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<blockquote data-quote="ccs" data-source="post: 7979557" data-attributes="member: 6803664"><p>Last session not much at all happened. </p><p>Right now there's only two players. A human Fighter (formerly a Paladin) & a winged teifling celestial Warlock. Both 5th lv.</p><p>In the previous session they'd headed off to thwart the Fire Giants from SKT (yeah, under strength party & NOT high enough lv - they know this). They fought the chimera, raided the Yakman village, freed some of the slaves & managed to escape. </p><p></p><p>This session they (cleverly) managed to evade several Yakman patrols that were hunting them, fought one patrol (that ended up randomly being only 1 Yakman - we rolled a d3), and a bunch of RP between themselves & the handful of people (mostly dwarves) they'd rescued. Most importantly they learned that A) there's more slaves within the mountain/forge, B) that the giants seem seem to be making something, C) that the giants & their allies raided a dwarf hold, enslaved those not killed, & looted an Iron Flask that contained a very powerful Fire Elemental - whom the dwarves believe is now being used to reignite the forges. </p><p>Then they wasted a whole bunch of session time debating what to do/how to do it.</p><p></p><p>One player - the Fighter - keeps going on about returning to the city, buying magic items, & having the NPCs send an army. While this is certainly the "logical" in-world thinking, especially as there's only the two of them.... He's done this before in previous games/campaigns - thinking that/expecting/trying to recruit NPC help that will solve whatever the current problem is. And to date he's always been disappointed by the amount of NPC aid.</p><p>He doesn't quite get it. That HE (well, the party) is the star of this movie, not the NPCs that he always wants to hand things off to.</p><p></p><p>The other player - the Warlock - understands how action movies work. She realized that NOW is the time to double back & infiltrate the Fire Giant lair as most of the Yakmen are searching the woods for the party/slaves. But that window is closing....</p><p>And she came up with a way to enter the lift area.</p><p>She also realizes that the priority doesn't have to be "Kill all the Fire Giants" - a task she & the fighter are <em>not</em> up to. </p><p>But sabotaging their forge by stealing back the fire elemental & rescuing more slaves.....</p><p>She also argues that I've probably modified this chapter of SKT downwards because what'd be the fun of running an 8th+ lv adventure intended for 4+ players for two 5th lv PCs & not likely much if any NPC aid (she's paid attention to how I run NPC help in games)?</p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">{But h<em>ave I altered it though??</em> The PCs decided <strong>on their own</strong> to go track down the rumors of Fire Giant activity. Knowing that there's only the two of them for the time being, knowing they're only 5th lv, knowing the CR of Fire Giants, knowing my approach to major NPC help & knowing that I <u>don't</u> run a world where everything you'll meet is lv appropriate. And there were several other adventure options.}</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ccs, post: 7979557, member: 6803664"] Last session not much at all happened. Right now there's only two players. A human Fighter (formerly a Paladin) & a winged teifling celestial Warlock. Both 5th lv. In the previous session they'd headed off to thwart the Fire Giants from SKT (yeah, under strength party & NOT high enough lv - they know this). They fought the chimera, raided the Yakman village, freed some of the slaves & managed to escape. This session they (cleverly) managed to evade several Yakman patrols that were hunting them, fought one patrol (that ended up randomly being only 1 Yakman - we rolled a d3), and a bunch of RP between themselves & the handful of people (mostly dwarves) they'd rescued. Most importantly they learned that A) there's more slaves within the mountain/forge, B) that the giants seem seem to be making something, C) that the giants & their allies raided a dwarf hold, enslaved those not killed, & looted an Iron Flask that contained a very powerful Fire Elemental - whom the dwarves believe is now being used to reignite the forges. Then they wasted a whole bunch of session time debating what to do/how to do it. One player - the Fighter - keeps going on about returning to the city, buying magic items, & having the NPCs send an army. While this is certainly the "logical" in-world thinking, especially as there's only the two of them.... He's done this before in previous games/campaigns - thinking that/expecting/trying to recruit NPC help that will solve whatever the current problem is. And to date he's always been disappointed by the amount of NPC aid. He doesn't quite get it. That HE (well, the party) is the star of this movie, not the NPCs that he always wants to hand things off to. The other player - the Warlock - understands how action movies work. She realized that NOW is the time to double back & infiltrate the Fire Giant lair as most of the Yakmen are searching the woods for the party/slaves. But that window is closing.... And she came up with a way to enter the lift area. She also realizes that the priority doesn't have to be "Kill all the Fire Giants" - a task she & the fighter are [I]not[/I] up to. But sabotaging their forge by stealing back the fire elemental & rescuing more slaves..... She also argues that I've probably modified this chapter of SKT downwards because what'd be the fun of running an 8th+ lv adventure intended for 4+ players for two 5th lv PCs & not likely much if any NPC aid (she's paid attention to how I run NPC help in games)? [SIZE=2]{But h[I]ave I altered it though??[/I] The PCs decided [B]on their own[/B] to go track down the rumors of Fire Giant activity. Knowing that there's only the two of them for the time being, knowing they're only 5th lv, knowing the CR of Fire Giants, knowing my approach to major NPC help & knowing that I [U]don't[/U] run a world where everything you'll meet is lv appropriate. And there were several other adventure options.}[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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