 My players are too tough |
  Nov 12 2008, 06:03 AM
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Ok, so I think I'm doing something wrong. See, no matter how tough I think my NPC's are, they seem to never be able to lay a finger on my PC's, and my players kill everything way too fast, and way too easy. Like, super easy. Tonight they took down a freaking wendigo in like, three rounds. What the hell. Any advice? Should I just give everything craploads of armor and dish out extra boxes of Physical Damage? To give some perspective, the PC's karma ranges between 12 and 16. I'm not entirely sure of the scale of power in SR4 yet (kinda new).
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Ruin-Gar My players are too tough Nov 12 2008, 06:03 AM
fistandantilus4.0 First, running more will help get a better grasp o... Nov 12 2008, 06:15 AM Muspellsheimr Shadowrun is a game of glass cannons (or Eggshells... Nov 12 2008, 06:22 AM TheOOB The real thing you have to ask yourself is, ... Nov 12 2008, 06:31 AM Sir_Psycho Get your NPCs in groups (waves even), have them fi... Nov 12 2008, 07:25 AM sunnyside They key thing in Shadowrun combat, even in SR4, i... Nov 12 2008, 07:29 AM
TheOOB QUOTE (sunnyside @ Nov 12 2008, 02:29 AM)... Nov 12 2008, 07:50 AM sunnyside QUOTE (TheOOB @ Nov 12 2008, 02:50 AM) I ... Nov 12 2008, 07:59 AM kzt SR, like most games using guns, has some significa... Nov 12 2008, 07:56 AM Snowfall Personally, when I throw something at the characte... Nov 12 2008, 08:19 AM Ruin-Gar Wow, thanks for the responses. I hate to admit, b... Nov 12 2008, 05:24 PM sunnyside QUOTE (Ruin-Gar @ Nov 12 2008, 12:24... Nov 12 2008, 06:50 PM Stahlseele officially they travel at the speed of sound or li... Nov 12 2008, 05:29 PM streetangelj Lone Star response time are really up to you, but ... Nov 12 2008, 05:37 PM Drogos Lone Star response time is whatever is dramaticall... Nov 12 2008, 06:16 PM Karaden QUOTE (Drogos @ Nov 12 2008, 01:16 PM) Lo... Nov 12 2008, 07:18 PM masterofm Hit them with a tactical nuke?
Escalation. First... Nov 12 2008, 06:57 PM Warlordtheft For response time by lonestar to a public disturba... Nov 12 2008, 07:01 PM Drogos I agree with overwhelming numbers but a police for... Nov 12 2008, 07:03 PM BlueMax Original subject:
Modifiers and mass numbers. The... Nov 12 2008, 07:13 PM sunnyside QUOTE (Drogos @ Nov 12 2008, 02:03 PM) I ... Nov 12 2008, 07:20 PM kzt QUOTE (Drogos @ Nov 12 2008, 12:03 PM) I ... Nov 12 2008, 08:14 PM Cantankerous First off, I'm a 3rd edition GM so not ALL of ... Nov 12 2008, 07:06 PM Drogos That type of mentality is for when collateral dama... Nov 12 2008, 07:25 PM krayola red Don't forget about Edge! Give all your NPC... Nov 12 2008, 07:26 PM Ruin-Gar QUOTE (krayola red @ Nov 12 2008, 02:26 P... Nov 12 2008, 08:12 PM Muspellsheimr Grunts are supposed to possess a "Group Edge... Nov 12 2008, 08:30 PM Fortune As has been said ... Mooks, Modifiers and Tactics ... Nov 12 2008, 08:33 PM krayola red You gotta remember to be selective with modifiers ... Nov 12 2008, 08:47 PM DocTaotsu Some other things:
Area jammers + wi-fi inhibiting... Nov 12 2008, 09:34 PM Rasumichin QUOTE (DocTaotsu @ Nov 12 2008, 10:34 PM)... Nov 12 2008, 10:48 PM hyzmarca Three words for ya: Fully Destructible Environment... Nov 12 2008, 10:11 PM DocTaotsu Go watch Aliens and Predator and then run that enc... Nov 12 2008, 10:12 PM Kurious This thread is so full of win.
Don't limit yo... Nov 12 2008, 10:48 PM Muspellsheimr SQUIRRELS!
Seriously, squirrels are the sourc... Nov 12 2008, 11:21 PM masterofm They shoot their teeth you know. Nov 13 2008, 12:20 AM Cardul Just one thing:
BOOM, baby, boom!
Seriously: ... Nov 13 2008, 06:10 AM kzt In many ways I think it's better for the playe... Nov 13 2008, 07:03 AM Rasumichin Of course, there are players who would never consi... Nov 13 2008, 12:21 PM Sceptic QUOTE (Rasumichin @ Nov 14 2008, 01:21 AM... Nov 13 2008, 12:53 PM ornot If a player is too dumb to retreat when he's b... Nov 13 2008, 01:42 PM Ravor Agreed ornot, death is the only cure for the stupi... Nov 13 2008, 05:05 PM MaxMahem I think one thing that is important to remember (a... Nov 14 2008, 12:14 AM DocTaotsu This is certainly true. Your job as a GM is to gi... Nov 14 2008, 04:06 AM hyzmarca No, you don't pull out another Wendigo to up t... Nov 14 2008, 04:21 AM krayola red QUOTE (hyzmarca @ Nov 13 2008, 09:21 PM) ... Nov 15 2008, 02:11 AM hyzmarca QUOTE (krayola red @ Nov 14 2008, 09:11 P... Nov 15 2008, 02:37 AM DocTaotsu What hyz said. That's so much cooler than an ... Nov 14 2008, 04:27 AM kzt As a player, if I carefully figure out how to crus... Nov 14 2008, 04:44 AM DocTaotsu Yeah, you definitely want to avoid voiding all you... Nov 14 2008, 05:10 AM Hagga Someone on /tg/ pointed out a while back that the ... Nov 14 2008, 05:20 AM Ravor I have to disagree, I think it is bad DMing to scu... Nov 14 2008, 09:39 PM Rotbart van Dainig QUOTE (krayola red @ Nov 15 2008, 04:11 A... Nov 15 2008, 02:39 AM  |
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