tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534782797790619934.post8980902257000566407..comments2024-03-10T04:32:25.985-07:00Comments on Improved Initiative: The "Naked In Prison" Test For Your PCNeal Litherlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01307649737269196558noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534782797790619934.post-45396626133773678222017-05-12T00:31:24.414-07:002017-05-12T00:31:24.414-07:00Naked Prison Scenario is a great way to start a lo...Naked Prison Scenario is a great way to start a low level campaign, but it ends friendships at the higher levels.Umbriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462643029527360631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534782797790619934.post-42850370974789264722017-05-10T15:27:17.032-07:002017-05-10T15:27:17.032-07:00I'm not sure I get what you mean by "role...I'm not sure I get what you mean by "roleplay-heavy" in this context, aside from potentially "not open combat." Even then, combat can involve roleplaying if you're making decisions as your character would.<br /><br />That said, social skills, stealth, and other indirect methods are certainly worth having.Bronze Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938257296504189967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534782797790619934.post-19515187713968654342017-05-10T14:58:41.212-07:002017-05-10T14:58:41.212-07:00Look into the Ramhammer as a weapon for your Dunge...Look into the Ramhammer as a weapon for your Dungeon Crasher. 10' Reach and can be used.to make bullrushes with a bonus. Just bullrush the opponent down, into the floor.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905247192440054764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534782797790619934.post-36185785428786914772017-05-10T12:41:11.501-07:002017-05-10T12:41:11.501-07:00My favorite class to play, the Summoner, manages f...My favorite class to play, the Summoner, manages fairly well. Keep a backup spell component pouch on the Eidolon, good to go. It usually carries half of my gear anyway. And if nothing else, Summon Monster all day.<br /><br />My beloved Alchemists, however, are at the mercy of their baggage. Rules as written, they need both spellbooks AND their special kit to craft things. However, I would make an arguement for using improvised materials to craft a handful of alchemical items for some kind of awesome prison break.<br /><br />Under most circumstances, I consider going for the spellbook to be a top tier dick move on the DM's part. For the sake of the enemy's survival, it does nothing to prevent the Wizard from casting the spells they already have prepared. It does, however, undo a career's worth of building up. Maybe if you had fanatical cultisis sacrificing their lives just to weaken the party in the long run. But this tactic, if abused, will end friendships.<br /><br />Fighty types? Yeah, Sunder sucks. But on the bright side, most seasoned warriors are going to have a golf bag of weapons to cover DR types like Silver and Cold Iron, as well as damage types like Slashing, Piercing, and Bledgeoning.<br /><br />Naked Prison scenarios highlight gear dependantcy disparites among classes. In a group with a wide gap (Greatsword Fighter and a Kineticist, for example) it's best to keep these scenes brief in order to make sure the spotlight isn't on a fraction of the party for too long.Roschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592727051946153054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534782797790619934.post-75065246657594754822017-05-09T23:03:03.985-07:002017-05-09T23:03:03.985-07:00This is why I stick mostly to roleplay-heavy chara...This is why I stick mostly to roleplay-heavy characters: bards, rogues... if my stuff gets stolen I can always sing or hide my way outta bullshit. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05059990503902138541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534782797790619934.post-61144188650700303262017-05-09T18:19:11.849-07:002017-05-09T18:19:11.849-07:00Monks, sorcerers. Monks, sorcerers. Ernesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08855431765054982268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534782797790619934.post-29284562893079497962017-05-09T17:29:42.994-07:002017-05-09T17:29:42.994-07:00As a Fighter who has been almost exactly in this s...As a Fighter who has been almost exactly in this situation, there is one archetype that is amazing for when you need to be able to rely on nthing but your body.<br /><br />Comes from 3.5 (so it's compatable, but up to the DM), and it exchanges the bonus feats at lvl 2 and lvl 6 for the ability to do up to 8d6+(3*STR) if you bullrush someone into a solid object (including other enemies), a +10 to lifting objects and bending bars, and a +4 competance to saves and AC vs traps.<br /><br />Welcome to the Dungeon Crasher.<br /><br />No fooling, this character when I was playing him literally ripped the prison bars out of the wall, and crushed his captor's head against the wall with a backhanded stiff-arm, and proceeded to tear a bloody swatch through a bandit hideout, all without drawing his sword.<br /><br />Got stopped by Harpy song though.Groggariothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564862528476106376noreply@blogger.com