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OftenBen  ·  2568 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: November 29, 2017

    I don't know how to give out armor or weapons without overpowering the whole party.

Every benefit needs to have a cost attached to it to maintain balance.

A good example would be a semi-sentient magic shield that gains defense bonuses if you tell it about all the badass monsters you've beaten, but if you lie to it, or it thinks you're a big baby it drops it's stats back to 0 and you have to start over. Gives the player lots of power, and you, the DM, lots of wiggle room. 'Sure, you can lie to the shield and say that you've totally beaten a chimera before, but if you fail your charisma roll, you lose all your bonuses.'





Isherwood  ·  2568 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ha! My friend just told me about this shield at lunch. Adventure Zone?

OftenBen  ·  2568 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hell yeah!

Talk about a small world.

Are you an Mbmbambino?

Isherwood  ·  2568 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Dunno, he just got me on to it and I'm listening to the first episode now. To be honest, it's currently super slow, but I'm promised it gets better.

OftenBen  ·  2568 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The Adventure Zone definitely takes a little while to get going but it's a lot of fun, at least to me.

I'd like to know what you think of it, if you stick to it.