
By the same author as Grand Line 3.5
31st Dec 2021, 2:42 AM
So about that one time when the obvious solution was so far from the party's mind that the DM had to break out the Clue-by-four... |
31st Dec 2021, 7:22 PM
There WAS that one time in a Starfinder campaign when every single member of the party tanked an important Knowledge check so hard the DM just threw up his hands and made a guide book fall out of a rift in space right in front of us. |
31st Dec 2021, 9:16 PM
Sounds to me like you should set up the idea that there's a Q like entity that is observing and amused by your party. |
31st Dec 2021, 10:35 PM
And this is why you shouldn't be rolling for anything that is neccessary for the plot to progress. Or at the very least rolling should be to determine degree of success rather then whether or not the party learns important information/gets past the big obstacle. |
1st Jan 2022, 6:36 AM
Always plan out how would you keep the game going if the entire party rolls a nat one. |
1st Jan 2022, 11:59 AM
There's an official pathfinder campaign that requires a DC 40? knowledge check to be rolled at some point to even have an idea to know where to go next. It was the sort of DC that required someone with maximum ranks, a good stat, and a high roll. |
2nd Jan 2022, 6:01 PM
The Strange Aeons module? |
3rd Jan 2022, 12:37 AM
I forget which one, but one of the convention AD&D modules from back in the day had a situation where nobody in the area knew the location of the main event dungeon *except* a wereboar with a bad attitude and a stone shield that was not obviously magical that *intentionally* tried to pick a fight with the party for petty reasons. My party took offense to him nearly instantly and killed him without remorse, only to have the DM flip through the module a few times and throw up his hands before saying the Mod was done, there was literally no way to find the next segment. After a few minutes of talking it out, we just reconned it to him being beaten to within an inch of his life and went on from there. |
DragonTrainer
1st Jan 2022, 10:55 PM
HAPPY NEW YEARS!!! ^_^
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