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<blockquote data-quote="Ariosto" data-source="post: 5281773" data-attributes="member: 80487">Hussar's Infinite Attacks (Ex)This is a feature of the &quot;Hussar's&quot; template. This ability applies only to attacks that permit a saving throw. It enables the creature to use each such attack simultaneously on every creature the DM chooses. Factors that would normally prohibit so many attacks, such as rate of fire, range, visibility, cover, facing, arc of fire, blast radius, etc., are not considered.The Hussar's Beholder would be feared throughout the known universe, had it not exterminated all other life in the known universe in the first 48 seconds of its existence.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------But seriously ... I think you and billd91 have your eyes here on different games.In your game, it is in the first place the rule, and in the second place a big deal, that a party of 8 will take twice the casualties as a party of 4.In billd91's game, maybe the party of 4 takes 2, and the party of 8 takes just the 1 the other guys suffered initially -- before more than twice the firepower finishes the foe so much more quickly.Maybe it remains true that the bigger party loses 4, but that is not a big deal next to the fact that 4 are still twice as strong as 2 (unless you're doing this wacky &quot;nothing but more casualties&quot; routine routinely).----------------------------------------------------------------------------------However, I think that D&amp;D is pretty basically predicated on players having more control over what they do than had the fellows in the trenches in World War One. It ought to be possible to come up with better tactics than &quot;everyone line up to get mowed down&quot;, and players ought to be free to implement them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ariosto, post: 5281773, member: 80487"] [B]Hussar's Infinite Attacks (Ex)[/B] This is a feature of the "Hussar's" template. This ability applies only to attacks that permit a saving throw. It enables the creature to use each such attack simultaneously on every creature the DM chooses. Factors that would normally prohibit so many attacks, such as rate of fire, range, visibility, cover, facing, arc of fire, blast radius, etc., are not considered. The Hussar's Beholder would be feared throughout the known universe, had it not exterminated all other life in the known universe in the first 48 seconds of its existence. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- But seriously ... I think you and billd91 have your eyes here on different games. In your game, it is in the first place the rule, and in the second place a big deal, that a party of 8 will take twice the casualties as a party of 4. In billd91's game, maybe the party of 4 takes 2, and the party of 8 takes just the 1 the other guys suffered initially -- before more than twice the firepower finishes the foe so much more quickly. Maybe it remains true that the bigger party loses 4, but that is not a big deal next to the fact that 4 are still twice as strong as 2 (unless you're doing this wacky "nothing but more casualties" routine routinely). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- However, I think that D&D is pretty basically predicated on players having more control over what they do than had the fellows in the trenches in World War One. It ought to be possible to come up with better tactics than "everyone line up to get mowed down", and players ought to be free to implement them. [/QUOTE]

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