Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="MarkB" data-source="post: 7143345" data-attributes="member: 40176">I think the key is to not put them in the position of being damage sponges in the first place - and that goes for the rest of the NPCs. With so many additional characters potentially running around, if you allow combats to focus around them, the PCs can start taking a backseat. So yeah, play them as preferring to sneak around and plink at the enemy from range. Let them tank a few hits, but either play it out as the strike having apparently been a glancing blow that missed due to armour, or as them having a deal of resilience and not letting their wounds slow them down.In this case, though, the lid is somewhat off due to their actions during the prison break.I would suggest simply accelerating the timescale on their particular issues. Have the moon become full sometime soon, during the journey through the Underdark, and play out their transformation as something of a social skill challenge.If the party is willing and able to persuade them both, they resist the curse and refuse to change, and stay with the group, but say they can't take the lead in combat because they're afraid that if they're hurt they might still lose control and accidentally hurt a friend.If even one of them is not successfully persuaded, that one will go full wererat and flee the group, and their twin will follow.If the party react poorly to the revelation of the twins' nature, or roll really badly at persuading them, they go full wererat and leap to attack.Incidentally, I did eventually have the twins hit with a full moon - I had it happen during the sacrifice ceremony at Sloobudoop, positing that the Kuo Toa had timed it to coincide with a spring tide - and one question that came up at that point for me was how long it takes for the curse of lycanthropy to take hold on a new victim. The Monster Manual doesn't suggest any delayed onset, but in fiction the transformation tends to be more gradual. As a result, when they attacked one of the Kuo Toa and bit him, he immediately sprouted fur and a rat-tail as it was still a full moon, which felt a little bit off.</blockquote>

Verification