Really nasty crit, or bad ruling?

[Elric]

Evil, evil, Jeremy. At least he didn't have a spelldancer cohort. I sure wouldn't want to be a player on your bad side

 

[Jeremy]

I've got a really evil mind, but I'm remarkably gentle with my PC's. Well, at least I think I am. Or at least I try to be. My first two campaigns ended really abruptly with disheartening TPK's due to my inexperience. TPK's generally aren't very much fun for anyone.

Now I think I'm more of a terror as a PC.

 

[Pax]

Best way to deal with Raging or Frenzied opponents: pop them with the spell Indifference.

 

[James McMurray]

An NPC doesn't worry...

Various people have said things like this, and it struck me as odd. In a living, breathing campaign world (as opposed to a hack-and-slash world) NPCs want to live just as much as the PCs do. Sometimes (i.e. post-17th level) the NPCs will actually be even more careful with their lives than the PCs, because they don't always have a loyal ally who is going to True Resurrect them if they get in over their heads.

 

[James McMurray]

Best way to deal with Raging or Frenzied opponents: pop them with the spell Indifference.

Indifference? Not ringing a bell.

 

[Pax]

Tome and Blood. Removes all emotional states from the subject, for a reasonable length of time. Will save negates, granted, but ... if you can punch it through, it's a sweet way to drop the FB ... ^_^

SEVERAL of the spellcasters I've built at Exodus over the past year have kept that handy, especially the wizards. I just haven't had occasion to USE it.

 

[James McMurray]

I assume its got that pesky [Mind Affecting] descriptor?

 

[Pax]

I'm not sure; it might, but it also might not. Probably ... but I'm feeling a mite too lazy to walk across the room and fish out my T&B just now. ^_^

 

[Bauglir]

*checks*

Yep, Enchantment [Mind-Affecting]

 

[James McMurray]

Ah, then its likely to never actually affect anyone over at Exodus without some major setup.