02-21-2019, 06:46 PM | #1 |
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Location: Near Milwaukee, WI
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Tactical Encounter #3 - Panic at the Thisco!
I've written up another tactical encounter to share. Hopefully you enjoy it.
It's a bandit attack at a roadside tavern. In my initial playtests, the dice were against my sample 32-point characters and I had two TPK's, so a little tougher than my earlier scenarios. This time, I'm including the full-size map separately, in case anyone wants to scale it down to smaller hexes or print it out as a 21"x16" poster. The newer template prints a Melee map on four sheets of paper, as opposed to the three sheet maps I have been using, which is unfortunate, but it allowed me a bit more freedom. All comments or criticisms welcome, either here or by PM. Tactical Encounter - Panic at the Thisco! Thisco Tavern Map |
02-21-2019, 08:06 PM | #2 |
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Re: Tactical Encounter #3 - Panic at the Thisco!
This is excellent! I'm going to run this with my players.
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02-22-2019, 04:38 AM | #3 |
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Re: Tactical Encounter #3 - Panic at the Thisco!
Looks nice. Reminds me of an old "Gunslinger" scenario. One point; your bandits are ST10 but carry 2d-1 shortswords. These actually require a ST of 11. So they should really carry cutlasses 2d-2 or up their ST values to 11.
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02-22-2019, 07:43 AM | #4 |
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Near Milwaukee, WI
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Re: Tactical Encounter #3 - Panic at the Thisco!
D'oh! Great catch..... I'll update it tonight and repost. I wanted their strength at 10, so cutlasses it is!
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02-22-2019, 12:27 PM | #5 |
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Re: Tactical Encounter #3 - Panic at the Thisco!
Another excellent little fight! Thanks for sharing (again) and please keep them coming!
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02-22-2019, 05:09 PM | #6 |
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04-22-2019, 11:37 AM | #7 |
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Re: Tactical Encounter #3 - Panic at the Thisco!
That is an excellent map!
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04-22-2019, 11:58 AM | #8 |
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05-15-2019, 11:38 AM | #9 |
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Re: Tactical Encounter #3 - Panic at the Thisco!
This looks like fun. Anyone have thoughts on chairs as obstacles and/or weapons? (What's a bar fight without someone being hit by a chair?) Perhaps an NPC could intervene with a surprise clobbering of a bandit if the player party is under too much distress?
P.S. Could this be reworked for the postcard adventure contest? Seems perfect, if you can adjust the tavern layout to use TFT hexes. |
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My April and May have been interesting, but I'm hoping to start working on an additional scenario pack Any Day Now.... |
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