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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Treantmonklvl20" data-source="post: 7476351" data-attributes="member: 55582">We are discussing the value of a low level party using Healing Spirit vs. Rope Trick to recover during an adventuring day and this is your comment.  I have a vision of how a session with you might be...Pauper DM: OK, and with that final attack, the Bugbear chieften clutches the arrow that landed in his chest, let's out a great bellow, and falls motionless to the cavern floor.  Fighter: Wow, tough fight!  A Bugbear chieften and 4 bugbears!  Pauper DM: As mentioned, you heard this cavern system has 2 bands of bugbears, you think you've pretty much cleared the ones from the tribe of the bloody fist, but have not come across the tribe of the shattered skull yet.  You suspect more bugbears and probably another Chieften may be in the caverns ahead.Wizard: How's everyone doing?  I've used one 2nd level spell and 2 first level, so I have half my spells left.Fighter: I took 20 hp damage and used my action surge.  I have only 16 hp left.  I could go for a short rest.Ranger: Those bugbears made a lot of noise in that battle, it won't be long before the others discover what happened here, they will be sending someone to investigate.  I have some goodberries left, but not enough to heal that kind of damage.Wizard: There was that storeroom a couple caverns back, why don't I cast a Rope Trick and we'll have a short rest.Rest of party: Sounds good.Wizard: (To Pauper DM) The party goes back to that storeroom off of the cavern where we faced the goblin dogs.  I cast Rope Trick and we pull the rope inside and rest an hour.Pauper DM: OK, and hour passes, your spell is about to end.  You've successfully completed a short rest.Party: We get our weapons ready and exit the Rope Trick, Fighter first.Pauper DM: You hear the screams of the fighter, explosions, then silence.Rest of party: What the...Pauper DM: Yeah, well you rested in the Rope Trick, the Bugbears discovered the bodies of the Bloody Fist tribe, so the other Bugbear Chieften suspected you were still in the cavern complex somewhere.Party: We could have gone outside!Pauper DM: Well, he took out his Robe of Eyes and scoured the caverns and saw the entrance to your rope trick!Party: A Robe of Eyes!  Wow!  Pauper DM: Yes, then when he found it, he pulled out a bag of holding, opened it, and released the Swarm of Flameskulls that swarmed around the entrance to the Rope Trick!Party: Wha....?Pauper DM: Then he cast WALL OF FORCE to contain the swarm around the entrance to the Rope Trick!  You fools!  What did you think would happen?  That the bugbears would do NOTHING???  Party: So, the bugbears in the adventure you made for our 4th level party, you have a chieften with a Robe of Eyes, a High CR swarm in his pocket, and can cast Wall of Force?  You've got to be joking.Pauper DM: Bah...MINIMAL RESOURCES!<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/ponder.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hmm:" title="Hmmm    :hmm:" data-shortname=":hmm:" /></blockquote>

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