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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 5999531" data-attributes="member: 386">Last night's game log.PCs are: Frick, a goblin Rogue; Brunner, a werebear Paladin; A'rra, a werewolf Shaman; Mers, a cat-elf Wizard; and Xod the Slayer, a human Paladin.The PCs are a little messed up because the players created them, got invested in them, and then realized that the rules for building lycanthropes didn't work exactly like they thought.  Brunner is taking "Werebear levels"; I forget exactly what we did with A'rra.  Whatever, it's fine.  I didn't want to lose the momentum we had gathered by telling them they had to make new PCs.Patchwall 3rd (con't)Frick scouts the crumbled south-east moathouse towerFrick is ambushed by a giant frog that tries to grab him with its tongue & swallow himFrick avoids the danger while his allies shoot the frogA grey ooze tries to melt FrickFrick avoids the danger while his allies approach to help him outThe frog jumps in the water, followed by the ooze after it melts Xod's hammerA blue dragon named Utreshimon blasts Frick with lightningFrick avoids the danger, jumps on Xod's horse, and they ride awayUtreshimon corners A'rra but misses herEveryone runsChat escapes his bonds and rides awayUtreshimon flies down A'rra and tries to bite her but missesUtreshimon turns to Brunner and blasts him with lightningBrunner smacks Utreshimon goodXod and Frick turn back towards the fightUtreshimon has trouble hitting Brunner or getting through his DRUtreshimon breathes lightning on Brunner and A'rra againXod throws a bead of force at Utreshimon, which captures herSome of the PCs follow Chat's tracks, but he is gaining groundThe wolf and the polecat continue to follow Chat's tracks as he turns to the westThe rest of the PCs head into HommletVesta asks Xod why Maridosen was dragged offXod charms her, then he and Frick help with the lunch shiftThe cat-lady tries to see Canoness Y'Dey but butts head with Calmer and TurjonThe other PCs gather some information from Master DunratNotes:DR 5/silver is pretty awesome.  It saved Brunner's life after he got full attacked by Utreshimon.  Still, he went down after a few bites got through and he got blasted twice from her breath weapon (saved both times).It's been a long time since I last DMed 3E.  I am discovering a few things as I go along, such as this regarding awarding XP:You must decide when a challenge has been overcome.  Usually, this is simple to do.  Did the PCs defeat the enemy in battle?  Then they met the challenge and earned experience points.  Other times, it can be trickier.  Suppose the PCs sneak past the sleeping minotaur to get into the magical vault - did they overcome the minotaur encounter?  If their goal was to get into the vault and the minotaur was just a guardian, then the answer is probably yes.  It's up to you to make such judgements.While I find it lacking - I'd rather it listed some principles to use when making such judgement calls - it's very interesting.  It almost suggests that 3.5's XP system is Quest-based.After the PCs went back to town they questioned the Dominated Master Dunrat and got a lot of information from him.  They asked him about the temple in the Outer Fane, so I started reading the entry from the Vestibule, Black Cyst, and The Greater Temple.  I think that was pretty cool.  I'm not one to shy away from giving information to players, and in this case it was well-deserved.I am forcing the players to ask the questions of Master Dunrat instead of the NPCs, though.  Which is more fun.  We'll see if the PCs can get to Chat before he blabs about what happened in Hommlet.</blockquote>

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