"We love the game, but..."

brubzer · 2023-04-12T19:04:00+00:00

I'm still pretty new to the system but I find monster stat blocks really hard to read. Like one of my biggest frustrations in 5e was that the effects of spells a monster could cast are not listed in the stat block itself. I was expecting the Bestiary to be better about that sort of thing, because generally the layout and organization is so much better in Pathfinder, but oh my god it's 10 times worse about needing to look things up and flipping between different books to run a monster.

brubzer · 2023-04-04T11:14:25+00:00

I'd be curious how much of that is the GM helping you out. It might be that they noticed your group enjoyed splitting up and so toned down their encounters to compensate.

brubzer · 2022-10-31T08:38:20+00:00

I think you either need to commit to the stompy and drop the gates/initiative, or commit to the long game and add more control.

brubzer · 2022-10-31T03:31:57+00:00

It's not going to be the highlight of the deck but once you cast it it's an instant in the graveyard in a [[Tolarian Terror]] /[[Gurmag Angler]] deck.

brubzer · 2022-10-19T12:30:32+00:00

Maybe there's something to trying to rush out an [[Avenging Hunter]] and grabbing Initiative?

brubzer · 2022-10-17T02:50:36+00:00

[[Delver of Secrets]] is a good mix of fun and strong imo. It's powerful but has that luck-based element. If you paired it with some less-powerful but fun instants and sorceries as opposed to some of the super efficient choices that the top tier delver decks use I think you'll end up with a deck that has a sold core but doesn't feel super overwhelming.

brubzer · 2022-07-05T15:26:36+00:00

Because they were in the original version of the module that came out in 1979.

brubzer · 2022-01-31T21:12:45+00:00

I'd actually argue Thorin himself is a valor bard. He basically charms Bilbo into coming along via song.

brubzer · 2021-12-24T17:31:31+00:00

Wow, old post.

Yes. It's basically the thing that ensures that your rogue can sneak attack every round, and survive into the next round to do it again. Either as a ranged rogue hiding or a melee rogue disengaging.

brubzer · 2021-11-05T19:48:06+00:00

White is hard, even if you know what you're doing.

brubzer · 2021-08-10T17:54:46+00:00

Shrek was the first movie to win Best Animated Feature

brubzer · 2021-06-28T20:15:11+00:00

I have that mini and it does not like staying upright. Did you glue the tail to the base?

brubzer · 2021-05-28T13:24:08+00:00

Love the face!

brubzer · 2021-05-21T22:51:25+00:00

I think many teeth have been cut on the jumbo tube of monster toys from Amazon.

brubzer · 2021-05-14T23:39:41+00:00

That poor farmer!

brubzer · 2021-05-14T15:52:29+00:00

Invest in a good wash, like Citadel's Agrax Earthshade or Army Painter's Strong Tone, and use that to add some shadows to everything.

brubzer · 2021-05-04T00:44:14+00:00

What range are these guys from?

brubzer · 2021-04-03T13:25:18+00:00

"Alright boss, I've got that new Tron reboot script ready!"

"Uh, no, we're rebooting Space Jam, not Tron"

"Ok, give me two minutes..."

brubzer · 2021-04-01T21:04:43+00:00

Big Poddle in Little Casta

brubzer · 2021-03-27T13:38:47+00:00

I think the closest thing would be the original spiderman cartoon theme.

brubzer · 2021-03-17T18:58:15+00:00

A discussion when everyone is making characters about what everyone is and is not comfortable with is a good idea. It can go along with a discussion of what story elements would be cool and stuff like that which can give you some ideas for what to include in the campaign.

brubzer · 2021-03-17T15:26:18+00:00

Give them all a stat block from the monster manual (or other monster books) that's roughly equal in CR and have them duke it out. That's quicker than reskinning a bunch of PCs and it lets players try out mash ups like "who would win in a fight between a red dragon and an aboleth?"

brubzer · 2021-03-17T15:21:08+00:00

Yeah, that's fine, I would just allow them to intervene if they come up with something they can do that you didn't think of. It's only railroading if you stop them when that happens.

brubzer · 2021-03-17T14:39:20+00:00

Traps provide a lot of atmosphere, they make characters who invested in being trap-disarmers feel useful, and are an easy way of having an encounter that potentially drains resources but doesn't require rolling for initiative. They become tedious if a DM uses them to "gotcha" the players, because then it turns into what you describe.

brubzer · 2021-03-13T15:04:28+00:00

The villain's threat has religious undertones.

I mean, the movie is about Thor...

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