How much trouble are my party in?

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

How much trouble are my party in?

I am optimistic they will pull through and talk about the evening for years.

But... What about your English Teacher? If she* sees your thread title, what will she feel? How is she supposed to live with that feeling of failure and shame?


*) I assume she was female, because I have the image of an elderly woman with gray hair when I think "English Teacher" in this context.

I bet you wanted to write "players" or "PCs" first, didn't you?

 

[Nymrohd]

I am optimistic they will pull through and talk about the evening for years.

But... What about your English Teacher? If she* sees your thread title, what will she feel? How is she supposed to live with that feeling of failure and shame?


*) I assume she was female, because I have the image of an elderly woman with gray hair when I think "English Teacher" in this context.

I bet you wanted to write "players" or "PCs" first, didn't you?

Strangely most of my english teachers were blond babes . . .

Btw any chance the players could convince anyone from the level below to assist them? You already got a goblin to turn to adventuring!

 

[Cadfan]

My party also had no cure available at that time.

It was kind of our fault. There is a cure for disease. It is a ritual. We didn't know the ritual. And since we were locked in the pyramid, there wasn't any way to go get the ritual, either.

 

[jbear]

The amount of H Potions the group has at their disposition is likely to influence. You could just pop in a few more with the treasure haul after the first encounter if they are really low, and take out some cash later on.

Are they rested, fresh with all their daily powers? Can they rest between fights to advance slowly but surely, using their daily powers in each battle?

Maybe you could have a list and roll a d20 for the Paladin's actions. Some of them being lunatic, some momentarily lucid and useful, others suicidal (but still drawing blows from the monsters).

 

[MerricB]

Are they rested, fresh with all their daily powers? Can they rest between fights to advance slowly but surely, using their daily powers in each battle?

Yes. They'll be able to do that... it's just the individual battles that may be scary.

As to why the Paladin can't be healed... even if the Wizard had the ritual, he doesn't have the Heal skill. Cool! He can kill the Paladin trying to cure him!

Cheers!

 

[Ginnel]

Hmm 8th level ritual interesting because we weren't 8th when it got cast, thats the cleric not looking over the rituals properly for you
I was quite lucky I was rolling high on my saves and I had the fighters regeneration stance up, in fact I'd be tempted to homebrew regeneration as a symptom of the disease as well.
Something like lose a healing surge the first time he loses control when bloodied and gain regen con bonus +2 for 5 mins.


We haven't hit the pyramids yet even though we've rescued all the slaves we were meant to find in the labirynth, we want to go cull some slavers and finish this over temple we've just found first

As to why the Paladin can't be healed... even if the Wizard had the ritual, he doesn't have the Heal skill. Cool! He can kill the Paladin trying to cure him!
Cheers!

Give him a one shot scroll somehow (gods or magic are always a good way ) let the party assist by plugging various bits and bobs and you could even limit the majorly catastrophic event take him down to a hit point as well as giving the guy a minor version of the disease -1 to will defence and for the first time each encounter when bloodied he makes the save through for beserkness

 

[Nymrohd]

Hmm 8th level ritual interesting because we weren't 8th when it got cast, thats the cleric not looking over the rituals properly for you

My mistake Remove affliction is 8th Cure Disease is 6th (though the point stands, he still could not have picked it at 5th level). Still with everyone assisting on the ritual you still should have a shot at curing the paladin (though you'd have to stabilize him right after most likely).

 

[MerricB]

Sorry MerricB but unrelated question. A party is in trouble right? Not are in trouble?

Interestingly, it can be either, especially in UK English. You could say "The party is in trouble" or "The party are in trouble".

The title is wrong because "trouble" is singular, however, nothing to do with the collective noun!

Cheers!

 

[Quartz]

If one were to nitpick, one would insist on the title being 'In how much trouble is my party?'

 

[Nymrohd]

Our parties are always immense trouble. How else can you explain that we made a hobby out of finding exciting ways to kill them?