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... EVERYONE tries to copy out of your spellbook.
... The necromancer an the paladin are already arguing if "smite evil noogies" are PVP or not.
...The animal companion is so pimped out it has spinners
... you have enough bards to name your party the choir.
... the animal companion has the highest charisma in the party
... the only social skill at the table is the barbarians intimidate
.. Harsk. Just. ... Harsk....
... the DM screen has little stamps of squished adventurers covering most of the outside
... you're playing a 7=11 and the wizard says Don't worry, I'll magic missile it to death with my wand.
.. Harsk
... The rule lawyers core book has been worn down to duct tape
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you are playing tier 7/8 and the other 5 players are all playing pregens. of course there's at least 1 Harsk. (keeping up with the badgering of Harsk)
the gm says this is his 5th time gming and he's only killed 10 pcs.
the highest will save amongst the entire party (playing tier 4/5 or higher) is +2
everyone has a wand of CLW but noone can use them. What? no one has a potion either?
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...the highest social skill in the party is a +0 and the title of the mod contains the words "murder", "wedding" or "feast."
...you hear the party wizard yell out "Fire in the hole!" and everyone in the party is in the hole.
...the party gunslinger can't hit the monsters.
...you are a party of first level characters with starting gold equipment and your first encounter is a Spider Swarm.
...you just encountered a group of Harpies and everyone at the table simultaneously cries out, "Crap! I have a low will save!"
...you just sat down to play a Year 4 mod with a group of people who all just barely survived their last Year 1 mod.
...your life oracle whose cracked out for healing and buffing asks who the best damage dealer in the party is and the answer comes back, "You."
...the entire party is using Aid Another to help the sorcerer hit the monster because he is the only one in the party who can do enough damage to get past the monster's Hardness. (That one is actually a true story.)
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...the GM checks to make sure everyone has at least 16 prestige points saved up.
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- Primarily uses a heavy crossbow, which is a horrible weapon with NO upsides
- Doesn't have point blank and precise shot at first level, resulting in an effective -8 to his attacks
- Is using strength/dex attacks with a race that enhances neither
- is harsk
- Is using a crossbow
- wastes feats using a crossbow
- is harsk
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There are 5 players, and not a single double digit hit-die among them.
I GMed for this group, and while they were split-up, one half was soundly defeated by 3 purposefully un-optimized thugs. For some reason, one of them got mad.
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...nobody but YOU has their own dice...
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...someone says "You're okay with GMing instead, right?"
...you almost pass out from the smell.
...someone is scrunching their eyebrows at their mostly-blank character sheet while asking "What's the hit die for a wizard?"
...the person who just mentioned that they haven't played this character in a year and a half is answered with a chorus of "Yeah, same here."
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You know you're in trouble when you sit down and ask if the party has a face. Everyone looks around and decides that your character, who is known for screwing up social encounters in hilarious ways, is now elected as team lead and party face.
"Do you really want OKAY THEN!" Clasps hands together eagerly.
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...the phrase "I've got a wand" is said after someone asks "Do we have a healer?"This has happened. In a 7-9 scenario no less. *Shudder*
Uh, this happens all the time where I play. It's never a problem; rather, it's the norm. Having an actual healer is pretty rare, in fact.
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...when people begin using "Cure Light Wounds" during combat in Tier 7-11.
Uh, this happens all the time where I play. It's never a problem; rather, it's the norm. Having an actual healer is pretty rare, in fact....the phrase "I've got a wand" is said after someone asks "Do we have a healer?"This has happened. In a 7-9 scenario no less. *Shudder*
Yeah, same. It's not an unusual occurrence - usually we survive, but I think some of those CLW wands have burst into flames from over-use.
You know you're in trouble when you sit down and ask if the party has a face. Everyone looks around and decides that your character, who is known for screwing up social encounters in hilarious ways, is now elected as team lead and party face.
"Do you really want OKAY THEN!" Clasps hands together eagerly.
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Is this Farkle (who I still haven't met! T_T) or Korr? Because I have SEEN Korr diplomacy and I want no part of that ever again!
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Huh. I guess my area is cleric heavy? O.O
In my experience, doing 1-5 tier scenarios with wands only is no problem, but higher tier scenarios get much more lethal without some significant form of in-combat healing. In theory, the party should have an easier time because they're defeating the enemies that much faster. In practice, the party easily wipes the small fights but the improved action econonmy falls apart in the big fights as various front liners step out of combat to self-heal.
Then again, we're a relatively young lodge. A lot of the builds I see are not optimized for higher tier play. Hopefully things will change as we all gain experience.
EDIT: Yeah, what The Morphling said. :)
Morphling: Actually, I was quoting a moment that actually happened with Dominus. I've had it happen with Korr and Farkle though, too. In Farkle's case, it only happened once. People CAN learn, after all. ;)
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action econonmy falls apart in the big fights as various front liners step out of combat to self-heal.
It makes me want to claw my eyes out whenever the two-handed fighter or someone similar makes a full withdraw down the hallway, then pulls out a Cure Light Wounds potion and drinks it, then delays so the cleric can walk over to him and heal him, and then he moves back into .
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...when I sit at the table as my Golden Legionnaire/Cavalier of the Dragon, and the table hates teamwork.
- Alright folks, everyone has 10 rounds of Shield Wall and I grant people adjacent +2 to your shield AC and immediate action +5 to your over all AC...where are you going? Why are you even going over there? Your purposely standing 10 feet away while being flanked! WHY???
Yea. The cavalier has a few individuals he enjoys running with. Those who understand his crazy buffery.
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Morphling: Actually, I was quoting a moment that actually happened with Dominus. I've had it happen with Korr and Farkle though, too. In Farkle's case, it only happened once. People CAN learn, after all. ;)
Oh! Dominus! I remember him. Such a gentleman, with such politeness and tact. He was the one who bought a slave while at the same table as two Andorans, right? :P
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action econonmy falls apart in the big fights as various front liners step out of combat to self-heal.It makes me want to claw my eyes out whenever the two-handed fighter or someone similar makes a full withdraw down the hallway, then pulls out a Cure Light Wounds potion and drinks it, then delays so the cleric can walk over to him and heal him, and then he moves back into .
This all comes down to tactics. High level play success is 65% tactics, 30% party comp, %5 build type
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Morphling: Actually, I was quoting a moment that actually happened with Dominus. I've had it happen with Korr and Farkle though, too. In Farkle's case, it only happened once. People CAN learn, after all. ;)Oh! Dominus! I remember him. Such a gentleman, with such politeness and tact. He was the one who bought a slave while at the same table as two Andorans, right? :P
No, no andorans at the table. The resident Andorans were GMing that day.
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...when I sit at the table as my Golden Legionnaire/Cavalier of the Dragon, and the table hates teamwork.
- Alright folks, everyone has 10 rounds of Shield Wall and I grant people adjacent +2 to your shield AC and immediate action +5 to your over all AC...where are you going? Why are you even going over there? Your purposely standing 10 feet away while being flanked! WHY???
Yea. The cavalier has a few individuals he enjoys running with. Those who understand his crazy buffery.
Yes Sir, Knight-Captain Lyran Sir! *salutes*