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<blockquote data-quote="Fuzzybear" data-source="post: 9053298" data-attributes="member: 6917259"><p>I do have a similar thing happening in a way with a bard who casts Hypnotic Pattern a lot and tries to stay safe. Thankfully he doesn't do the full run away as far as possible maneuver and stays on the map at least though. I would agree with [USER=63]@RangerWickett[/USER] that the next adventure has a lot more avenues to punish this kind of behavior, say running straight into a patrol the first time the bard tries it for example. That may deter them in the future. I would also talk to them on the side if this behavior you think is ruining the campaign's narrative. Just telling them to stay on the battle map might be enough to make it not a problem. Trying to stay safe while holding concentration is a normal thing, but there is an extent where it is impeding enjoyment.</p><p></p><p>I also agree with you that Ragesia would seek to try to counter this tactic though more aggressively as things go on though. Even though we won't see a ton of them in the next few adventures IIRC, I would start planning now for the coming foes that are meant to be big deals (Rhuarc for example) to have easy ways to avoid simple incapacitation like that. The next major time that I can think of where we see a lot of Ragesian soldiers would be the prison sequence, but I wouldn't be too upset if they succeed well there anyway since they are intended to make it in anyway. By the time we're looking at more major scale battles, the enemies will have leveled up a lot as well and could have preventative measures against mind altering effects to dampen its effectiveness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fuzzybear, post: 9053298, member: 6917259"] I do have a similar thing happening in a way with a bard who casts Hypnotic Pattern a lot and tries to stay safe. Thankfully he doesn't do the full run away as far as possible maneuver and stays on the map at least though. I would agree with [USER=63]@RangerWickett[/USER] that the next adventure has a lot more avenues to punish this kind of behavior, say running straight into a patrol the first time the bard tries it for example. That may deter them in the future. I would also talk to them on the side if this behavior you think is ruining the campaign's narrative. Just telling them to stay on the battle map might be enough to make it not a problem. Trying to stay safe while holding concentration is a normal thing, but there is an extent where it is impeding enjoyment. I also agree with you that Ragesia would seek to try to counter this tactic though more aggressively as things go on though. Even though we won't see a ton of them in the next few adventures IIRC, I would start planning now for the coming foes that are meant to be big deals (Rhuarc for example) to have easy ways to avoid simple incapacitation like that. The next major time that I can think of where we see a lot of Ragesian soldiers would be the prison sequence, but I wouldn't be too upset if they succeed well there anyway since they are intended to make it in anyway. By the time we're looking at more major scale battles, the enemies will have leveled up a lot as well and could have preventative measures against mind altering effects to dampen its effectiveness. [/QUOTE]
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