Comments on: Understanding the Threat… http://www.encounteraday.com/2008/08/18/understanding-the-threat/ A new RPG encounter, every Monday through Friday! Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:02:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 <div class=wavatar><img class='wavatar' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=1ac8ad435ec71841429595756572d0ff.jpg&s=80&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.encounteraday.com%2Fwp-content%2Fcache%2Fwavatars%2F1ac8ad435ec718414.png' width='80' height='80' alt='Wavatar' /></div>By: Bladecruiser http://www.encounteraday.com/2008/08/18/understanding-the-threat/comment-page-1/#comment-528
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Bladecruiser Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:01:55 +0000 http://www.encounteraday.com/2008/08/18/understanding-the-threat/#comment-528 One thing that I thought up was to abuse the whole damage resistance set of rules that's in DnD to counter act magical attacks. Of course you don't want to go overboard and knock out like 10 points of damage that a wizard is able to do, but maybe see how a resistance of maybe 5 or 6 (base it around the caster's Int modifier possibly) would work for the slivers evolving into magical immune beasts. This follows with their "crap, gotta find a way to stop fire from hurting the hive... ok, fire resistance is good to go" type of thinking when they run into something new that they haven't dealt with yet. For another example, the Armored Sliver would be a good one to come up with in response to a rogue or fighter laying waste to a number of slivers in an encounter, have it give an aura that gives a 1 power bonus to AC for all the slivers. MTG has so many possibilities when you try and throw the creatures into DnD =D One thing that I thought up was to abuse the whole damage resistance set of rules that’s in DnD to counter act magical attacks. Of course you don’t want to go overboard and knock out like 10 points of damage that a wizard is able to do, but maybe see how a resistance of maybe 5 or 6 (base it around the caster’s Int modifier possibly) would work for the slivers evolving into magical immune beasts. This follows with their “crap, gotta find a way to stop fire from hurting the hive… ok, fire resistance is good to go” type of thinking when they run into something new that they haven’t dealt with yet.

For another example, the Armored Sliver would be a good one to come up with in response to a rogue or fighter laying waste to a number of slivers in an encounter, have it give an aura that gives a 1 power bonus to AC for all the slivers.

MTG has so many possibilities when you try and throw the creatures into DnD =D

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Rifken Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:41:30 +0000 http://www.encounteraday.com/2008/08/18/understanding-the-threat/#comment-523 This time, the PCs discover that the slivers have adapted and are no longer affected by the sedative, complicating the task once more. <----A "cure Poison" sliver!!!! Damn they are smart This time, the PCs discover that the slivers have adapted and are no longer affected by the sedative, complicating the task once more. <—-A “cure Poison” sliver!!!! Damn they are smart

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Tauman Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:53:15 +0000 http://www.encounteraday.com/2008/08/18/understanding-the-threat/#comment-519 Or they could redirect incoming spell to themself. Or they could redirect incoming spell to themself.

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Asmor Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:15:19 +0000 http://www.encounteraday.com/2008/08/18/understanding-the-threat/#comment-517 Well, they're fun to make yourself, and I plan on making plenty more (expect, at the very least, at least 6-8 more over the next two weeks), so different kinds of slivers isn't a huge problem. Actually, I kind of like the idea of starting the slivers off as a very basic threat, maybe even just drones, and then they develop defenses. e.g. the villagers start burning the slivers, so the slivers develop new ones which grant fire resistance. I think with a crystalline sliver, I'd probably give all the other slivers a bonus on saving throws. Not being able to be targeted by spells would be pretty unbalanced, I think. Well, they’re fun to make yourself, and I plan on making plenty more (expect, at the very least, at least 6-8 more over the next two weeks), so different kinds of slivers isn’t a huge problem.

Actually, I kind of like the idea of starting the slivers off as a very basic threat, maybe even just drones, and then they develop defenses. e.g. the villagers start burning the slivers, so the slivers develop new ones which grant fire resistance.

I think with a crystalline sliver, I’d probably give all the other slivers a bonus on saving throws. Not being able to be targeted by spells would be pretty unbalanced, I think.

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Rifken Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:11:50 +0000 http://www.encounteraday.com/2008/08/18/understanding-the-threat/#comment-516 Oh yes I can totally work with that I love it!!!! But I will definitely have to have more slivers. Wouldn't crystalline just be a terror? lol Oh yes I can totally work with that I love it!!!! But I will definitely have to have more slivers. Wouldn’t crystalline just be a terror? lol

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