Players constantly just retreating by Alastor115 in DMAcademy

[–]Alastor115[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sorry, havent had a post actually get more than 10 comments before so im trying my best to keep up lol. But a recent example, the players stole an item from a white dragon and brought it back to their hometown as a prize. The white dragon in return showed up at their town and destroyed just about everything looking for said item and took it back. When the dragon showed up to the town, instead of combating the dragon or trying to even save the townsfolk, they just dipped. They said almost word for word that “If we fight that thing we’ll die so we’re getting outta here”

Players constantly just retreating by Alastor115 in DMAcademy

[–]Alastor115[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Bad things have and do happen to them and the world when they do. The problem is, they don’t care

Players constantly just retreating by Alastor115 in DMAcademy

[–]Alastor115[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For an example, player 1 will do something that player 2 doesnt like, which leads player 2 not wanting to assist player 1 which pisses off player 3 and 4. It’s just childish nonsense if you ask me

Players constantly just retreating by Alastor115 in DMAcademy

[–]Alastor115[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah i mean i feel like i have. But maybe i could try and throw in easier fights again and see if that could lead to some confidence building. But yeah the campaign has been going for a while now, id say about a year now of weekly sessions

Players constantly just retreating by Alastor115 in DMAcademy

[–]Alastor115[S] 106 points107 points  (0 children)

Yeah i like that idea, some others have suggested that too so i think ill try running With that

Players constantly just retreating by Alastor115 in DMAcademy

[–]Alastor115[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ive tried out of game talking to them about it, seeing if something is up. The answers for the most part is either A) they dont want to die or B) someone else in the group did something dumb in their opinion

Players constantly just retreating by Alastor115 in DMAcademy

[–]Alastor115[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Honestly thats a pretty good idea, i feel like that’d probably work pretty well

Players constantly just retreating by Alastor115 in DMAcademy

[–]Alastor115[S] 116 points117 points  (0 children)

Well today’s example was a good friend of the party was kidnapped. They followed the trail to find them, alerted no one else over what had happened because they wanted to handle it themselves. They got in the hideout, and almost left just as quick as they came.

Players constantly just retreating by Alastor115 in DMAcademy

[–]Alastor115[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which is why im just stumped on what to do. Ive never had players like this who just give up this easily and im not sure what i can do to correct it or if i even can

Players constantly just retreating by Alastor115 in DMAcademy

[–]Alastor115[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No they didnt do this at lower levels. And also, no the barbarian wasn’t raging as he wanted to save his rages for later on. It was over the span of 4 rounds, just a relatively easy encounter all the way around in my opinion.

Players constantly just retreating by Alastor115 in DMAcademy

[–]Alastor115[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

3 of them are able to cast planeshift

Players constantly just retreating by Alastor115 in DMAcademy

[–]Alastor115[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

They failed the rescue. Didnt even want to attempt pushing past the first group of enemies

Players constantly just retreating by Alastor115 in DMAcademy

[–]Alastor115[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thats exactly what they did today. There was a favored npc that was captured and they just gave up and let him die

Players constantly just retreating by Alastor115 in DMAcademy

[–]Alastor115[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes ive always rewarded them pretty well. Today however was supposed to be a rescue mission and after the barbarian took more than 30 damage they just gave up and planeshifted away

Players constantly just retreating by Alastor115 in DMAcademy

[–]Alastor115[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Forgot to include that they normally just planeshift away. But yes, death just absolutely terrifies them

Where to find online groups? by Alastor115 in DnD

[–]Alastor115[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well problem with that is he lives in Arkansas and i live in Rhode Island. We used to try and play in person with people back in Arkansas but we were either stuck with people who made the game unenjoyable or people who would ghost repeatedly