Aharon
2009-08-04, 01:06 PM
Hi
I'm DMing 3.5 right now. I'm not all too experienced (played 2nd ed as DM, but nobody really cared about the rules, played 3rd ed the same way for a while. My new players prefer another style of play, though). That's why prep time is rather long for me, which sucks.
I thought about using published adventures instead, but when I looked at them (3.0, a friend didn't need them anymore and gave them to me), I noticed that they feature many many ...many battle encounters. Is there a way to deal with that without losing suspension of disbelief (15 minute workday never was part of my self-made adventures, and I think I would have a hard time accepting it)?
Neither the players nor I am very experienced at optimization, but I followed the BG and 339 boards for a while while I wasn't able to actively play, so I have some rough idea what to do and gave them optimizing advice (Warblade instead of fighter, dread necro, sorcerer, cleric, take grease instead of magic missile - the basic stuff). The cleric won't play tier one, he explicitly stated he wants to be a healbot/deal with undead, so he will be about on par with the others.
Still, I don't see how the recommended number of encounters/day mesh with the number of encounters in the published adventures I have access to (for example Speaker in Dreams, Deep Horizon, City of the Spider Queen).
Best regards and thanks for your input!
I'm DMing 3.5 right now. I'm not all too experienced (played 2nd ed as DM, but nobody really cared about the rules, played 3rd ed the same way for a while. My new players prefer another style of play, though). That's why prep time is rather long for me, which sucks.
I thought about using published adventures instead, but when I looked at them (3.0, a friend didn't need them anymore and gave them to me), I noticed that they feature many many ...many battle encounters. Is there a way to deal with that without losing suspension of disbelief (15 minute workday never was part of my self-made adventures, and I think I would have a hard time accepting it)?
Neither the players nor I am very experienced at optimization, but I followed the BG and 339 boards for a while while I wasn't able to actively play, so I have some rough idea what to do and gave them optimizing advice (Warblade instead of fighter, dread necro, sorcerer, cleric, take grease instead of magic missile - the basic stuff). The cleric won't play tier one, he explicitly stated he wants to be a healbot/deal with undead, so he will be about on par with the others.
Still, I don't see how the recommended number of encounters/day mesh with the number of encounters in the published adventures I have access to (for example Speaker in Dreams, Deep Horizon, City of the Spider Queen).
Best regards and thanks for your input!