Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Alrethe" data-source="post: 4822020" data-attributes="member: 84091">I always DM with Risk vs Reward in mind.&nbsp;The first time a PC does this (and it has happened) then cool you win.&nbsp; They surrender.&nbsp; Now what are you going to do with the 3 Orcs? &quot;we tell them to go home&quot; this is their home. &quot;Oh, we tell them to screw off or we'll kill them&quot; Hmm ok they run off (and inform other Orc that a crazy powerful band of heroes are just down the way).&nbsp; &nbsp;The next encounter they tried it again.&nbsp; Ok it works combat ends.&nbsp; I'm 1/2 the xp of any mob that surrendered (risk vs reward).&nbsp; PC said ok as long as we still win.&nbsp;Next encounter same thing.&nbsp; Ok 1/2 xp again and one guy has magic armor.&nbsp; &quot;cool give me that armor&quot; Orc &quot;over my dead body as it's was passed down from my dad&quot;.&nbsp; And he's no longer intimidated by that player.&nbsp;After a while the players got tired with the game and the number crunching player noticed how much less xp he's getting.&nbsp;&nbsp; So things corrected itself.&nbsp; The easier the fight the less reward you get.&nbsp; I don't care what the books say. DM's rights.&nbsp;Oh also yes I agree some bad guys just can't be intimidated.&nbsp; If it’s a story plot encounter then no sorry it’s just not going to work.&nbsp; But I’ll say that.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you don’t want to play nice and just have phat loot.&nbsp; Here’s the book, you find a magic chest with 5 copies of everything in the book.&nbsp;&nbsp; You want to play my story?&nbsp; You follow my rules.&nbsp;But yes you can do it by the rules and it will work in combat.&nbsp; Your DM might not invite you back to the game as it's no fun for him/her.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alrethe, post: 4822020, member: 84091"] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]I always DM with Risk vs Reward in mind.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]The first time a PC does this (and it has happened) then cool you win. They surrender. Now what are you going to do with the 3 Orcs? "we tell them to go home" this is their home. "Oh, we tell them to screw off or we'll kill them" Hmm ok they run off (and inform other Orc that a crazy powerful band of heroes are just down the way). [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]The next encounter they tried it again. Ok it works combat ends. I'm 1/2 the xp of any mob that surrendered (risk vs reward). PC said ok as long as we still win.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]Next encounter same thing. Ok 1/2 xp again and one guy has magic armor. "cool give me that armor" Orc "over my dead body as it's was passed down from my dad". And he's no longer intimidated by that player.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]After a while the players got tired with the game and the number crunching player noticed how much less xp he's getting. So things corrected itself. The easier the fight the less reward you get. I don't care what the books say. DM's rights.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]Oh also yes I agree some bad guys just can't be intimidated. If it’s a story plot encounter then no sorry it’s just not going to work. But I’ll say that. If you don’t want to play nice and just have phat loot. Here’s the book, you find a magic chest with 5 copies of everything in the book. You want to play my story? You follow my rules.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]But yes you can do it by the rules and it will work in combat. Your DM might not invite you back to the game as it's no fun for him/her.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

Verification