Ye Olde Inn

by **chaoticprime** » October 13th, 2013, 10:27 pm

The Road Warrior wrote:
Goblin-King wrote:Really? You sure?

We've always played that pits only open if someone actually step on it.
And why would spear traps be deactivated just because you spot it? That also highly devalues the dwarf/toolkit.
And you cant make spear trap mazes?

And it kinda fixes the problem with being able to search too big an area.

sadface!

Gotta look that up later...

That's the way we play it ( I forget what the rules actually say). I also don't reveal a trap twice. Once the players have found it, it's up to them to remember where it is.

That's how it works.

Also, when revealed monster move into unrevealed areas, I stop them one square just out of sight but inform the player that that was the last location it was seen. When the player reconciles that distance, I move the monster to a then-revealed location of my choosing as long as the monster could have logically reached there by this new point in time.

chaoticprime wrote:Also, when revealed monster move into unrevealed areas, I stop them one square just out of sight but inform the player that that was the last location it was seen. When the player reconciles that distance, I move the monster to a then-revealed location of my choosing as long as the monster could have logically reached there by this new point in time.

That's exactly how I do it. Telling players what's happening loosens them up and takes the cheating suspicion away if there was any.

by **Sjeng** » October 14th, 2013, 1:58 am

I think I'll change my playing rules to NA concerning traps too. Makes more sense to spot a trap first, place a marker, and then attempt to disarm them. Spear traps always disarm though, as those can simply be sprung while staying next to it. A pit is another story.

by **chaoticprime** » October 14th, 2013, 2:27 am

You don't place a marker unless its a sprung variety of pit trap or collapsed ceiling.

Also, new trap tile I just made:

by **knightkrawler** » October 14th, 2013, 4:04 am

Bucket of Troll Puke trap?

by **chaoticprime** » October 14th, 2013, 7:24 am

knightkrawler wrote:Bucket of Troll Puke trap?

What are they eating to turn their vomit green? More like troll crap after drinking a bunch of grape soda.

by **Infje** » October 14th, 2013, 8:36 am

Thank you all for your input. I've decider I'm going to use this:

Whenever heroes enter corridors, in which monsters are placed out of sight, but are not blocked by doors/rocks, I inform them that they can hear sounds in the distance. This warns them that there might be danger and allows me move around any monsters without discussion. The same goes for when they walk away out sight. When a revealed monster moves into unrevealed areas, I stop them one square just out of sight but inform the players that that was the last location it was seen. I move the monster around (on my map) based on it's chart. It will only be revealed again when it's in the line of sight.

I think that's a houserule that stays close to the game. Still thinking about the traps. I want it to be a official as possible. I have the NA version of the game. I'm going to use the housrule of allowing searches from corner to corner which makes it more realistic, I think.