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How do you backstab an ooze? (and more general play time considerations)
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<blockquote data-quote="Saeviomagy" data-source="post: 5485941" data-attributes="member: 5890"><p>MOST oozes should be possible to target the vitals of: why? Because they're all described as attacking with pseudopods: ie - they are not a single, homogeneous, spherical mass. They have a shape. They have thin bits. Slice at the base of the pseudopod etc.</p><p></p><p>Furthermore, they have a limited number of targets that they can attack - even if they can be aware of multiple targets, they are limited in how many pseudopods they can extrude/control. That suggests that it is indeed possible to flank them (ie - if they're waving pseudopods at target A, they can't wave them at target B).</p><p></p><p>The one exception to this is the gelatinous cube. Even then, the cube contains items and other junk that haven't been digested (see previous example of a good sneak attack), and furthermore a cube has corners: Its entirely possible to maximise the amount hewn off vs the amount of slicing required. And it attacks by rolling forward over a target. If it's not doing that, you've got all the time in the world to line up a shot, so flanking makes perfect sense.</p><p></p><p>In other words, I find it really hard to make any case against accurate or critical strikes OR against flanking any of the ooze family. They're not homogenous and they have to direct their 'attention' at a single target.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Saeviomagy, post: 5485941, member: 5890"] MOST oozes should be possible to target the vitals of: why? Because they're all described as attacking with pseudopods: ie - they are not a single, homogeneous, spherical mass. They have a shape. They have thin bits. Slice at the base of the pseudopod etc. Furthermore, they have a limited number of targets that they can attack - even if they can be aware of multiple targets, they are limited in how many pseudopods they can extrude/control. That suggests that it is indeed possible to flank them (ie - if they're waving pseudopods at target A, they can't wave them at target B). The one exception to this is the gelatinous cube. Even then, the cube contains items and other junk that haven't been digested (see previous example of a good sneak attack), and furthermore a cube has corners: Its entirely possible to maximise the amount hewn off vs the amount of slicing required. And it attacks by rolling forward over a target. If it's not doing that, you've got all the time in the world to line up a shot, so flanking makes perfect sense. In other words, I find it really hard to make any case against accurate or critical strikes OR against flanking any of the ooze family. They're not homogenous and they have to direct their 'attention' at a single target. [/QUOTE]
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