Should I Ban Tanglefoot Bags?

[green slime]

I don't think they are worth banning. They are rather heavy to carry around a large collection of them into the dungeon.

 

[Agamemnon]

The main thing that strikes is me is that without magic, this seems to imply a really big bag. Make it semi-heavy (10 lbs or something), to deter loading up with these things.

That's actually not a bad point.

 

[pallandrome]

I love when my players use tanglefoot bags on my NPCs. I usually let it work once or twice, then I have an NPC ready an action to pop the bag with an arrow as soon as the PC pulls it out of his backpack. Hilarity ensues.

 

[el-remmen]

The weight of them is not a deterrent to their use when most people (and I am going by threads on this subject here) don't calculate encumbrance (something I insist on as a DM).

However, since they don't really fit my game's flavor, they are not available in Aquerra, along with similar equipment like tinder twigs and thunder stones and whatever else.

 

[green slime]

The weight of them is not a deterrent to their use when most people (and I am going by threads on this subject here) don't calculate encumbrance (something I insist on as a DM).

However, since they don't really fit my game's flavor, they are not available in Aquerra, along with similar equipment like tinder twigs and thunder stones and whatever else.

I don't slavishly follow encumbrance, but can and will do checks every now and then. Once per level, perhaps. Sort of goes along with checking the average character wealth. Helps keep the players aware of those limitations, as well.

 

[Notmousse]

I'd say banning is a step too far.

I'd also say that any old cleric without a bottle of wine was a doppleganger infiltrating the church for some nefarious scheme no doubt.

I do wonder how the cleric wasn't casting any spells. Were the players smart enough to take turns readying an arrow for him when he cast?

 

[kigmatzomat]

Meh. IMC the players are sufficiently high level that tanglefoot bags are used more on them than vice versa. Their foes know how dangerous the PCs are and can spend some cash. A bunch of tanglefoot bags enable 5th level mooks to have an effect on the 20th level PCs.

It was a highly expensive option in the beginning, a good idea for a period of time, and now they are typically a suboptimal tactical maneuver.

 

[Storyteller01]

I wouldn't ban them. Gives the casters a reason to fear the non-casters. IRL, we've been
experimenting with our own variations for years.

'BOW DOWN BEFORE THE GODLY MIGHT OF BELNAR THE ALL...'

thawck; splat

'Aw crap...'

 

[Storyteller01]

http://www.fas.org/faspir/nonleth.jpg

 

[Jubilee]

We have a GM who hasn't allowed us to find tangle foot bags since we bought some and started seriously impeeding his NPCs...

/ali