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<blockquote data-quote="Rhenny" data-source="post: 6931018" data-attributes="member: 18333"><p>This reminds me of one particular moment in a game I ran a while back.</p><p></p><p>The 8th level PCs (party of 4) were exploring a frozen mountain to find a device that was affecting the weather in the region. They knew that there were giants in the mountain, and perhaps a dragon. Eventually they got to an icy room where three Frost Giants were sitting down telling stories and jokes. The party decided to talk with them instead of fighting. Then the bard joined in to tell them stories and sing songs. The wizard offered wine to the giants, but since his wine skin was so "puny" the giants unloosed their own and shared drink with the party, passing the wine around. The other PCs fake drank as the bard played songs that the giants asked him to play. Each player (and PC) was given a turn to tell some kind of tale or sing a song if they wanted to do so. We had a ton of fun just roleplaying the entire encounter for about 45 minutes. When the giants were drunk, the party decided to run for an ice chute at the other side of the room, which they found out led down to the Chief's room which was adjacent to the dragon's lair where the magical weather control device was too.</p><p></p><p>After the session when we were talking about the game, the players said they really enjoyed the encounter with the 3 giants, but they also mentioned that if they had just attacked them, they probably could have finished them off in 15-20 minutes of real time (maybe 4 or 5 rounds at most - or 24 to 30 seconds in game) instead of the 45 minutes it took to roleplay the entire encounter (and probably play more like 45 minutes in game as well).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rhenny, post: 6931018, member: 18333"] This reminds me of one particular moment in a game I ran a while back. The 8th level PCs (party of 4) were exploring a frozen mountain to find a device that was affecting the weather in the region. They knew that there were giants in the mountain, and perhaps a dragon. Eventually they got to an icy room where three Frost Giants were sitting down telling stories and jokes. The party decided to talk with them instead of fighting. Then the bard joined in to tell them stories and sing songs. The wizard offered wine to the giants, but since his wine skin was so "puny" the giants unloosed their own and shared drink with the party, passing the wine around. The other PCs fake drank as the bard played songs that the giants asked him to play. Each player (and PC) was given a turn to tell some kind of tale or sing a song if they wanted to do so. We had a ton of fun just roleplaying the entire encounter for about 45 minutes. When the giants were drunk, the party decided to run for an ice chute at the other side of the room, which they found out led down to the Chief's room which was adjacent to the dragon's lair where the magical weather control device was too. After the session when we were talking about the game, the players said they really enjoyed the encounter with the 3 giants, but they also mentioned that if they had just attacked them, they probably could have finished them off in 15-20 minutes of real time (maybe 4 or 5 rounds at most - or 24 to 30 seconds in game) instead of the 45 minutes it took to roleplay the entire encounter (and probably play more like 45 minutes in game as well). [/QUOTE]
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