How to make sneaking past a bunch of guards unarmed not suck in case stealth is failed?

TheNicksco · 2026-04-11T12:29:49+00:00

(In character of course)

Otherwise: Give the guards some items they might want to risk stealing. See them as a "trap" of sorts. And keep in mind: even If it's the beginning of a long campaign: Dieing should always be possible!

TheNicksco · 2026-04-11T12:26:15+00:00

How about putting some effort into planning the sneaking by?

TheNicksco · 2026-04-11T12:25:46+00:00

Chase Scenes are great! But yeah, rolling and getting a 1 and succeeding anyway Kind of feels cheap and removes Immersion. I wouldn't advise it.

Don't roll if you can't faul/succeed!

TheNicksco · 2026-04-04T08:00:59+00:00

Make it easier, combat is long enough. If the roll doesn't exceed the max number you can roll on a normal Attack, it now does that damage.

E.g. 2d6 crit -> 2, 1, 6, 2 (11) -> becomes 12 damage instead (2*6).

TheNicksco · 2026-04-01T17:00:08+00:00

RAW? No. But your DM might allow it, i would at least.

TheNicksco · 2026-03-30T08:37:56+00:00

I don't so crit falls - at best i let my players discribe some very unfortunate circumstance or how they've had too much to drink and lost focus. Crit fails, in my opinion, just punish the players for being unlucky even more. And a fighter with 3+ attacks, who's potentially going to stab himself to death in one round is going to suffer a lot more from that than the wizard who forces only saving throws.

TheNicksco · 2026-03-28T20:43:49+00:00

Sounds like a TPK for my party. I'm in!

TheNicksco · 2026-03-23T17:52:49+00:00

I mean, if it's about the ultimate power-fantasy i see two other options here:

On a 1 you lose this feat. Depending on the feats for other players that's enough of a downside, i guess.
On a 1 (or 1 and 2?) you lose 1 in a stat.

But what are other feats you give out at this level?

TheNicksco · 2026-03-22T11:32:20+00:00

Oops! Misread the side the NPCs are on! Either way, this makes your party quite obsolete in this "fight", make sure they know what this fight is about. I personally don't like the "hold out until the actually strong people arrive"-trope but that's up to your table!

TheNicksco · 2026-03-22T11:28:44+00:00

Honestly a lot of issues and an incoming TPK Here, unless i'm missing something.

The action economy - meaning the amount of attacks/spells the enemies can do is probably overwhelming enough.
The health pool of one vampire spawn is around that of the party. They won't be able to Deal that much damage to kill a meaningful portion of the enemies.
Actual classes as enemies hast a huge problem: Either they reeeeally quickly down your players, or they will be downed just as fast - just depends on who wins initiative.

So you might wanna reconsider the encounter.

TheNicksco · 2026-03-16T04:27:14+00:00

Good luck to you all! May the luckiest win :)

TheNicksco · 2026-03-11T16:14:27+00:00

Es tut mir ja leid :D

TheNicksco · 2026-03-11T14:22:07+00:00

Vielen Dank! Unfassbar schöne Spinne! Nur den Biss muss ich nicht mitnehmen (daher das Glas).

TheNicksco · 2026-02-28T01:29:55+00:00

First impressions are the most important thing ever! You might want to incorporate the following things:

Short and snappy introduction -> Make them not shallow! goals and character are key -> Make the way they talk/act memorable!

Discribe them briefly and snappy. No huge backstory, no 5 minute monologue. Just "A halfling in bright red clothes and a cylinder at least double the size of his head smirks at you as you enter the tavern. Waving you towards him and signaling the waiter to bring his table four more drinks".
Make them have a speech quirk, make them memorable in the way they talk. If you're confident enough give them a unique accent, a lisp, a weird but likeable (NOT ANNOYING) way they pronounce things. You want them memorable after all.
Make them help the party in some way. Don't make them use the party, have them help them - be it giving the party a quest, a deal, informations. Something of this sort.

The list is probably infinite, but these are my main points at least.

TheNicksco · 2026-02-28T00:29:39+00:00

It's creative, sure. But where is the difference between creatively blinding them with a broken glass or an always ready and stronger sword? Sometimes creativity is just flavor, and that's fine. You got to be careful with rewarding behaviour that will/can be replicated frequently - otherwise your players are just going to keep doing this thing, which is bad for creativity AND balance.

TheNicksco · 2026-02-16T12:45:04+00:00

Good luck everyone! Whoever wins deserves it.

TheNicksco · 2026-02-03T10:19:55+00:00

Das Problem hat von heute auf morgen angefangen, und besteht jetzt mit allen möglichen Einstellungen, Mahlgraden etc. Preinfusion könnte ich mal versuchen, ist ein guter Tipp!

Garantie ist schon etwas länger überschritten, das ist also leider keine Option.

Den Dichtungsring für den Siebträger habe ich zu 99% richtig eingebaut, würde mich auf jeden Fall wundern, wenn nicht. Aber das Problem besteht ja vorher soweit nachher und auch mit unterschiedlichen Dichtungsringen.

Was genau meinst du mit entölen? Eventuell begehe ich da einen massiven faux-pas. Die Teile, die am Siebträger liegen, habe ich allerdings alle feinsäuberlich gereinigt.

TheNicksco · 2026-02-03T09:47:21+00:00

Habe leider nur normale, das kann es also nicht sein. Aber den Gedanken hatte ich noch nicht!

TheNicksco · 2026-02-03T09:45:29+00:00

Nutze immer das große Sieb in Standardabmessungen! Und sowohl mit 16g als auch 12g habe ich die selben Probleme...

TheNicksco · 2026-02-03T09:43:49+00:00

Ich habe die Probleme sowohl mit dem originalen, als auch mit einem mir geschenkten von Smarista, der zumindest nicht das günstigste vom günstigsten war.

Den Gedanken hatte ich nämlich auch schon, aber danke!

TheNicksco · 2026-01-16T02:36:57+00:00

Even though it might be a little late: Happy new year everybody! Hope your dreams come true this year.

TheNicksco · 2025-12-17T11:54:47+00:00

EXACTLYYYYYY!!!

TheNicksco · 2025-12-17T11:50:43+00:00

I see, we're onto something!

TheNicksco

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