Rant: Midnight Gone Wrong...

[tonym]

It is fun to read about Frodo. It would SUCK to BE Frodo.

Right.

Heck, it almost sounds like the pet NPC was Frodo, and the PCs were Samwise!

Tony M

 

[Calico_Jack73]

I agree that your DM is blaming the setting for his own inability to create a power balance in the game. Should Midnight be challenging? Most certainly but some of that challenge comes from non-monster/npc sources... finding enough food and water is an issue that should be driven home in a Midnight campaign. What happens when your sword has been sundered? You can't just run down to the local weaponsmith to buy a new one. Let me guess... EVERY time anyone in the party casts a spell an Astirax just so happens to be in the vicinity.

Rotten DMing in my opinion... the setting doesn't matter. He could have ruined Dragonlance or Eberron just as easy.

 

[IronWolf]

This certainly seems more like a DM issue than an issue with the campaign setting Midnight. While I have never played Midnight, from the sounds of this thread it would best be DM'ed by a somewhat experienced DM to convey the proper feel of the world.