oxinabox
2009-11-08, 07:31 AM
what brilliant plans have you seen NPC's come up with?
in my game my version of orcs (well kinda similar to orcs the're boar men... the Croem)
so a Compan of Crom were laying seige toa well defended valley/keep thing
Basically the was a U of stone, with a ledge around the top (not entilre nautal) and to get to the village, you had to weight in the U for someone ot lower a Rope ladder.
at the top of hte U were 4 balista's.
So the Coerm neutralised the balistas by using squads of 4,
two at the front with massive tower shields (Two handed, basically portable walls), and then 2 behind getting the benifit of total cover)
So bascailly they could shoot and never get shot.
they would have eventually starved the villagers out.
'til the PC's arived and attacked from behind of course.
With Fire!
anyway;
after awhile all the archers were all dead one all that was left were 2 pairs of guys with massive tower sheils.
So they when't back to back and moved towards each other,
using a defencive thing to get Cover from the sheilds for a 50% miss chance.
So there were 4 of the in a circle, shields outwards.
slowly inching there way down the mountain path,
the bard1/druid1/ranger2's animal companion (a carnivors squire) have been up on the wall, jumped down into the middle of the circle. they were now all flanked.
anyway by this stage the balista were up and running.and between the PC's and the Balista they manage to sunder on of the shield. (after a couple of rounds where noone could touch the guys cos of the sheild).
the others quickly closed ranks around leaving him outside.
two natural 20's latter the squirel crit, on one wich had been wounded, and bascially scampered up his leg and toar hit throat out)
and then there were 2.
DM (me): You see in the Croem's beast like eyes the spark of a brillant Idea.
You then see them throw themselfs of the cliff - down a 70 degree slope.
bard/driud/ranger (who's intitive it is): can i make a leap down upon the as the fall, to try to stab one with my spear?
ME: sure but you'll take a penalty to you attack;
Crits, confirms
the halfling monk's player: how fast are they tumbling? I came up with a speed from somewhere.
he's like: "Wait, i can run faster than that, and with slow fall i won't take damage"
Me: doesn't slow fall imply slowing? we look at pf rule book. hmm apparently not.
So the Croems 'brilliant' escape plan didn't go so well.
as they start tumbling, the ranger leaps out of the sky and skewers one, halting his fall.
the other the one tumbles to a halt at the base of the cliff.
looks up dazed.
see's the halfling monk, just standing there waiting for him, patiently.
"Huh? :smallsigh: where'd you come from?" turns to look back the hill.
as the Halfling jumps up and king hits him.
(yes i know this doesn't work under the rules)
anyway, what terrible plans have your NPC come up with to ecape cerain slaughter?
and did that fail or succeed?
in my game my version of orcs (well kinda similar to orcs the're boar men... the Croem)
so a Compan of Crom were laying seige toa well defended valley/keep thing
Basically the was a U of stone, with a ledge around the top (not entilre nautal) and to get to the village, you had to weight in the U for someone ot lower a Rope ladder.
at the top of hte U were 4 balista's.
So the Coerm neutralised the balistas by using squads of 4,
two at the front with massive tower shields (Two handed, basically portable walls), and then 2 behind getting the benifit of total cover)
So bascailly they could shoot and never get shot.
they would have eventually starved the villagers out.
'til the PC's arived and attacked from behind of course.
With Fire!
anyway;
after awhile all the archers were all dead one all that was left were 2 pairs of guys with massive tower sheils.
So they when't back to back and moved towards each other,
using a defencive thing to get Cover from the sheilds for a 50% miss chance.
So there were 4 of the in a circle, shields outwards.
slowly inching there way down the mountain path,
the bard1/druid1/ranger2's animal companion (a carnivors squire) have been up on the wall, jumped down into the middle of the circle. they were now all flanked.
anyway by this stage the balista were up and running.and between the PC's and the Balista they manage to sunder on of the shield. (after a couple of rounds where noone could touch the guys cos of the sheild).
the others quickly closed ranks around leaving him outside.
two natural 20's latter the squirel crit, on one wich had been wounded, and bascially scampered up his leg and toar hit throat out)
and then there were 2.
DM (me): You see in the Croem's beast like eyes the spark of a brillant Idea.
You then see them throw themselfs of the cliff - down a 70 degree slope.
bard/driud/ranger (who's intitive it is): can i make a leap down upon the as the fall, to try to stab one with my spear?
ME: sure but you'll take a penalty to you attack;
Crits, confirms
the halfling monk's player: how fast are they tumbling? I came up with a speed from somewhere.
he's like: "Wait, i can run faster than that, and with slow fall i won't take damage"
Me: doesn't slow fall imply slowing? we look at pf rule book. hmm apparently not.
So the Croems 'brilliant' escape plan didn't go so well.
as they start tumbling, the ranger leaps out of the sky and skewers one, halting his fall.
the other the one tumbles to a halt at the base of the cliff.
looks up dazed.
see's the halfling monk, just standing there waiting for him, patiently.
"Huh? :smallsigh: where'd you come from?" turns to look back the hill.
as the Halfling jumps up and king hits him.
(yes i know this doesn't work under the rules)
anyway, what terrible plans have your NPC come up with to ecape cerain slaughter?
and did that fail or succeed?