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<blockquote data-quote="Eltab" data-source="post: 6740138" data-attributes="member: 6803337"><p>Read Blights (from 5e MM); they seem to fit right in.</p><p></p><p>3e Unapproachable East had "blightspawned" creatures (a template for a special disease) that might work well, too. Not only do they knock you around, if they make you sick you want to STAY here !</p><p></p><p>Give the PCs fair warning about the natural gas and combustion beforehand; maybe they'll think of something on their own. Suppose their campfire the night before whooshes up in a fireball once or twice during the night, faint smell of rotten eggs at same time, then gutters almost out before resuming like normal. (Be sure to mention if the air around a battlefield smells funny.)</p><p></p><p>If there is a druid in the party, the group passes a Sabre-Toothed Tiger stuck in the tar. Does he go rescue it? Why / why not?</p><p>The party equally could find a deer trapped in the tar, wolves on the nearest shore are clearly trying to figure out a safe way to get a free meal. Will the PCs interfere?</p><p></p><p>Near the edges of a tar pit, just reduce speed by 1. Further in, attribute checks and Saves are needed. Near the middle is a nasty mess that somebody might think to blow opponents into.</p><p>(During a 4e Dark Sun game, my son's Warlord used a push power and slammed a salt golem into a watering hole. Then my Druid immobilized it there. You can guess what happened on the golem's turn.) Let the PCs do something clever, not just attack with swords / spells until enemy HP = 0.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eltab, post: 6740138, member: 6803337"] Read Blights (from 5e MM); they seem to fit right in. 3e Unapproachable East had "blightspawned" creatures (a template for a special disease) that might work well, too. Not only do they knock you around, if they make you sick you want to STAY here ! Give the PCs fair warning about the natural gas and combustion beforehand; maybe they'll think of something on their own. Suppose their campfire the night before whooshes up in a fireball once or twice during the night, faint smell of rotten eggs at same time, then gutters almost out before resuming like normal. (Be sure to mention if the air around a battlefield smells funny.) If there is a druid in the party, the group passes a Sabre-Toothed Tiger stuck in the tar. Does he go rescue it? Why / why not? The party equally could find a deer trapped in the tar, wolves on the nearest shore are clearly trying to figure out a safe way to get a free meal. Will the PCs interfere? Near the edges of a tar pit, just reduce speed by 1. Further in, attribute checks and Saves are needed. Near the middle is a nasty mess that somebody might think to blow opponents into. (During a 4e Dark Sun game, my son's Warlord used a push power and slammed a salt golem into a watering hole. Then my Druid immobilized it there. You can guess what happened on the golem's turn.) Let the PCs do something clever, not just attack with swords / spells until enemy HP = 0. [/QUOTE]
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