This is my gaming circle minus my ACKS players. I am such an asshole. Since they're in the big city now, the players really wanted to know if there were any magic weapons for sale. ACKS ain't 3e or 4e though. There is exactly one magic weapon for sale. I rolled randomly to see what it was and... ...it's a cursed -2 sword. So I told the players there's a weapons dealer/fence who's looking to get rid of a magic sword he's gotten ahold of...cheap. Only 6,000gp when usually a +1 item would be 10,000gp. So far they are not suspicious. They're going to be so pissed at me. I can barely contain my excitement.
A balanced encounter isn't a 20th-level wizard against a group of 5th-level PCs, that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteI'd agree?
ReplyDeletea waste of time
ReplyDeleteGiving the players a fighting cha -- HAHAHA ... I can't say it with a straight face.
ReplyDeleteGiven that my various groups routinely walk away from encounters with new recruits, allies, and henchbeasts... eh. Subverting balance and disrupting the normal resolution of conventional combat is one of my favorite things.
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ReplyDeleteIt's been reddited: reddit.com - Balance is Boring • r/rpg
ReplyDeleteIt's where the dragon weighs as much as its hoard.
ReplyDeleteThis is my absolutely favorite writeup on this topic: enworld.org - [Very Long] Combat as Sport vs. Combat as War: a Key Difference in D&D Play Styles...
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