roleplayingtips.com: Issue 348 - Sneaky Tactics For Weak Monsters

[Unknown User]

This Weeks' Tips
   Pin Down The PCs
   From Behind The Door
   Interrupt Spell Recovery
   Outwait Spells
   Gain Movement Advantage
   Craft Ambushes
   Fight, Flee, Victory
   Learn About PC Abilities
   Monsters Spend Money Too
   Use Ranged Attacks
   Fire Is Fun
   Don't Fear Free Hacks
   Concentrate Attacks On A Single Foe
   Find A Boss Monster
   Pick A Purpose First
   Use Trenches
   Even The Weakest Can Help
   Use Oil
   Give The Leader An Aide
   Shoot And Hide (D&D)
   Make Them Specialists (D&D)
   A Nice Team (D&D)
  Reader's Tips
   Dice Rollers



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[darkstorme]

I don't care if this is a bot; quit giving the GMs ideas!

[Praylor Falcus]

So much for "lets not foster that US versus them mentality

[hawklen]

No offense, if you don't have anything nice to say, then don't post negative comments and such. Save if for your myspace blog.

EDIT: Edited for niceness

[orth]

So much for "lets not foster that US versus them mentality

Who said we weren't trying to foster an us vs them mentality?  Dude, that's what we're all about...  We do this to stroke our massive egos to lay command over the minions and drones we enjoy watching bow to all our wants. [SIZE=-1]You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is  never join a roleplaying community which welcomes you freely and lets you suck up all their bandwidth with subpar trolling![/SIZE] Muhahahhahahaha muhahahahaha hahahahaha.

Or... maybe some of our community are gamemasters... or ... maybe some of the advice is good all around, you know, for characters too.

[Stephen_Zuckerman]

You know... Those are actually really helpful.

[darkstorme]

[SIZE=-1]You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is  never join a roleplaying community which welcomes you freely and lets you suck up all their bandwidth with subpar trolling![/SIZE]

Baa haa haa haa ha ha ha hee hee hee hee hee he he.... *wipes a tear from his eye* Phew!

*chuckles*  I think, perhaps, someone posting earlier in this thread didn't register my comment as humour.  Allow me to clarify: when I say I don't wish Gelatinous RSS to give the Gamemasters ideas, I am voicing the prayer of all players: "Oh, God, save me from a Gamemaster with a new trick he's just dying to try out!"

Seriously, if I saw some of these tactics implemented in-game, with some means around them that was suitably intricate, I would be absolutely delighted.  *sneaks off to begin formulating counterstrategies to each of those detailed in the original post*

[Ravemore]

Nice...I'd like to see some of that implemented if possible. It would certainly spice up the hack and slash...

[Hotaru]

to be honest i've used the shoot and hide in the original campaign... i had a Rogue/Shadow Dancer  and i popped arrows from out of the shadows where i kept using the "hide in plain sight" feat and i set a few minor spike traps around where i was hiding to stop any advancing guards.... that and i trapped the entire hallway of one of the estates of the Art Theft quests in the first Act if you will... was pretty funny seeing 30 guards rushing out and getting slaughtered by various traps