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<blockquote data-quote="Klaus" data-source="post: 2019119" data-attributes="member: 607"><p>2/3 of my players are first-time gamers. As such, they have no measure to gauge how tough their characters are, even though they're on the verge of 12th level. This has led them to be overly cautious, much like they were at 1st level.</p><p></p><p>The only way I found to rectify this was to have "mook battles" over several adventures. Mook battles include:</p><p></p><p>- Pitting 8th level PCs against 20 2nd-level orc warriors.</p><p>- Throwing 30 skeletons at the 10th-level cleric and watch the glee as the turn undead crumbles them all to dust.</p><p>- purposefully having 10 1st-level mooks run at the party as a group, and let the wizard cast her first fireball</p><p></p><p>Like in that DnD-related Vin Diesel interview, where the host says he sees a couple of figures emerging from the mist, and all he had was a rusty short sword. Vin would ask all these tactical questions to evaluate the situation, when he suddenly asked "what kind of creatures?". "Two orcs". "TWO ORCS??? I throw away my sword and fight them bare-handed!"</p><p></p><p>Seems to me that your players need some empowering.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Klaus, post: 2019119, member: 607"] 2/3 of my players are first-time gamers. As such, they have no measure to gauge how tough their characters are, even though they're on the verge of 12th level. This has led them to be overly cautious, much like they were at 1st level. The only way I found to rectify this was to have "mook battles" over several adventures. Mook battles include: - Pitting 8th level PCs against 20 2nd-level orc warriors. - Throwing 30 skeletons at the 10th-level cleric and watch the glee as the turn undead crumbles them all to dust. - purposefully having 10 1st-level mooks run at the party as a group, and let the wizard cast her first fireball Like in that DnD-related Vin Diesel interview, where the host says he sees a couple of figures emerging from the mist, and all he had was a rusty short sword. Vin would ask all these tactical questions to evaluate the situation, when he suddenly asked "what kind of creatures?". "Two orcs". "TWO ORCS??? I throw away my sword and fight them bare-handed!" Seems to me that your players need some empowering. [/QUOTE]
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