tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604481147223427499.post5192100040282983334..comments2024-03-28T23:01:35.551-05:00Comments on Beyond the Pale Gate: Ruminations on OD&D: Hit PointsDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820010482226879079noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604481147223427499.post-91230222115235747442018-12-08T01:38:36.711-06:002018-12-08T01:38:36.711-06:00If you've never given this game a serious look...If you've never given this game a serious look, you really should. 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The players, once they are attached to their characters, will get paranoid. They'll never fight fair. Poison, surprise, are trickery are always used to subdue opponents without giving them a chance. If you think D&D characters are murder-hobos, you haven't seen anything. You end up running a murder simulation. Hedgehobbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17606283586332210195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604481147223427499.post-6382888744399593352013-10-08T20:11:42.627-05:002013-10-08T20:11:42.627-05:00There are indeed several possible "insta-kill...There are indeed several possible "insta-kill" options in OD&D, such as poison, as you mentioned. However, they all allow the potential victim a saving throw, As written, there isn't anything one character can do to instantly kill another without a saving throw being allowed. As far as the goblin felling a mid-level character with conventional hits, that isn't instant death, anyway.<br /><br />I agree that the threat of imminent death is highly dramatic, and something I find compelling. In theory. At the table, though, I have come to realize that I do not like it. I prefer the slow-build drama of a fight going from bad to worse for the mid-level character. As the character inexplicably continues to miss his lowly foe, all the while receiving telling blows, round after round, from the goblin. Will the character land that deciding blow before it is too late? That's the drama that is most appealing to me these days.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17820010482226879079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604481147223427499.post-58117624696858897162013-10-08T06:43:57.649-05:002013-10-08T06:43:57.649-05:00Well, with poison and such you have the same thing...Well, with poison and such you have the same thing going on. And of course a Goblin could still kill a mid-level character with a few good conventional hits, especially if the mid-level character was already weak. It strikes me that having at least a "one-in-a-million" chance, even of "instant" death is one of the things that gives you the drama in the first place.<br /><br />But I've never been a big fan of critical hits for the monsters. But I like having them for the players. I've never understood why people (including Philotomy) are so against that idea. Saying it's not "fair" doesn't work for me. There are lots of things in OD&D that are not fair, and there are many asymmetries already built into the system.Oakes Spaldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08078500142758654392noreply@blogger.com