Comments on: The Pain of Campaigning II: Starting the Game http://critical-hits.com/2007/11/12/the-pain-of-campaigning-ii-starting-the-game/ The Journal of Gamer Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pain of Campaigning VIII: What About the Bad Guys? | Critical Hits http://critical-hits.com/2007/11/12/the-pain-of-campaigning-ii-starting-the-game/#comment-61150 Pain of Campaigning VIII: What About the Bad Guys? | Critical Hits Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:18:49 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/11/12/the-pain-of-campaigning-ii-starting-the-game/#comment-61150 [...] Pain of Campaigning I: Story and Pre-Game Decisions The Pain of Campaigning II: Starting the Game The Pain of Campaigning III: The Plot Thickens The Pain of Campaigning IV: Put a Little Politics In [...] [...] Pain of Campaigning I: Story and Pre-Game Decisions The Pain of Campaigning II: Starting the Game The Pain of Campaigning III: The Plot Thickens The Pain of Campaigning IV: Put a Little Politics In [...]

]]> By: Pain of Campaigning VII: The Finale (Part I: What You Want the Adventure to be) | Critical Hits http://critical-hits.com/2007/11/12/the-pain-of-campaigning-ii-starting-the-game/#comment-61149 Pain of Campaigning VII: The Finale (Part I: What You Want the Adventure to be) | Critical Hits Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:52:30 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/11/12/the-pain-of-campaigning-ii-starting-the-game/#comment-61149 [...] Pain of Campaigning I: Story and Pre-Game Decisions The Pain of Campaigning II: Starting the Game The Pain of Campaigning III: The Plot Thickens The Pain of Campaigning IV: Put a Little Politics In [...] [...] Pain of Campaigning I: Story and Pre-Game Decisions The Pain of Campaigning II: Starting the Game The Pain of Campaigning III: The Plot Thickens The Pain of Campaigning IV: Put a Little Politics In [...]

]]> By: Pain of Campaigning VI: Give Your Villains Some Panache! | Critical Hits http://critical-hits.com/2007/11/12/the-pain-of-campaigning-ii-starting-the-game/#comment-61148 Pain of Campaigning VI: Give Your Villains Some Panache! | Critical Hits Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:52:09 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/11/12/the-pain-of-campaigning-ii-starting-the-game/#comment-61148 [...] Pain of Campaigning I: Story and Pre-Game Decisions The Pain of Campaigning II: Starting the Game The Pain of Campaigning III: The Plot Thickens The Pain of Campaigning IV: Put a Little Politics In [...] [...] Pain of Campaigning I: Story and Pre-Game Decisions The Pain of Campaigning II: Starting the Game The Pain of Campaigning III: The Plot Thickens The Pain of Campaigning IV: Put a Little Politics In [...]

]]> By: The Pain of Campaigning IV: Put a Little Politics in it | Critical Hits http://critical-hits.com/2007/11/12/the-pain-of-campaigning-ii-starting-the-game/#comment-61147 The Pain of Campaigning IV: Put a Little Politics in it | Critical Hits Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:19:11 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/11/12/the-pain-of-campaigning-ii-starting-the-game/#comment-61147 [...] Pain of Campaigning I: Story and Pre-Game Decisions The Pain of Campaigning II: Starting the Game The Pain of Campaigning III: The Plot Thickens The Pain of Campaigning IV: Put a Little Politics In [...] [...] Pain of Campaigning I: Story and Pre-Game Decisions The Pain of Campaigning II: Starting the Game The Pain of Campaigning III: The Plot Thickens The Pain of Campaigning IV: Put a Little Politics In [...]

]]> By: The Pain of Campaigning III: The Plot Thickens : Critical Hits http://critical-hits.com/2007/11/12/the-pain-of-campaigning-ii-starting-the-game/#comment-61146 The Pain of Campaigning III: The Plot Thickens : Critical Hits Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:23:43 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/11/12/the-pain-of-campaigning-ii-starting-the-game/#comment-61146 [...] assuming you’ve considered pre-campaign decisions and successfully started your game its now time to keep running a campaign. Not just treading water, but also have it be interesting, [...] [...] assuming you’ve considered pre-campaign decisions and successfully started your game its now time to keep running a campaign. Not just treading water, but also have it be interesting, [...]

