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December Boss Monster Poll
🕑 Added 2021-12-18 09:01:15 +0000 UTCHey folks,
Last week my GM decided to switch things up a bit and let us play some level 1 characters during a travel montage in our main campaign, using fresh, premade heroes to deliver some exposition. It ended up being a lot of fun, and served as a reminder of the freedom of playing a character that hasn't yet accrued an abundance of abilities or magic items. I recognize that a lot of my maps tend to skew towards the more fantastical and may lend themselves better to high level play, so this December I want to instead express my appreciation for those CR 2 big baddies. Let me know which of these encounters you want to have at the ready the next time your players are feeling an itch to try that one new subclass and make new characters.
Please vote for up to 3 of your favorite lair and token combos for me to illustrate.
Comments
Michael Galligan
I think you are correct. My DM style has always been too nice in this regard. I can’t think of one time where I had an opponent attack one of their downed PCs. I think the lack of deaths does in fact lay with my sense of fairness. A very unreasonable consideration in the heat of combat. Thank you for your thoughts
Zach Moeller
I find character death to be rarer in 5e than in previous editions, but I have certainly experienced (and doled out) my fair share of it. Death saves are pretty lenient but I like to remind my players that damage taken while unconscious means failed death saves, and melee damage is an instant critical hit (2 failed death saves). Sometimes when facing an intelligent, strategic foe (or an unintelligent, ravenous beast) I'll have the enemy attack an unconscious PC. I think the rules allow for plenty of character death, but unlike previous editions, it's less likely to happen as a result of unlucky roles and lethality is more of a play style that the DM has the discretion to employ than anything else.
Michael Galligan
Ren I have found the really hard to die in this game. You must have been the only healer? Did you miss three separate rolls or get jacked with the natural 1 roll? One thing I know for certain is that I would OT come back as an healer. Back to subject. Nice Ideas for encounters.
