Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 3864448" data-attributes="member: 2067">Let's start with....The general way I'd do this is by giving the creature an actual AC value in line with it's immense size and power. It's huge, it's scales are draconic, you're not likely to pierce it with a sword, let it have a huge AC of 40-something or whatever.But I would give equally huge bonuses to those players who manage to exploit it's &quot;weak points&quot; -- those points at which you CAN hit the monster. I would make being able to exploit the weak point at first, a character challenge. Say a steady archer wants to try and shoot the sea serpent in the eye from the hull of the sinking ship. On his turn, he declares his intention, but I'm going to put some barriers in the way. For instance:-- The ship is tilting wildly and is unsteady. To be able to get a good shot off, make a Balance check (maybe giving him about a 30% chance of success). If you fail, you don't loose your turn, but you can't get steady enough to fire your arrow. If you succeed, next step:-- We'll treat this something like a striking something on a character, since you're striking something &quot;on&quot; the serpent (it's eye). Take the serpent's Dex modifier, and the size modifier of the eye itself (small? a 4' diameter eye?) to get the eye's AC. Hit THAT AC, and you can do normal damage.In other words, it's not telling a character &quot;no they can't,&quot; in my mind. It's about saying &quot;okay, if you want to try and hurt this thing, you're going to need to jump through a few hoops to do it.&quot; Those &quot;hoops&quot; are usually going to be skill checks and saves.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 3864448, member: 2067"] Let's start with.... The general way I'd do this is by giving the creature an actual AC value in line with it's immense size and power. It's huge, it's scales are draconic, you're not likely to pierce it with a sword, let it have a huge AC of 40-something or whatever. But I would give equally huge bonuses to those players who manage to exploit it's "weak points" -- those points at which you CAN hit the monster. I would make being able to exploit the weak point at first, a character challenge. Say a steady archer wants to try and shoot the sea serpent in the eye from the hull of the sinking ship. On his turn, he declares his intention, but I'm going to put some barriers in the way. For instance: -- The ship is tilting wildly and is unsteady. To be able to get a good shot off, make a Balance check (maybe giving him about a 30% chance of success). If you fail, you don't loose your turn, but you can't get steady enough to fire your arrow. If you succeed, next step: -- We'll treat this something like a striking something on a character, since you're striking something "on" the serpent (it's eye). Take the serpent's Dex modifier, and the size modifier of the eye itself (small? a 4' diameter eye?) to get the eye's AC. Hit THAT AC, and you can do normal damage. In other words, it's not telling a character "no they can't," in my mind. It's about saying "okay, if you want to try and hurt this thing, you're going to need to jump through a few hoops to do it." Those "hoops" are usually going to be skill checks and saves. [/QUOTE]

Verification