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You do realize you're responding to a 9 year old thread, right?
Which allowed me to find it and it was interesting, so thanks.
I think a lot of players develop a "shoot first and ask questions - perhaps" attitude because many monsters are evil and are written as "shoot first from ambush, fight to the death and never ask questions" and most DMs play them as written. The rules don't require this in any game but you may have to modify modules and manage player expectations before starting a game. The orc's greeting has to be "hello human, how are you today?" rather than "12+2=AC14, does that hit?" My last character (D&D 3.0, petered out 2 yrs ago) was Ari1/Ranger12/Wiz1 with total modifiers of Diplomacy 18 and Bluff 17. Between the reactions of the NPCs/Monsters and the other players she almost never got a chance to try to use them - by the time it was her turn the fight was already well under way. Do be aware, though, that this is going to be harder work emotionally for everyone. Dealing with "people" is different to bashing unimportant pixels. That is precisely why some monsters are intrinsically and irredeemably evil. That enemies can be so easily categorised is perhaps the biggest "fantasy" of the "F" in "FRPG", the biggest difference to the real world.
It is on DriveThruRPG if you don't mind a pdf rather than a physical copy.
But speaking of that, why do the NPCs always know about magic? I'm always disappointed to play a magic-user and every non-magic-user NPC seems to know not only that I'm casting a spell but what spell it is. I'd like to encounter some NPCs who are awed/frightened/intimidated by magic. Sometimes I would like to play in a campaign more like the middle or dark ages where EVERYONE believes magic is real but virtually NO-ONE has ever actually seen anything that is indisputably magical. It need not prevent players having magic-using PCs but would just make them more special. Of course, the GM's job would be harder as there would be fewer magic-using opponents but on the other hand, when they do turn up, you absolutely plausibly need specialists to deal with them.
Otherwise, ranged weapons from long range with use of cover, good separation between people, and disappearing up alleys, through houses, dropping things from roofs, and remembering that part of the plan is to spend every other round moving while your fellows cover you (and that movement can be AWAY). Having someone hiding to hit him over the head from behind as he goes past chasing you while you run away (ready an action). Or invite him for a drink and make it a Micky Finn.
Or, if he's been really bad, tell St Trinian's third form that he has a bottle of gin? (This probably isn't permitted in a Lawful jurisdiction and certainly not in a Good one). This is probably not PFS legal either.
A megaphone, cover (eg just head sticking around a corner), as much range as you can manage, and threaten to revoke his research grant if he doesn't behave?
What did the sister get? : Commercial advantage. They are supplying a refined natural product and they are in competition with each other. As I understand it, elder brother is richest, sister is no. 2 and little brother is no. 3. Mother's inheritance comes from big brother's estate. It will seriously reduce his wealth and power. It is greater in value than little brother's entire estate (which is why he wants it and why big brother doesn't want to lose it). By protecting Jupiter and helping her towards her inheritance (through the nice cheap and easy expedient of just handing her over with a smile to the police when they turn up) she reduces the power of her biggest competitor, prevents the strengthening of the competitor below her, and increases the value of her own assets by putting a large resource out of production (because even if Jupiter does decide to go into the family business, which is highly unlikely, she won't be in a position to be a major competitor for a long time). No need to get into a messy fight with her siblings or the law enforcement authorities. Don't worry about grabbing other people's assets, sit back and watch the value of what you already have increase as they destroy each others'.
290. Someone says Clara is better than Rose.
... that Impossible Girl!
We are now both falling into the ravine. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that. The bridge is over a "bottomless" ravine. I roll a few more good dice, and I push myself of one of the falling rock, towards the dragon. Then, of course, I grapple it again. We both fall to our deaths in a writhing, screaming, roaring and glorious ball of death.While awesomely epic, you realize you can't fall to your death in a bottomless ravine right? Eventually you will die of dehydration or starvation.
... a horse-shoe nail.
"Take that, you fiend!" (My rogue has taken a level of sorcerer that I haven't mentioned to the other players and has True Strike, so when she uses that I use the battle cry to tell the DM to adjust the AC that she has hit accordingly.) |