tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287550692312955328.post6310805592179699631..comments2023-04-07T01:24:10.515-07:00Comments on No School Grognard: Actual Play: Savage Tides Fogmire Part 1Mark Langsdorfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00301984145275679568noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287550692312955328.post-84214307161021013582013-03-19T08:38:33.124-07:002013-03-19T08:38:33.124-07:00I'm not afraid to just say "figure it you...I'm not afraid to just say "figure it yourself", possibly with some bonuses or hints based on skills. Normally, though, I spend a lot of time on the puzzles and make sure they have sufficient clues (ie, http://noschoolgrognard.blogspot.com/2013/03/changing-tide-reworking-sargasso-sea.html). This puzzle was pretty minimal on the hints and clues, at least as written in the adventure. It's also really non-intuitive and a bit disgusting ("the walls are bleeding blood on the throne? No, we're not going to sit in that!")<br /><br />I ad-libbed some stuff: bloody tracks between the altar, throne, and mirrors that at least gave them some hints about the order to do stuff and that they had to do something with the thrones. If I'd written the adventure, it's the kind of thing I'd have put in anyway.Mark Langsdorfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301984145275679568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287550692312955328.post-61627052691407202742013-03-18T11:07:53.016-07:002013-03-18T11:07:53.016-07:00It's the berserk making them hard to kill that...It's the berserk making them hard to kill that makes them tough. Without it, they're slightly tougher Flesh-eating apes, without the cunning or grappling. They are still just worthy, maybe tough fodder, but it should take a bit of killing to put them down.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287550692312955328.post-31022004584772760412013-03-18T09:20:01.540-07:002013-03-18T09:20:01.540-07:00Oops, I think I forgot they were berserkers. It mi...Oops, I think I forgot they were berserkers. It might have a slight difference, trading the +4 for telegraphed for a +4 for determined, but maybe not. The saint has a large shield with deflect 2 on it, so her effective active defenses are pretty high.<br /><br />Mark Langsdorfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301984145275679568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287550692312955328.post-81810341093372626852013-03-18T08:45:56.971-07:002013-03-18T08:45:56.971-07:00I mean (Battle Rage) not (Battle Fury).I mean (Battle Rage) not (Battle Fury).Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287550692312955328.post-39021834324746157192013-03-18T08:43:33.149-07:002013-03-18T08:43:33.149-07:00Sorry the lack of HPT made your gladiator apes wea...Sorry the lack of HPT made your gladiator apes weaker. Berserk (Battle Fury) pretty much made it superfluous in my own games, which is where that monster is originally from. Combat would start, they'd go Berserk (they'd never try to stop it), and then they ignore shock anyway and fight until chopped to burger.<br /><br />They're a lot weaker when they aren't berserking.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1287550692312955328.post-15660173208774764652013-03-18T07:16:24.232-07:002013-03-18T07:16:24.232-07:00I always have an existential crisis over puzzles a...I always have an existential crisis over puzzles and riddles in a game like this. Do you rely entirely on the player's ability, or do you let them roll for it based on character skill, and where's the half-way balance that will make for the most fun...Jason Packerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240705069654358715noreply@blogger.com