike/Ballista combo. :) There are plot devices all around...and if they go out of their way they CAN get aorund. They are within a couple of days ride of the one of only two humanoid groups that know the secret to safe nautical travel. All of this is greatly appreciated. :) [/QUOTE]

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