What sort of GM are you?

[IvenBach]

That barbarian runs over the pansy pink elf to save his own ass!

Remember that you don't have to outrun the monster. You only have to outrun the slowest group member. Why not knock em down to increase your odds of living? I figure that buffalo read the rules and found that there was no restriction against doing so and gained that much of an advantage. I mean look how many wolves start nom nom nomming on the small one. Heck even the wolf that he trampled was like

to heck that big one that just stepped on me, this small one's right here

.

[Sjeng]

Reminds me of a series of articles I read about an illusionist character in Skyrim, who only used illusion magic, and no other means of offense or defense. No armor or weapons. He was running from a bear when he spotted an npc on the road. You can guess the rest. It was hilarious. You should read it.

[IvenBach]

I've found that some of the most devious and player infuriating things you can do don't involve direct damage. Play on what they vocalize as their perceptions and split them up or at least foster them not cooperating 100%.

As an aside Sjeng you may like this brief story. For a D&D dungeon I have set up a 10ft wide corridor that has a pit trap in it. The pit is 10ft wide making it a 2x2 square section. Instead of the pit trap actually being where they see it it is behind. The visible trap is only an illusion and its actually solid ground . So when the characters (at least those I play with) 'naturally' decide to jump it to cross they are jumping over solid ground. But the best part is the trap is the 10 square feet behind it. If they miss and land too soon the land on ground and no harm done. They get laughed at and generally go on without thinking for more traps. If they succeed they jump over solid ground and fall through the floor into the pit. Anyone that's watching the illusion can see the pit and their friend land smack dab in it. That's when I yell surprise ! Adjust with nastiness at bottom of the trap IE Spikes, Oozes, or even the fearful Water. Everyone always forgets about water and how unfriendly it is to someone in 100lbs of 'protective' plate mail, shield, and locked gauntlets... But that's another story.

Normal Floor	Illusion Pit / Real Floor	Illussion Pit / Real Floor	Real Pit / Illusion Floor	Real Pit / Illusion Floor	Normal Floor
Normal Floor	Illussion Pit / Real Floor	Illussion Pit / Real Floor	Real Pit / Illusion Floor	Real Pit / Illusion Floor	Normal Floor

Sorry about the Non-HQ interruption.

Edit: drathe did you just add that table function, or am I just blind?? Took me a bit to figure out but can be quite handy.

[Templar]

The pit is 10ft wide making it a 2x2 square section. Instead of the pit trap actually being where they see it it is behind. The visible trap is only an illusion and its actually solid ground

This is a very good and/or evil idea! I might have to steal it

[IvenBach]

Thanks. I get tired of standard traps and became very inventive with traps to make my players think instead of saying 'Oh its a trap roll to disarm' or simply bypassing it. This trap works best if they are being chased by something that makes them have split second decisions. If you like I could look through my old DM folder and PM you some of the better traps I've come up with.

[Templar]

Thanks. I get tired of standard traps and became very inventive with traps to make my players think instead of saying 'Oh its a trap roll to disarm' or simply bypassing it. This trap works best if they are being chased by something that makes them have split second decisions. If you like I could look through my old DM folder and PM you some of the better traps I've come up with.

That would be awesome!

[el_flesh]

I send the heros a number of monsters that will not only challenge them, but make them balk and say "oh shiiit"...then I roll to see if the more intelligent ones will gang up on someone or if rage takes them over. The goblins run a few paces whenever a creature is killed, and are indeed more prone to panicking and fleeing (by rolls).
I'm out to give the heros a good time, and it's impossible to have a good time without the threat of real danger of death!

[drathe]

Edit: drathe did you just add that table function, or am I just blind?? Took me a bit to figure out but can be quite handy.

It's been there since... I don't remember exactly. A couple months. Not long after you or someone else requested it. It's a bit tricky to use due to the way the forum software works. (ex. You can't leave any line breaks).

[IvenBach]

It's still very handy when wanting to show a grid format!