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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 5244479" data-attributes="member: 16069">Well I can absolutely confirm that the PCs do not (did not) like this encounter, see below.Yeah, I don' t go for the do-overs either, I just figured when I shifted the Blue Slime, one space away... one space away, and despaired a little.However then something strange happened, previously the noob players have been relying on James for insights into the beasts they've encountered along the way, just little things-Kobolds... don't worry, they're easy to kill.Goblins... sneaky buggers, but we'll take them down.Skeletons... No problems, wade in there and smash them up people.Generally James (previously McGyver, now playing Phrenic) had something to say about most of the creatures they have bumped into so far, always a little pick-me-up, something to make the rest of the PCs believe... even Irontooth was 'just a bloody Goblin.'Then the Blue Slime came along and James wasn't sure what to tell them, I think he got confused somewhere between a Gelatinous Cube and a Black Pudding, either way the PCs, well... see for yourself.H1 Keep on the ShadowfellEncounter #12 Area 11 The Water CaveRound #2.Winstanley- Daily Trick Strike BS; Hit 11 damage (158 HP) & Slide into prime position for... Action Point- Tactical Presence/Assault from Phrenic extra +2 To Hit & +4 Damage. Ready Action.Grey- Magic Missile BS; Miss. Action Point- Action Surge +3 To Hit & Tactical Presence/Assault from Phrenic extra +2 To Hit & +4 Damage for total +5/+4. Ray of Frost BS; Miss. Bugger! And the Wizard stomps off to the kitchen to slam the fridge door.Kaspard- Sacred Flame BS; Crit 16 damage (142 HP) & Saving throw for Phrenic- Save vs ongoing Acid damage- Success. Move. Action Point- Tactical Presence/Assault from Phrenic extra +2 To Hit & +4 Damage. Healing Strike BS; Miss. Healing Word +4 HP Phrenic (23 HP).Dirty- Shift. Readied Action Winstanley Combat Advantage Sly Flourish BS; Hit 23 damage (119 HP)  Back to Dirty- Combat Advantage Daily Brute Strike BS; Hit 24 damage (95 HP bloodied). Action Point- Tactical Presence/Assault from Phrenic extra +2 To Hit & +4 Damage. Combat Advantage Spinning Strike BS; Hit 13 damage (82 HP bloodied) & Prone! Marked.Can you knock an Ooze Prone- I guess so, or at least the equivalent, you should have heard the cheer when I said it was bloodied.Phrenic- Leaf on the Wind Combat Advantage BS; Miss. Action Point. Daily Lead the Attack Combat Advantage BS; Hit 19 damage (63 HP bloodied) & all allies within 5 squares are +5 To Hit for Encounter vs BS (that's all of them).BS- Stand. Slime Eruption all PCs; Hit all PCs except Grey- Dirty; Hit 10 Acid damage (22 HP) & Kaspard; Hit 10 Acid damage (19 HP) & Grey; Miss 5 Acid damage (21 HP) & Phrenic; Hit 10 Acid damage (13 HP bloodied) & Winstanley; Crit 12 Acid damage- Armour of Bahamut- reduced to 10 damage (20 HP). Action Point Slam Dirty; Miss & Slam Phrenic; Miss. Double Bugger! And they didn't like it when I declared- 'Action Point'Time to play 18 minutes.End of Round-Good GuysDirty Biskit, Male Dwarven Fighter 2 (HP22/37)Kaspard, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Bahamut 2 (HP19/31)Winstanley Portico, Male Halfling Rogue 2 (HP20/30)Grey Morlock, Male Human Wizard 2 (HP21/27)Phrenic, Male Tiefling Warlord 2 (HP13/29)Bad Guys 750XP Level 3 Encounter.Blue Slime Level 3 Solo Brute [BS] (HP63/204)Action Points 5 Total 5Daily Powers 3 Total 3Healing Surges 1 Total 12nd Winds 0 Total 0Crits 1 Total 1PCs Ko'd 0 Total 0Bad Guys Action Points 1 Total 1 Comment: And for some reason (perhaps James/Phrenic not knowing quite how to play the creature) the Blue Slime really freaked them- I never said a thing, although I was toting a kind of mischievous/malicious grin. And then they went all out for their Daily Powers and Action Points, there was a little bit of chat and... WHAM! They really don't like Solo monsters it seems- personally I think the fact that four out of five of them were Dazed & Weakened in the surprise round, and the creature hadn't even surfaced yet- that got them panicked.They even cheered when Kaspard hit with a Crit- a little subdued however, they really (really) wanted to end the thing this round.Crap name- Blue Slime, lovely monster, although the PCs seem to be doing a job on him now.</blockquote>

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