Throm vs the Pit Trap

Bill · August 05, 2014, 01:22:06 PM

Played 5e yesterday, the characters being level 4 and exploring the Caves of Chaos.

My character is the defacto 'thief'. I am a Fighter with the criminal background, and despite being a capable fighter, am also good at thievery.

But....We blundered into a trap, and I was the only one to fall into a pit, that closes up.

Someone above the pit said "Do we have anyone that can figure out how to open it?" One reply was "Yea...he's in the pit"

The rest of the party got ambushed by goblins and giant rats while I tried to escape the pit, with no success.

Eventually, after a battle, the party freed my 'Thief' from the pit trap.

Awesome fun!

I did get to bash an animated kobold skeleton in the pit.

Simlasa · August 05, 2014, 02:24:39 PM

Reminds me of one of the first Pathfinder sessions I played, where another PC and I were hunting a bear. We dug a pit trap... that I promptly fumbled into... then the bear came along and guy up top got mauled and knocked into the pit as well. Eventually half the party was down in that pit with me... all nursing wounds and waiting for someone to come along and kill that damned bear.
Awesome bottom-level fun indeed!

Bill · August 05, 2014, 02:38:01 PM

Quote from: Simlasa;776168Reminds me of one of the first Pathfinder sessions I played, where another PC and I were hunting a bear. We dug a pit trap... that I promptly fumbled into... then the bear came along and guy up top got mauled and knocked into the pit as well. Eventually half the party was down in that pit with me... all nursing wounds and waiting for someone to come along and kill that damned bear.
Awesome bottom-level fun indeed!

I hope that bear gained a level!

Reminds me of the 'Luckiest Hobgoblin in the World'

1E dnd game, level 5 ish characters.

The characters were battling a large group of humanoids and got so wounded, most of the pc's were barely alive with a few hp at best.

In this chaotic mess one Hobgoblin got three kills on PC's.

He earned the 'Star of Hextor' medal

Hextor is the god of war, discord, massacres, conflict, fitness, and tyranny.

Cause to do all of that well, ya gotta be Fit!

Matt · August 05, 2014, 11:51:11 PM

Sounds like fun! Falling into pit traps is classic D&D!

How does 5th edition AD&D compare to 1st and 2nd? I haven't played any D&D since 2nd was new except for one pick-up game in '00 or '01 (3rd edition?) and a couple of one-shots of "Labyrinth Lord" (which appears to be Basic D&D with a new name) last year. No idea what has changed from one edition to another since 2nd (which I liked).

Daztur · August 06, 2014, 12:03:06 AM

At least for me 5ed feels like "3ed done right." But it doesn`t really focus on a lot of the stuff that 3.5ed didn`t focus on.

Matt · August 06, 2014, 12:25:50 AM

Quote from: Daztur;776453At least for me 5ed feels like "3ed done right." But it doesn`t really focus on a lot of the stuff that 3.5ed didn`t focus on.

I've never read 3rd and not even sure what "3.5" would mean...last edition I owned was 2nd. All I have now is Basic, Expert, and Companion D&D gathering dust on my shelf.

Simlasa · August 06, 2014, 12:55:09 AM

I thought Castles & Crusades was '3e done right'?

jadrax · August 06, 2014, 04:45:24 AM

Quote from: Matt;776449Sounds like fun! Falling into pit traps is classic D&D!

How does 5th edition AD&D compare to 1st and 2nd? I haven't played any D&D since 2nd was new except for one pick-up game in '00 or '01 (3rd edition?) and a couple of one-shots of "Labyrinth Lord" (which appears to be Basic D&D with a new name) last year. No idea what has changed from one edition to another since 2nd (which I liked).

The rules are a lot more standardized. basically almost every task is resolved by rolling a d20, adding a modifier from Ability and Proficiency, and trying to beat a target number.

So to hit someone its roll d20, + Strength Mod + Weapon Proficiency trying to roll over your targets AC (Which not gets higher as you get better armour).

For an elf to spot a secret door, its roll d20 + Wisdom Mod + Perception Proficiency versus the DC of the door.

Bill · August 06, 2014, 08:10:32 AM

Quote from: Matt;776464I've never read 3rd and not even sure what "3.5" would mean...last edition I owned was 2nd. All I have now is Basic, Expert, and Companion D&D gathering dust on my shelf.

I can't speak for everyone, but dnd has three flavors as far as dnd 'feels' to me.

1) Everything 2E and older (plus the new retro versions of such)

2) 3X: 3E, 3.5, Pathhfinder, d20 versions

3) 4E

So far 5E feels more like a cleaned up 1E to me than anything else.

I am liking it.

Jame Rowe · August 07, 2014, 09:57:44 PM

Quote from: Bill;776544I can't speak for everyone, but dnd has three flavors as far as dnd 'feels' to me.

1) Everything 2E and older (plus the new retro versions of such)

2) 3X: 3E, 3.5, Pathhfinder, d20 versions

3) 4E

So far 5E feels more like a cleaned up 1E to me than anything else.

I am liking it.

With some extra power, yes.