Combat - Quick Contest of Attack vs Active Defense

GameBuddah · 10-09-2021, 05:35 PM

Ok, more spiders helped, and the actual game consisted of a Wizard, a Thief, and a Scout.

The Scout was most effective against the spiders, but the wizard helped with a command spell, and a few well placed fireballs. The Thief held her own, but didn't do that much damage.

I started with 6 Huge Spiders, and one Humongous Spider, but removed on of the spiders from the conflict early on when I discovered it would be too much.

I got some good feedback from my wife after the session, and I'm going to do the next game as a "flashback" to where the PCs meet their patron, and do some of the more "social" game mechanics for the new player to introduce her to it, before continuing on with the "I Smell a Rat" dungeon.

As an aside, I got some pretty good feedback from the other players, and I think they're going to want a game larger in scope that just delving, so it looks like the game might be more inspired by Tolkien and less by Leiber.

10-09-2021, 05:35 PM	#4
GameBuddah Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The Wylds of Central North Carolina	Re: Combat - Quick Contest of Attack vs Active Defense Ok, more spiders helped, and the actual game consisted of a Wizard, a Thief, and a Scout. The Scout was most effective against the spiders, but the wizard helped with a command spell, and a few well placed fireballs. The Thief held her own, but didn't do that much damage. I started with 6 Huge Spiders, and one Humongous Spider, but removed on of the spiders from the conflict early on when I discovered it would be too much. I got some good feedback from my wife after the session, and I'm going to do the next game as a "flashback" to where the PCs meet their patron, and do some of the more "social" game mechanics for the new player to introduce her to it, before continuing on with the "I Smell a Rat" dungeon. As an aside, I got some pretty good feedback from the other players, and I think they're going to want a game larger in scope that just delving, so it looks like the game might be more inspired by Tolkien and less by Leiber.