Spinachcat
First Post
Great idea! I am going to run this at the Gateway convention in September. I ran a similiar event with "Commoners vs. Diablo", but 4e and Gauntlet will be a great combo!
This sounds like tremendous fun. In "Commoners vs. Diablo" each player had zero level PCs and their job was to escape the dungeon with as many commoners as possible. They were the minions!
Here's my initial thoughts on how I will to do Gauntlet 4e...
1) I will probably start them at first level and then when they get through X fights, then hand them 2nd level versions and then 3rd level versions. For a table of 6, that's 18 characters so that's a chunk of work. I would not want to count XP at a con game and I want them to level up three times in 4 hours so I gotta wonder how long fights with minions last.
2) They will be given large encounter areas. When the area is clear of monsters, they get their break to resupply encounter powers. However, whenever they use a staircase, that will count as their 8 hour rest and they will heal all wounds and recover dailies.
3) Instead of focusing on the original Gauntlet's maps, I will go for more Gauntlet on Xbox's concept of flavorful encounter zones. Hmm....gonna have to buy me some dungeon tiles...
4) I will definitely do Generators. I am unsure about how to plan XP per encounter because what percentage will be monsters already on the battle area vs. how often what XP level will be cranked out of the generators?
This sounds like tremendous fun. In "Commoners vs. Diablo" each player had zero level PCs and their job was to escape the dungeon with as many commoners as possible. They were the minions!
Here's my initial thoughts on how I will to do Gauntlet 4e...
1) I will probably start them at first level and then when they get through X fights, then hand them 2nd level versions and then 3rd level versions. For a table of 6, that's 18 characters so that's a chunk of work. I would not want to count XP at a con game and I want them to level up three times in 4 hours so I gotta wonder how long fights with minions last.
2) They will be given large encounter areas. When the area is clear of monsters, they get their break to resupply encounter powers. However, whenever they use a staircase, that will count as their 8 hour rest and they will heal all wounds and recover dailies.
3) Instead of focusing on the original Gauntlet's maps, I will go for more Gauntlet on Xbox's concept of flavorful encounter zones. Hmm....gonna have to buy me some dungeon tiles...
4) I will definitely do Generators. I am unsure about how to plan XP per encounter because what percentage will be monsters already on the battle area vs. how often what XP level will be cranked out of the generators?
