WOW! I'm so glad you did not reach the cloud giant castle last week!
Tonight I went to double check that I had all minis and stat blocks ready for battle next week and to my shock I didn't! WTF!!!!
After some thought I remembered why! The short answer is I wasn't certain how long it would take you to get here, I wasn't sure you'd survive and even thought you might reconsider the mission.
I didn't want to pull all the minis only to put them if you didn't reach this point! So, tonight I worked on pulling many minis and preparing stat blocks for next week!
So for the BIG 3,000 xp bonus this week requires some work. Who is up to the task? There are three words which you must send me. They are spread throughout the boards in posts, pics, or other relevant things. Hhave fun and gain those xp's for the invested, hard core players on the boards! This is not an easy task!
Cheating is a deliberate act of dishonesty and betrayal of trust. It's a choice one makes to deceive others.
You may ask why I'm posting this? Well, the truth is I know there are things which at times are NOT on the up and up.
I hate to call out any players at the game so instead I thought I'd post this to hopefully allow all to rethink any game deception. Our game is based on fun, trust and honestly. Period.
It's a game so is it really that important to fudge dice rolls or what you have on a character sheet to gain an advantage and deceive your friends?
Now this is NOT directed at any particular player or players but just wanted to post this so all can try and understand the game as a fun and trusting friendship so lets have honest fun. Let's keep the trust!
The longer it takes the group to complete a mission the more difficult or involved it may become. Why?
Well the simple reason is it gives me more time to look at encounters and situations and improve them. Time almost ALWAYS means more challenging.
So, travel back to cities to get supplies or information is important and often necessary but allows me to rethink my strategy as well.
Also, for this mission I needed additional cloud giants. Not typical cloud giants but some specific leader types. So, I went out in search and found there were not many available. In the end I bought some other giant minis which look like cloud giants but were not right with what their skin color should be (whitish) so I repainted them!
The mission has just amped up a bit in danger. Just some insight from the DM.
Time can be such a double edged sword. If we rush, we sometimes dont do aswell as we could have. But when we take our time, sometimes we think of things more clearly, and come up with better plans and direction. But as we can see ,sometimes the more time we take, can definitely hurt us.
So for the BIG 3,000 xp bonus this week requires some work. Who is up to the task? There are three words which you must send me. They are spread throughout the boards in posts, pics, or other relevant things. Hhave fun and gain those xp's for the invested, hard core players on the boards! This is not an easy task!
CHEATING:
Cheating is a deliberate act of dishonesty and betrayal of trust. It's a choice one makes to deceive others.
You may ask why I'm posting this? Well, the truth is I know there are things which at times are NOT on the up and up.
I hate to call out any players at the game so instead I thought I'd post this to hopefully allow all to rethink any game deception. Our game is based on fun, trust and honestly. Period.
It's a game so is it really that important to fudge dice rolls or what you have on a character sheet to gain an advantage and deceive your friends?
Now this is NOT directed at any particular player or players but just wanted to post this so all can try and understand the game as a fun and trusting friendship so lets have honest fun. Let's keep the trust!
My preaching is DONE!
DM Insight:
Here's some valuable insight I think.
The longer it takes the group to complete a mission the more difficult or involved it may become. Why?
Well the simple reason is it gives me more time to look at encounters and situations and improve them. Time almost ALWAYS means more challenging.
So, travel back to cities to get supplies or information is important and often necessary but allows me to rethink my strategy as well.
Also, for this mission I needed additional cloud giants. Not typical cloud giants but some specific leader types. So, I went out in search and found there were not many available. In the end I bought some other giant minis which look like cloud giants but were not right with what their skin color should be (whitish) so I repainted them!
The mission has just amped up a bit in danger. Just some insight from the DM.