World's Largest Dungeon in actual play [Spoilers!]

[jim pinto]

I have a question for the WLD makers and the DM's running the campaign.

When using the Darkness ability of the Darkmantles, do you treat the darkness as the 20% chance to miss darkness (as the spell in the 3.5PHB) or do you treat is as the original darkness that effectively gives total blindness?


Thanks,
BBR

i guess that depends on if you're running 3.0 or 3.5

the CR is obviously scaled against the 3.5 version, but if your
PCs are wimps... (that's right... i said wimps) ...you can tone it
down for them.



but, seriously, i think the total blindness (at least the first 1d4 times)
works to scare the crap out of the PCs. later, reduce the miss chance
to 35% and then 20% if you want

 

[twofalls]

I use total darkness, but then I play 3.0. 20% miss chance is pathetic IMHO, the encounter doesn't carry the same impact if they aren't thrown into total disarray and scramble by the plunge into inkly blackness. I also removed a lot of the Darkmantles from my game and put in Devils... but thats covered earlier in this thread.

 

[Hawk764]

consedering the concept of level gaining at progress intervals,(instead of by encounter) i started both my groups at second level to try to help the survivability of the party. as it is, the darkmantles are still a beating.

 

[Hatchling Dragon]

While I haven't picked this up yet, this thread is certainly inspiring me to do so.

One thing I'd been wondering about, what with all the Map discussion going on, is if anyone had though of (or even started on) inputting these maps into one or another of the various mapping programs on the market today? I'm a bit suprised that one of thsoe software makers didn't approach AEG to make a downloadable map-pack for thier software, mabye even with exclusive type rights to it (ie: only they can do it, to up sales of course).

Oh yah, when do you think we'll see the first Neverwinter Knights version of this beast?

Hatchling Dragon

 

[CrimsonScribe]

Oh yah, when do you think we'll see the first Neverwinter Knights version of this beast?

I get the feeling that by the time people have finished programing this into the NWN Toolset, NWN2 would be upon us.

 

[jim pinto]

While I haven't picked this up yet, this thread is certainly inspiring me to do so.

One thing I'd been wondering about, what with all the Map discussion going on, is if anyone had though of (or even started on) inputting these maps into one or another of the various mapping programs on the market today? I'm a bit suprised that one of thsoe software makers didn't approach AEG to make a downloadable map-pack for thier software, mabye even with exclusive type rights to it (ie: only they can do it, to up sales of course).

Oh yah, when do you think we'll see the first Neverwinter Knights version of this beast?

Hatchling Dragon

that's a lot of speculation about things i can't address....

um.... yes?!?!

i hope someone approaches us about the maps, though

it would make a few people on here very happy.

right, twofalls?



as for NWN... any takers?

 

[CrimsonScribe]

It's something I'd love to see - running through the WLD with your mates in NWN would be an something else.

I'll wait and see how I go with the new group before I start putting my hand up for things like this. Though if we get several people interested, I'll do what I can to help.

 

[spacecrime.com]

It's something I'd love to see - running through the WLD with your mates in NWN would be an something else.

I've gotta say, there is a part of me that envies the players and longs to be in there hacking through the dungeon with them.

But then the part of me that enjoys watching player characters suffer beats the part of me that wants to play senseless. Such is the lot of the conflicted GM...

cheers,

 

[twofalls]

I'd name my next born child after the person who makes decent players maps for the entire WLD and makes them availible.

 

[CrimsonScribe]

Do you just mean a players map - as in one that they can have to scribble on (if necessary) and that isn't to any particular scale? Because I can probably handle that - if it's alright with AEG of course.

If you mean a player's map that uses a 25mm/5ft scale for actually playing with, I'm not even going to try - I'm doing it at the moment, and the further I go, the more I'm interested in using something like Tact-Tiles.