So, I'm thinking of shrinking my party....

[Klaus]

Down to about 1-3 inches each. (exact size yet to be pinned down, will go with what is easiest and makes the most sense) Now, I know that this has been before - so I', wondering if anyone has stats for the common ordinary animals & insects, now a huge threat do to the change in size. Or, do I need to re-invent the wheel?

Any pointers, suggestions, tips?


Basically, there is a community of 100-200 people of small size, and the party is looking for them, not knowing about the change. If that helps....

Thanks
Zog

Don't mess with the PCs, and instead increase the size of everything else, so a housecat uses tiger stats, a dog is a dire wolf, a common ant is now a Medium giant ant, etc.

Each square on the battlefield now represents 6 inches (0.5 feet) instead of 5 feet.

 

[shilsen]

Yeah, I recall that a high-level character was gnawed to death by a gerbil or a 3" goblin or somesuch. If you want to inflict a humiliating death that the PC will never live down, this is your big chance.

That's not humiliating, since the PC is the same size. Killing a regular-sized PC with a gerbil? Now that's humiliating!

 

[WhatGravitas]

No, you see, they're being shrunk by magic. Thus, no need to invent super-tough 30 hp Diminutive insects which will later come back and bite his campaign in the ass.

Cheers, -- N

But keeping the fireball radius intact is FAR more hilarious.

Boom, LT.

 

[Darklone]

But keeping the fireball radius intact is FAR more hilarious.

Boom, LT.

Yoinked!

 

[roguerouge]

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[Piratecat]

I ran the old Dungeon adventure Chadranthar's Bane. This was back in 2e, and it was spectacular amounts of fun.

 

[GlassJaw]

How do you plan on doing the actual shrinking without being too rail-roady? I've thought about doing something like this in the past but I couldn't figure out a great way that wouldn't make the players feel totally powerless against it.

I also wanted to avoid going to the "artifact-level" to accomplish this as well.

 

[jmucchiello]

But you're on your own, I think, when it comes to statting out a housecat that to the PCs is the equivalent of 50' tall.

By definition a housecat at that scale is a tarrasque.

 

[Dr. Confoundo]

I ran the old Dungeon adventure Chadranthar's Bane. This was back in 2e, and it was spectacular amounts of fun.

I've also run this, with a few modifications. Much fun.

 

[patv]

How do you plan on doing the actual shrinking without being too rail-roady? I've thought about doing something like this in the past but I couldn't figure out a great way that wouldn't make the players feel totally powerless against it.

I also wanted to avoid going to the "artifact-level" to accomplish this as well.

A little fairy magic should do the trick (from Crysta in the movie Ferngully)

"Bless your eyes with magic light,
I give the gift of fairy size... er, sight !!!"


"What was done now undo,
return you to the form that's true."