Does it get much lower?
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:20 am
There was a time not so long ago when I would gladly sepukku a PC to a wolf or goblin or whatever else rather than turn and run. After all, turning tail to run is a pretty bad freaking idea once engaged in combat, especially against something thatll outrun ya like a wolf. I can no longer count the number of PCs Ive lost to dumb crap because Ive believed their survival instinct would tell them to fight rather that to flee.
Well tonight on my way to the completion of a mail run, I endeavored to slay a mouse alongside the road. A mouse is worth 1xp; not much, but its something. The mouse was a wily creature, dodging my attacks over-and-over as even a RL mouse would. The number of attacks it dodged must have been 12, give or take, and no small feat for a creature with maybe 12 AC per DnD rules. The fight went one with the mouse hitting me once for a single HP (strong mouse is strong) despite its -3 (or was it -4?) to hit. For whatever reason, the mouse then decided to run.
With my PC in hot pursuit, the mouse found its way right to a badger. The badger seeing its mouse buddy in danger decided to join the fight against my PC. Now in the past I would have stood my ground. After all, there is no way a badger would stand a chance against a fully grown man covered in metal armor and armed with a sheild and sword, right? Wrong. This is DnD and a badger is a force to be reckoned with. Rather than standing to fight, and possibly die, as I would have done in the past, I ran to the nearest AT with the badger in hot pursuit.
Mail runs and running from wildlife....
Good grief, so much shame.
Well tonight on my way to the completion of a mail run, I endeavored to slay a mouse alongside the road. A mouse is worth 1xp; not much, but its something. The mouse was a wily creature, dodging my attacks over-and-over as even a RL mouse would. The number of attacks it dodged must have been 12, give or take, and no small feat for a creature with maybe 12 AC per DnD rules. The fight went one with the mouse hitting me once for a single HP (strong mouse is strong) despite its -3 (or was it -4?) to hit. For whatever reason, the mouse then decided to run.
With my PC in hot pursuit, the mouse found its way right to a badger. The badger seeing its mouse buddy in danger decided to join the fight against my PC. Now in the past I would have stood my ground. After all, there is no way a badger would stand a chance against a fully grown man covered in metal armor and armed with a sheild and sword, right? Wrong. This is DnD and a badger is a force to be reckoned with. Rather than standing to fight, and possibly die, as I would have done in the past, I ran to the nearest AT with the badger in hot pursuit.
Mail runs and running from wildlife....
Good grief, so much shame.
