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<blockquote data-quote="SmokeyCriminal" data-source="post: 7107679" data-attributes="member: 6876146"><p>I think something you should remember to do is keep the fight dynamic for the sniper that's off the map by keeping the terrain interesting. Since he doesn't have the benefit of the natural dynamics of being in the actual battle you'll need to pick up the slack so it doesn't feel like he's floating in space the second he's off the map.</p><p></p><p> "You can see half the creatures, you'll need to strafe left/right to see the other half...There's bramble/deep mud so your movement is halfed... The terrain is sloping up/down the father back you go..."</p><p></p><p> Also, add interesting things while hes out there, especially meaningless stuff, just to possibly peek his curiosity. Maybe you'll get lucky and be able to bait him to investigate for that round instead of just attacking. Make Curiosity the snipers foe. </p><p></p><p>"You hear the bushes rustle to your left...You see a carcass/corpse half eaten...You smell Wood/Incense burning to the east...You come across an old chest/purse.."</p><p></p><p>Or you can also just add weird stuff to creep him out a little, that's always a lot of fun.</p><p></p><p>"You look up, there's a crow. Next round; there's 5 crows overheard cawing. Next round; there's 16 crows overhead staring at you and cawing...You swear you heard a baby cry just around the rock...The tree next to you has your initials carved in it and '+ A.K' inside a carved heart...You look over and u see two squirrels having passionate squirrel love, while a 3rd squirrel watches, eating a nut. Next round; the 3 squirrels are staring at you motionless. Next round; the 3 squirrels attack you, you pervert..."</p><p></p><p>And last but not least. Encourage the party Dwarf to do what Dwarfs do best and bust his balls a little after every fight, 'cuz that's always fun and annoying. Maybe give the Dwarf player inspiration for it.</p><p></p><p>"I hope you had a nice little hike while the rest of us got bashed in the heads with hammers...Promise me next time you go picking flowers while we fight you'll make me a pretty garland, daisies are my favourite... I get you want to stay out of melee but you were 100 feet behind the wizard, THE WIZARD! he's wearing a dress for crying out loud and he's YOUR meat shield?!...The Wizard took an axe to the ass and you come back telling us about scratches you got from a pack of sex crazed squirrels?..."</p><p></p><p>Plus mix in a bunch of the other good advice from the thread once, or twice and I think you'll be fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SmokeyCriminal, post: 7107679, member: 6876146"] I think something you should remember to do is keep the fight dynamic for the sniper that's off the map by keeping the terrain interesting. Since he doesn't have the benefit of the natural dynamics of being in the actual battle you'll need to pick up the slack so it doesn't feel like he's floating in space the second he's off the map. "You can see half the creatures, you'll need to strafe left/right to see the other half...There's bramble/deep mud so your movement is halfed... The terrain is sloping up/down the father back you go..." Also, add interesting things while hes out there, especially meaningless stuff, just to possibly peek his curiosity. Maybe you'll get lucky and be able to bait him to investigate for that round instead of just attacking. Make Curiosity the snipers foe. "You hear the bushes rustle to your left...You see a carcass/corpse half eaten...You smell Wood/Incense burning to the east...You come across an old chest/purse.." Or you can also just add weird stuff to creep him out a little, that's always a lot of fun. "You look up, there's a crow. Next round; there's 5 crows overheard cawing. Next round; there's 16 crows overhead staring at you and cawing...You swear you heard a baby cry just around the rock...The tree next to you has your initials carved in it and '+ A.K' inside a carved heart...You look over and u see two squirrels having passionate squirrel love, while a 3rd squirrel watches, eating a nut. Next round; the 3 squirrels are staring at you motionless. Next round; the 3 squirrels attack you, you pervert..." And last but not least. Encourage the party Dwarf to do what Dwarfs do best and bust his balls a little after every fight, 'cuz that's always fun and annoying. Maybe give the Dwarf player inspiration for it. "I hope you had a nice little hike while the rest of us got bashed in the heads with hammers...Promise me next time you go picking flowers while we fight you'll make me a pretty garland, daisies are my favourite... I get you want to stay out of melee but you were 100 feet behind the wizard, THE WIZARD! he's wearing a dress for crying out loud and he's YOUR meat shield?!...The Wizard took an axe to the ass and you come back telling us about scratches you got from a pack of sex crazed squirrels?..." Plus mix in a bunch of the other good advice from the thread once, or twice and I think you'll be fine. [/QUOTE]
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