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How to balance combat when 2 characters are average and one is extremely overpowered?
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<blockquote data-quote="Eltab" data-source="post: 7029813" data-attributes="member: 6803337"><p>OP:</p><p></p><p>- Find ways to split the party. (Not always the same split)</p><p>- Re-check the math on ALL the characters, so you don't look like you are singling out the Rogue.</p><p>- If the Rogue has a reputation in the game world, send an assassin after HIM not Them.</p><p>- Use zone-of-effect attacks (Fireball?)</p><p>- Use traps and things that can not be beat with 'I pull a weapon and start doing HP damage to it'</p><p>- What do the Paladin and Cleric like to do? Plan a session with each of them in the spotlight. Plan a session with -some feature common to both of them- in the spotlight.</p><p>- Have a swarm of enemies surround the PCs, so the Rogue cannot 'hide behind' his friends from ALL of the enemies. (This requires a 4e-style battle grid and a lot of math; fair warning!)</p><p>- The King has heard about this very effective Rogue, and wants him to be blackmailed into His Majesty's service. You can't just kill the cops...</p><p>- A personal nemesis for the Rogue, who thinks the other PCs just keep getting in the way.</p><p>- An enemy for the rogue to go on a solo adventure and deal with, while the other two PCs do something important someplace else.</p><p></p><p>edit: No I haven't read the thread. If I repeat somebody else's good idea, mentally replace my text with "+1 to what that other fellow said". <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eltab, post: 7029813, member: 6803337"] OP: - Find ways to split the party. (Not always the same split) - Re-check the math on ALL the characters, so you don't look like you are singling out the Rogue. - If the Rogue has a reputation in the game world, send an assassin after HIM not Them. - Use zone-of-effect attacks (Fireball?) - Use traps and things that can not be beat with 'I pull a weapon and start doing HP damage to it' - What do the Paladin and Cleric like to do? Plan a session with each of them in the spotlight. Plan a session with -some feature common to both of them- in the spotlight. - Have a swarm of enemies surround the PCs, so the Rogue cannot 'hide behind' his friends from ALL of the enemies. (This requires a 4e-style battle grid and a lot of math; fair warning!) - The King has heard about this very effective Rogue, and wants him to be blackmailed into His Majesty's service. You can't just kill the cops... - A personal nemesis for the Rogue, who thinks the other PCs just keep getting in the way. - An enemy for the rogue to go on a solo adventure and deal with, while the other two PCs do something important someplace else. edit: No I haven't read the thread. If I repeat somebody else's good idea, mentally replace my text with "+1 to what that other fellow said". :p [/QUOTE]
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