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Thread: TPK Time?
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2020-11-27, 02:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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The answer is because it's pretty clear at this point that Will Saves in this comic, in addition to being like all saves dictated by plot needs, are dictated not by class but, mostly, by person. Yes, Elan, mechanically, should have a better Will save then Roy, but, this isn't a game, it's a story. And, in narrative terms, Roy is a strong-willed leader, while Elan is an idiot, who knows full well he is one, and, thus, prefers to let others do his thinking. Viewed from that standpoint, it makes perfect sense that Roy would fight off mind-control, and Elan wouldn't.
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2020-11-27, 07:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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Attention LotR fans
Spoiler: LotRThe scouring of the Shire never happened. That's right. After reading books I, II, and III, I stopped reading when the One Ring was thrown into Mount Doom. The story ends there. Nothing worthwhile happened afterwards. Middle-Earth was saved.
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2020-11-27, 02:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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All true, but since Goblin_Priest doesn't believe that, don't issue a command at all. Just reach out and take the baby.
Because the ONLY things that gives a new saving throw are no orders for a full day and an order against her basic nature.
The only command is "Come stand here". That doesn't give a save. Then Hilgya does NOTHING when Greg takes Kudzu because once she accepts the command to come here (which is where she was trying to go), she does that "to the exclusion of all other activities except those necessary for day-to-day survival (such as sleeping, eating, and so forth)."
Holding onto Kudzu is not necessary for day to day survival. Resisting when Greg takes Kudzu isn't neccessary for day to day survival. It's just a thing she'd want to do. No second save. No reason for a second save. No resistance, because she doesn't do that while under orders.
She'd stand there and let Greg kill her, that's within a dominate. She'll stand there and let him hold the baby too.Last edited by Doug Lampert; 2020-11-27 at 02:08 PM.
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2020-11-27, 10:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Let's be clear, here, while I'm not found of how that battle was handled, it's still better story telling than anything JJ Abrams and Rian Johnson did with Star Wars.
I'm nitpicking about things that I don't feel super strongly about. I'm pretty firm in my position, but I don't think it's the worst sin ever.
But to go back to the nitpicking, because that's what we do, Roy broke the domination when Durkula merely taunted him. Spell mechanics need to work consistently. If Roy got a new save for that, it seems silly to me to say that Hilgia didn't get a new save for putting her baby in harm's way.Attention LotR fans
Spoiler: LotRThe scouring of the Shire never happened. That's right. After reading books I, II, and III, I stopped reading when the One Ring was thrown into Mount Doom. The story ends there. Nothing worthwhile happened afterwards. Middle-Earth was saved.
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2020-11-27, 11:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Come on, has everyone forgotten that we already had a TPK by Redcloak on Team Peregrine? Not happening to the Order.
Thank you Ceika for the avatar
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2020-11-27, 11:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-11-28, 09:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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…which was probably a hard sell when Roy realised the bearded giant dwarflike creature is not, in fact, Durkon but rather an Evil creature who probably destroyed his best friend.
Personally, I would argue that not avenging Durkon would very much be against Roy's nature, and Greg's order conflicted with that.
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2020-12-03, 08:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Even by your narrow definition, 0 HP does not mean "immediately dead", but "down and potentially dying". Been this way for several editions in D&D. So "party HP pool at 0" and "only a few dead characters" are not mutually exclusive.
But even without going into pure D&D rule details, the ways I heard TPK used were either "Entire party out of the fight", or "Party wiped out, the players have to create new characters". "Entire party has to be dead, but will come back after a resurection" feels like a weird in-between. I mean, what's the difference between "everyone is knocked out, and will come to their sense later" and "everyone is dead, and will be resurected later"? Apart from the fact the second proposition feels even more contrived than the first and cheapens character death, they're functionally the same.Last edited by Kardwill; 2020-12-03 at 08:33 AM.
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2020-12-03, 09:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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It's easier to kill a whole party than to knock them all out without killing any of them.
I had once given my party rejuvenation, without telling them. I don't know if that was a good or a bad idea, none of them died afterwards before we ended the campaign. I hate being forced to roll a new character just because of bad luck (scythe crit), and I hate causing that on others. The idea was to find a compromise between "immortal so can't lose battles" and "fragile and a single slip will force me to make a new character", especially since the story was very character-centric (had many long-panning arcs planned out) and those characters had accomplished unique feats in the game world, being blessed by a primal deity).Attention LotR fans
Spoiler: LotRThe scouring of the Shire never happened. That's right. After reading books I, II, and III, I stopped reading when the One Ring was thrown into Mount Doom. The story ends there. Nothing worthwhile happened afterwards. Middle-Earth was saved.
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2020-12-05, 11:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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With D&D, yeah. But "a few dead PCs, and the rest knocked out" (meaning at 0HP, but not dead yet) is a common result. Especially in D&D5, where you have a fair chance of stabilizing on your own if the bad guys don't try to finish you off.
With other games, "everybody out of the fight, but not necessarily dead when they hit 0HP" can be the default. Fate, for example. I like those : They mean that defeat doesn't have to mean "start a new campaign" ^^Last edited by Kardwill; 2020-12-05 at 11:36 AM.
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2020-12-06, 01:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Attention LotR fans
Spoiler: LotRThe scouring of the Shire never happened. That's right. After reading books I, II, and III, I stopped reading when the One Ring was thrown into Mount Doom. The story ends there. Nothing worthwhile happened afterwards. Middle-Earth was saved.
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2020-12-06, 07:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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I think The Giant has rendered this thread moot,
and the poster suggesting that bypassing the trap actually leads to another room is looking to have the correct answer. We shall see soon.
Some questions remain unanswered. Two stand out at this time:
How does OotS evade TE's pursuit? This is far too early in the book for the final confrontation and now that they are on the track. I don't forsee TE just giving up the chase and letting the dwarves leave.
If the OotS does have a shortcut to the gate, how are they going to avoid leading TE there?
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2020-12-06, 11:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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I'm thinking Oona tracks the party into the door they went in because Belkar didn't finish with the tracks, and then TE goes to the "normal" instance of the dungeon. The party see them disappear before their very eyes and use that chance to escape. Or TE sees the party, party flees, TE crosses the runes and are sent to another dungeon, while the OotS are "chased" into a meeting with the mysterious ally the giant referenced last book.
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2020-12-07, 11:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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Avatar by linklele. How Teleport Worksa. Malifice (paraphrased):
Rulings are not 'House Rules.' Rulings are a DM doing what DMs are supposed to do.
b. greenstone (paraphrased):
Agency means that they {players} control their character's actions; you control the world's reactions to the character's actions.
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2020-12-08, 05:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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I’m going to go totally off topic and reply to the original comment: was Leeroy Jenkins really a TPK?
I thought it was just one mook running into battle while everyone else watched him get shredded? Like if Elan charged into battle against the Death Wyrm while the rest of the team watched in disbelief?Last edited by Dion; 2020-12-08 at 05:22 PM.
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2020-12-08, 07:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-12-08, 08:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Avatar by linklele. How Teleport Worksa. Malifice (paraphrased):
Rulings are not 'House Rules.' Rulings are a DM doing what DMs are supposed to do.
b. greenstone (paraphrased):
Agency means that they {players} control their character's actions; you control the world's reactions to the character's actions.
Second known member of the Greyview Appreciation Society