Jatori RPG Superstar 2011 Top 4 |
The Gibrileth's waves of fatigue ahas a save. Normally the spell does not. Do I allow for a saving throw?
How'd that slip in there? :-S
John would probably be the final arbitrator here, but the Campaign Setting: The Worldwound version of the Gib (and the spell itself) has no save listed for the waves of fatigue. So, I'd go with no save.
As for the campsites:
Cape Town doesn't have that many level 7+ characters, so I've only managed to run the scenario a few times. Currently, Cape Town is tending towards the caves. Only one player, so far, has championed the hot springs, demanding a Pathfinder onsen scenario.
Silbeg |
Jerall, that's funny that only one player has championed the hot springs for you. My group (as I reported) went with that choice.
Guess you've creeped them out too much with the ghost town (they expect the ghosts to be real?)... and the prospect of a clan of frost giants at the caves was also daunting. So, they went with the fresh water, and known quantities (they could always bring in casters to build fortifications with Wall of Stone, etc., right?), over the better sites with likelihood of conflict.
The creepiness of the town was just too much for them, even though it was likely the best site!
WalterGM RPG Superstar Season 9 Top 8 |
Silbeg |
I think we just wanted another S5 scenario fighting frost giants based on our choices here. Because ghosts are spooky and frost giants seem more fun to fight. I mean, the last giant scenario I remember was pretty awesome.
Can't fault you on that one. Always fun (and dangerous) to fight giants! Let's you know you actually killed something worth killing. In fact, a really nice change from the huge numbers of demons you tend to fight in PFS. That, and just "ordinary" NPCs ;)
I'll not have a problem running this one again. It was challenging from both sides of the screen. I'll just need to brush up on mounted combat before I do it again, and make sure I can run insane barbarian-monks characters!
Pontificor the Great |
My buncha sword swingers wanted the caves, but us gnomes do not think it is fair to force us to climb that every time you pathfinders need us to save you.
I wanted the hot baths cause that is awesome to kill some demons and then take a bath. Sooo We com-puter-ized and picked the town. Because after all someones left it for usiz.
downerbeautiful |
When I ran, the group picked hot springs. I may have influenced that slightly *innocent whistling, ha!* but they were all pretty happy with that choice. The jokes they made about it were pretty stellar; hey why can't the Society have something nice this season?
But in all seriousness, at least the options for this were better than for Glass River Rescue where there wasn't a choice:
Mammoths gives obvious drawbacks and boons to each location, which results in greater table variance and lets the players actively deliberate and weigh their options. This kind of player involvement was handled much better than it was in GRR. I've played/run several (not all) of the other season 5s, but I don't recall options in them, so I can only speak for the two I know to have a vote in them.