Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="jimmifett" data-source="post: 5606976" data-attributes="member: 55006">Took me a moment to disengage 4e-isms from brain, ready a weapon against a charge should have given it away. Couldn't ready a charge anyway as it's a full round action.&nbsp;In that case, as a DM, if I have a monster and a player in a gladitorial mexican standoff where neither are doing anything and the crowd of onlookers is getting bored, I introduce something new...&nbsp;BBEG: &quot;Smithers, release the hounds!&quot;&nbsp;Some lower level critters are released into the arena to add more excitement, splitting up and attacking both player and gladiator.&nbsp;Now someone has to move, or stand there continuing to stare down the other guy while a starving beast makes a charge attack on your groin. Hell, i'd have released the hounds after one or two rounds anyway just to make things interesting, maybe letting others at the table each play a hound so they aren't bored.&nbsp;Perfect scenario to import the minion concept from 4e in some fashion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jimmifett, post: 5606976, member: 55006"] Took me a moment to disengage 4e-isms from brain, ready a weapon against a charge should have given it away. Couldn't ready a charge anyway as it's a full round action. In that case, as a DM, if I have a monster and a player in a gladitorial mexican standoff where neither are doing anything and the crowd of onlookers is getting bored, I introduce something new... BBEG: "Smithers, release the hounds!" Some lower level critters are released into the arena to add more excitement, splitting up and attacking both player and gladiator. Now someone has to move, or stand there continuing to stare down the other guy while a starving beast makes a charge attack on your groin. Hell, i'd have released the hounds after one or two rounds anyway just to make things interesting, maybe letting others at the table each play a hound so they aren't bored. Perfect scenario to import the minion concept from 4e in some fashion. [/QUOTE]

Verification