Comments on: Tales from the Table: Retreating Forward http://www.ravenousrpg.com/2009/10/19/tales-from-the-table-retreating-forward/ RPG consumption is a way of life Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:06:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rhianni http://www.ravenousrpg.com/2009/10/19/tales-from-the-table-retreating-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Rhianni Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:31:15 +0000 http://www.ravenousrpg.com/?p=264#comment-85 I was a player in that campaign and yes it was a huge blast. It really added in some extra excitement to the normally "safe" process of clearing out trash rooms in the beginning of a dungeon. I think it was Monte Cook himself who wrote the article. For any players thinking of this a couple comments 1: Please let your GM know that you plan to do this ahead of time. It can cause some bookkeeping problems for an unprepared GM as Hungry mentioned above. 2: Don't overanalyze the combat. It will take too long if the players are trying to min max the fight. Just wade in and start hacking bodies. 3: Only do this with monsters that do hit point damage. Not with monsters that will have saving throw effects or special powers. No obviously you won't know until you open the door but you can make an educated guess. I was a player in that campaign and yes it was a huge blast. It really added in some extra excitement to the normally “safe” process of clearing out trash rooms in the beginning of a dungeon. I think it was Monte Cook himself who wrote the article.

For any players thinking of this a couple comments
1: Please let your GM know that you plan to do this ahead of time. It can cause some bookkeeping problems for an unprepared GM as Hungry mentioned above.
2: Don’t overanalyze the combat. It will take too long if the players are trying to min max the fight. Just wade in and start hacking bodies.
3: Only do this with monsters that do hit point damage. Not with monsters that will have saving throw effects or special powers. No obviously you won’t know until you open the door but you can make an educated guess.

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