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<blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 6839629" data-attributes="member: 5834"><p><strong>Flamestrike</strong>,</p><p></p><p>I've tolerated this long enough. This test is off the rails. <strong>Azurewraith</strong> is fine and I could manage this utilizing the strengths of his character. <strong>Bold Italic</strong> is not the type of player that players like myself, <strong>CapnZapp</strong>, and <strong>Zard</strong> play with. I would like to add the disclaimer that I do not consider his way of playing wrong because I'm assuming he has fun playing the way he does. And fun is of course the goal. It doesn't simulate the type of play I see on a weekly basis or the type of play that makes it harder to run high level games.</p><p></p><p>For the purposes of this test, it's not going to work. Spending a 4th level slot to cast <em>magic missile</em> to do 30 points against one wolf with 75 hit points with three other wolves present and two giants with twice as many hit points when a single <em>polymorph[/b] spell probably doubles or triples that damage with a huge hit point buffer for Bedrock for the same slot shows such a lack of awareness of the power of spells that I am awed. Even a lvl 4 <em>fireball</em> would at least do 9d6 to all the wolves and possibly one giant doing an average damage of 27 with missed saves (or half as much and likely somewhere in-between) points to four or five targets for a 108 or 135 damage for a 4th level slot. But a 4th level <em>magic missile</em>? Wow. Just wow.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>We can't conduct this test with any credibility with that type of resource use. It would be like running a lab test with contaminated samples. I appreciate the time you took to design an adventure. I did enjoy your encounter setup as far as putting the party behind the eight ball. Your descriptions of actions is very good as well. But the disorganization within the group is too much to compensate for. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>I have no attachment to the characters I created. If someone else wants to run them if <strong>Flamestrike</strong> feels like marching on, go for it.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celtavian, post: 6839629, member: 5834"] [b]Flamestrike[/b], I've tolerated this long enough. This test is off the rails. [b]Azurewraith[/b] is fine and I could manage this utilizing the strengths of his character. [b]Bold Italic[/b] is not the type of player that players like myself, [b]CapnZapp[/b], and [b]Zard[/b] play with. I would like to add the disclaimer that I do not consider his way of playing wrong because I'm assuming he has fun playing the way he does. And fun is of course the goal. It doesn't simulate the type of play I see on a weekly basis or the type of play that makes it harder to run high level games. For the purposes of this test, it's not going to work. Spending a 4th level slot to cast [I]magic missile[/I] to do 30 points against one wolf with 75 hit points with three other wolves present and two giants with twice as many hit points when a single [I]polymorph[/b] spell probably doubles or triples that damage with a huge hit point buffer for Bedrock for the same slot shows such a lack of awareness of the power of spells that I am awed. Even a lvl 4 [I]fireball[/I] would at least do 9d6 to all the wolves and possibly one giant doing an average damage of 27 with missed saves (or half as much and likely somewhere in-between) points to four or five targets for a 108 or 135 damage for a 4th level slot. But a 4th level [I]magic missile[/I]? Wow. Just wow. We can't conduct this test with any credibility with that type of resource use. It would be like running a lab test with contaminated samples. I appreciate the time you took to design an adventure. I did enjoy your encounter setup as far as putting the party behind the eight ball. Your descriptions of actions is very good as well. But the disorganization within the group is too much to compensate for. I have no attachment to the characters I created. If someone else wants to run them if [b]Flamestrike[/b] feels like marching on, go for it.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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