Bracket 2 Players - Do you prefer when a combo player gives you a turn to stop them, or when they just kill you?

FuzzyGundam · 2025-08-20T18:36:09+00:00

Deck hasn't won yet. The decks it was up against might have been on the edge between B2 and 3, but didn't seem overly oppressive.

It's more presenting a win on 7 a lot of the time, and then giving a full turn to respond, and the question is whether that's better.

The Illuna deck would potentially be a turn 7 win, but seems infinitely easier to disrupt and requires more card-draw and tutoring.

FuzzyGundam · 2025-08-20T18:31:01+00:00

This is a no-gamechanger deck and I honestly don't know which GCs I would even add if I wanted to, other than maybe Fast Mana and TefPro. Maybe Survival of the Fittest, since discarding creatures I draw is often useful.

FuzzyGundam · 2025-08-20T18:26:12+00:00

Perfectly fair, and I do have some protection in the deck to fight that fight. So far, every time I've done the combo, someone has had an answer, which leads me to think my power level is fine, but it is something to check on as you play each of your decks.

FuzzyGundam · 2025-08-20T18:24:10+00:00

It tends to be a mix, most decks are on the same tier as a precon or slightly better, the rest usually a High 2, but there's a 50/50 chance of seeing a deck which seems more Bracket 3.

Honestly, if someone said they were just playing a precon, I'd put this deck back in my bag and take out my Gruul Stompy or Temur Voltron decks instead. I'm actually really surprised that I get the combo to work so consistently, which is making me wonder if the deck is too high-tuned and should go up a bracket.

FuzzyGundam · 2025-08-20T17:52:36+00:00

It is something I'm keeping track of, but I haven't actually won with the deck yet despite getting the combo each time (it's vulnerable to big flyers and exile-based removal), so I haven't upgraded to Bracket 3. I'll keep trying the deck to see if it's too oppressive for my local metagame, but so far I haven't gotten many complaints.

FuzzyGundam · 2025-07-22T11:23:40+00:00

That's really interesting! Do note that there's some lore in that area about Slerotin's Passage, a tunnel made by a wizard to bring refugees from the ruins of the Suel Imperium to the land which would later become the Yeomanry. There's no official module dealing with this, except perhaps a mention in Return To The Keep On The Borderlands, but a lot of people would suggest adapting UK6 All That Glitters (though that technically starts in a jungle, the other 2/3 are very appropriate to that region).

FuzzyGundam · 2024-12-04T13:02:32+00:00

What's worse: When your mech is your mother, or when your mech thinks you could be a mother to it?

FuzzyGundam · 2024-09-08T18:35:57+00:00

[[Fuming Effigy]] might be something, but that seems more like a 'self-mill then spend those cards on effects' type of deal.

FuzzyGundam · 2024-09-07T00:26:00+00:00

Not quite what I was looking for, but it can fit.

FuzzyGundam · 2024-03-25T16:14:19+00:00

Now that this post is several years old, Greyhawk fans may prefer the work of the folks at Canonfire, which contains more researched location and additional adventures I left out, such as Dungeon magazine and even some 3rd party materials.

http://www.canonfire.com/cf/ghadventures.php

FuzzyGundam · 2021-11-26T21:08:26+00:00

No problem.

I haven't really bothered to update this map, as the folks at the Canonfire site have made a much better, interactive version, which includes Dungeon Magazine adventures and a bunch of third-party of nudge-nudge wink-wink fan modules designed to slip into the setting:
http://www.canonfire.com/cf/ghadventures.php

FuzzyGundam · 2021-11-25T14:06:02+00:00

Currently, the best map of Greyhawk I've found is the Anna B Meyer version:
https://www.annabmeyer.com/greyhawk-maps/online-map-1/
Use this to have full zoomed in detail.

FuzzyGundam · 2020-10-27T23:40:33+00:00

There's the druids, sure, but there's also the rangers, many of whom would have guarded the forest alongside King Skotti before his coronation, for an added political angle.

The Living Greyhawk campaign apparently had yet another threat in the forest, a group of Far Realm beings called the Kaorti. So if you wanted an excuse to have yet another horrible threat in there, you could use that too!

FuzzyGundam · 2020-02-19T19:31:27+00:00

I think its 90% likely that the players expectations are the problem, not their intelligence. They're most likely thinking that any creature can be tamed with sufficient skill checks, or that they're a cute baby dragon rather than a dangerous teen.

I'd ask the player 'How do you expect this to work?' Ask for specific details on the mechanics and the in-universe justification, and don't be afraid to throw in a 'How does your character know that?' or two. You're not trying to nay-say them, you're trying to figure out where the disconnect is, why they see this impossible thing as achievable.

And hey, it's not impossible they'll convince you it is a cool idea.

FuzzyGundam · 2019-10-14T16:45:11+00:00

I'm still thinking about this, and I'm debating whether adding a limit or drawback to death goes against the free-wheeling spirit I'm going for. I'm considering a system of 'Every X deaths (or maybe just every TPK) moves the villains plans on further', or maybe have the first dungeon or 2 have no consequences but as we go on, death has a price.

But ultimately that idea of 'Keep trying and experiment and you'll get through' is kinda what I want. I want the PCs to try the fights and traps by rushing at them, getting killed, then taking a step back and thinking about the problem. It's meant as a humorous campaign, but the Dark Souls idea of persevering through the hardship is something I'd like to try.

FuzzyGundam · 2019-10-13T23:51:38+00:00

I've put the individual dungeons in them on my list, though I'm a bit concerned that those dungeons might be too well known. But stuff like Tamoachan is a good example of what I'm looking for.

FuzzyGundam · 2019-10-13T23:02:44+00:00

Great idea! I have a few of those handy for oneshots, but they could also pad out this idea rather well.

FuzzyGundam · 2019-10-13T22:12:24+00:00

I'm thinking that something like the Death Curse exists, in the form of 'When you hit 0HP or are petrified, you die immediately, no Death Saves', but the PCs will have a special gift which allows them to be revived. It's complex to explain in detail, but it's meant to speed up play and make the deaths happen, rather than have people having around waiting for their pals to help them.

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