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Artificially Pausing for Monologues/Dying Words?

Started by RPGPundit, November 14, 2006, 10:29:45 AM

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Levi Kornelsen

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November 14, 2006, 04:22:12 PM
Quote from: jrientsI heartily endorse this position.

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November 14, 2006, 04:24:07 PM
Quote from: Levi KornelsenI heartily endorse this endorsement.

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fonkaygarry

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November 14, 2006, 04:28:53 PM
Quote from: RPGPunditThere are two issues with the "dying pause". If you do it in the middle of combat, your less emulation-minded players might say "why can't I just strike him dead while he's standing there talking???".
If it happens after, especially if its to a PC, they'll say "why can't I heal him?".
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Nicephorus

#18
November 14, 2006, 04:43:14 PM
Quote from: kregmosieri think we all know from movies and literature that you DO NOT INTERRUPT A SWEETASS FIGHT for that stuff. ;)

If done well, it makes the fight better.  Look at the example One Horse Town gave.  Or imagine a monster not known to have speaking ability blurting out "You still lose" after having their head cut off.  That might affect how the party fights the rest of those monsters.

I always keep it short, very short for minor characters.   A rule of thumb might be 1 word per HD/level.  That helps both with plausibility and lessening the interuption.

mythusmage

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November 14, 2006, 07:49:39 PM
Nothing ruins a death soliloquy like having the wound closed up with a touch.
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