Random idea for high-lethality D&D campaigns: Character death unlocks new classes and races. Maybe useful in “special snowflake” campaigns where no one reads your carefully crafted setting material. Instead you roll it out piecemeal as PCs bite the dust. “I really want to play a saurian warlock…sure, I’ll take a drink of that mystery potion.” Someone probably thought of this before.
Hey, I'm using Jeff and Brendan's 20 questions to help me get a feel for my upcoming Perdition campaign. Never done it before. Highly recommended. http://jrients.blogspot.com/2011/04/twenty-quick-questions-for-your.html http://www.necropraxis.com/2012/02/24/20-quick-questions-rules/
Taking those machines in a dungeon seems to limit their usefulness.
ReplyDeleteIt's a short-cut.
ReplyDeletethere's two of them...
ReplyDeleteIt'll be shorter if you bring a cavern down on your heads. :D
ReplyDeleteNothing I love more then bringing modern firepower to bear against D&D monsters.
ReplyDeleteWell, that's not true. But it's up there.
ReplyDeleteThis is so insanely crazy and over the top! I love it! This is how I game!
ReplyDeleteGood place to be, in that situation.
ReplyDeleteCompletely standard dungeoncrawl. Man, if I had a nickel for every time I've been in that situation.
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