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Sunday, August 14, 2016

What Do You Mean, 'What Is It For?'?!

  Ah, the internet, where you can argue over all sorts of things. The most recent internet argument I got into was with someone explaining that monsters with a no-save level drain are badwrong and there is no reason to have them other than,
  "...imbecilic blind worship of the past..."
  Uh-huh.
  Of course, I had already pointed out some reason for having such monsters in your game, to wit;

  • Instilling terror in the players
  • Driving quests for spells, etc. to get Restoration
  • To 'throttle' level progression without nerfing XP/raising the bar or railroading players
  Now, I guess I might have just tossed in a link to a past article of mine, but there is that to say and more, so here we go.

What Do You Mean, 'What Is It For?'?!

  Ah, the internet, where you can argue over all sorts of things. The most recent internet argument I got into was with someone explaining that monsters with a no-save level drain are badwrong and there is no reason to have them other than,
  "...imbecilic blind worship of the past..."
  Uh-huh.
  Of course, I had already pointed out some reason for having such monsters in your game, to wit;

  • Instilling terror in the players
  • Driving quests for spells, etc. to get Restoration
  • To 'throttle' level progression without nerfing XP/raising the bar or railroading players
  Now, I guess I might have just tossed in a link to a past article of mine, but there is that to say and more, so here we go.