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Old 06-17-2019, 06:44 AM   #4
martinl
 
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Default Re: Why adventuring parties?

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Originally Posted by Michael Thayne View Post
This can raise questions of why quest-givers even think to hire groups of 4 to 6 PCs when you can send a small army of men with crossbows and halberds.
If the problem is important and can obviously be handled more cheaply with an army, it probably should be. Such adventures ("Kill 500 orcs, 20 ogres, and a wizard") tend to be boring anyway.

PCs get sent on things where large masses of troops are impractical. Terrible terrain is a standard reason for this - Dungeons are usually terrible terrain.

Also consider that a lot of traditional adventures are some variation of "everyone else who has tried to resolve this problem didn't come back." PCs are usually willing to take these sorts of missions on for some reason - regular folks ... usually resist.
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