]]> By: Reverend Mike http://critical-hits.com/2007/11/12/the-pain-of-campaigning-ii-starting-the-game/#comment-61145 Reverend Mike Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:39:04 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/11/12/the-pain-of-campaigning-ii-starting-the-game/#comment-61145 You'd think so, but not really...mind you, we have had some deaths other than my own, and a few "ties" where the opponents ran away or we talked them down...but we usually have very interesting combats...like when our DM set up a long narrow hallway filled with monsters, which he expected would slow combat...little did he remember that my dwarf bard had this lovely shortbow he'd never used that had the ability to shoot a bolt through multiple opponents, given that they were in a straight line... Or later in the same session when I cut a purple wurm in half by suspending a wall of force until the gargantuan beast was halfway through... Loads of fun... You’d think so, but not really…mind you, we have had some deaths other than my own, and a few “ties” where the opponents ran away or we talked them down…but we usually have very interesting combats…like when our DM set up a long narrow hallway filled with monsters, which he expected would slow combat…little did he remember that my dwarf bard had this lovely shortbow he’d never used that had the ability to shoot a bolt through multiple opponents, given that they were in a straight line…

Or later in the same session when I cut a purple wurm in half by suspending a wall of force until the gargantuan beast was halfway through…

Loads of fun…

]]> By: Bartoneus http://critical-hits.com/2007/11/12/the-pain-of-campaigning-ii-starting-the-game/#comment-61144 Bartoneus Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:40:05 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/11/12/the-pain-of-campaigning-ii-starting-the-game/#comment-61144 It must be quite boring to have only ever lost one combat? It must be quite boring to have only ever lost one combat?

]]> By: Reverend Mike http://critical-hits.com/2007/11/12/the-pain-of-campaigning-ii-starting-the-game/#comment-61143 Reverend Mike Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:59:49 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/11/12/the-pain-of-campaigning-ii-starting-the-game/#comment-61143 I think I've already said this, but that noble knight sacrifice-magig happened to me in a campaign once...the only elf I've ever played as took his 15 levels in knight and used them to single-handedly thwart a CR 20 Baelor...good times... I can only recall losing a single combat in my D&D career...in my first campaign, my DM realized his lv. 3 players were strategic geniuses...we ended up trapped in a cave where we managed to hold our own against a horde of 111 goblins...the next room, however, kilt everyone but our ranger as we failed some spot checks against a few gelatinous cubes... In all the campaigns I've played in, the DM tends to put every combat equal to, or mostly higher than, the party level...fun stuff... I think I’ve already said this, but that noble knight sacrifice-magig happened to me in a campaign once…the only elf I’ve ever played as took his 15 levels in knight and used them to single-handedly thwart a CR 20 Baelor…good times…

I can only recall losing a single combat in my D&D career…in my first campaign, my DM realized his lv. 3 players were strategic geniuses…we ended up trapped in a cave where we managed to hold our own against a horde of 111 goblins…the next room, however, kilt everyone but our ranger as we failed some spot checks against a few gelatinous cubes…

In all the campaigns I’ve played in, the DM tends to put every combat equal to, or mostly higher than, the party level…fun stuff…

]]> By: Musings of the Chatty DM » Blog Archive » I dig my new digs! Thanks everyone! http://critical-hits.com/2007/11/12/the-pain-of-campaigning-ii-starting-the-game/#comment-61142 Musings of the Chatty DM » Blog Archive » I dig my new digs! Thanks everyone! Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:12:26 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/2007/11/12/the-pain-of-campaigning-ii-starting-the-game/#comment-61142 [...] The Game of Critical Hits (check their new series on starting a new RPG campaign) for the kind words of [...] [...] The Game of Critical Hits (check their new series on starting a new RPG campaign) for the kind words of [...]

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