The Definition of anti-climactic

[bluegargantua]

Hi,

The Ancient Gargantuan Blue Dragon?

Didn't quite last a full 3 rounds.

Lots of no-save, no SR orbs, maxed out, doubled, extended multi-round acid attacks and a critical ice burst crossbow shot, a couple of huge elementals and a dwarven berserker who took something like 250HP of damage before going down...just heinous.

The blue couldn't catch a breather to heal himself and go back to the fight. He took out 9 guys, but it was all over by the second round.

Next time: 12 12th level fighters. We'll have to run it a few times to find the optimum mix.

[EDIT: CRAP! My original cunning plan to defeat them was discarded after I said, "meh, the spells don't work that way". But they DO! They DO work that way and I totally could've clobbered them. Well...maybe not, those barbarians were pretty fierce, but still. Ah man. There'll have to be a re-match someday.]

later
Tom

Comments

[drwex]

Yes, I totally understand this dilemma. Mostly I work with players mature enough to separate what they-the-player know from what their characters know, and act accordingly. This does still lead to some funny moments, like when the sorc rolls near-max damage on his lightning bolt and the target creature grows larger...

I also encourage the players to use the in-game mechanics to deal with this. One of my player's characters keeps a meticulous list of every creature she's fought and reviews that whenever possible. Others use the d20 'Knowledge' mechanic and just put ranks into things like Knowledge: Monster Lore.