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<blockquote data-quote="glass" data-source="post: 9006357" data-attributes="member: 12251"><p>One of the players' wives is a huge Mario fan, and both her husband and the other player had promised they would go and see the new Mario movie. It turned out that the only time they could all make it was Sunday evening.</p><p></p><p>I was invited to join them, but I pointedly had not promised to do so and politely declined. In the list of things I would like to do, paying money to watch that film with a married couple, their kids, and another friend probably ranks just above disembowling myself with spears but well below holding a chicken in the air or sticking a deckchair up my nose.</p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">(Anyone get the reference?)</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Last session, they did this:</p><p></p><p><em>Abomination Vaults</em> is a pretty old school design in that the deeper you go the more dangerous everything gets (if perhaps less so in other respects). Each level of the dungeon is designed for one character level, and although there is obviously some variability within each dungeon level, every level counts for a lot in PF2.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, having had one fairly-tough fight at the beginning of the session (level 3, so not something beyond the scope of what could have been on the level above but still a tough fight for level 1 characters), they found a secret door leading a set of stairs down to the third level. And to my utter astonishment, they seriously debated heading downstairs!</p><p></p><p>Now, bear in mind that they were considering this while one of the casters was out of spell slots, and several characters were down on hitpoints (they seem to have a weird aversion to getting all their hp back after a fight).</p><p></p><p>Anyway, cooler heads prevailed and they remained on level 2: They did a bit more exploring, then ran into a level 4 [ISPOILER]shadow[/ISPOILER]. It did not help that it won initiative and critted their toughest character twice in the first round before anyone could act. Fortunately, it was bound to the room and could not follow them out, otherwise it would have been a TPK for sure.</p><p></p><p>They retreated back to town, healed up, and bought some healing potions and scrolls for next time. Then they decided to finish clearing the first level before heading back downstairs, but we will pick that up next time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="glass, post: 9006357, member: 12251"] One of the players' wives is a huge Mario fan, and both her husband and the other player had promised they would go and see the new Mario movie. It turned out that the only time they could all make it was Sunday evening. I was invited to join them, but I pointedly had not promised to do so and politely declined. In the list of things I would like to do, paying money to watch that film with a married couple, their kids, and another friend probably ranks just above disembowling myself with spears but well below holding a chicken in the air or sticking a deckchair up my nose. [SIZE=2] (Anyone get the reference?)[/SIZE] Last session, they did this: [I]Abomination Vaults[/I] is a pretty old school design in that the deeper you go the more dangerous everything gets (if perhaps less so in other respects). Each level of the dungeon is designed for one character level, and although there is obviously some variability within each dungeon level, every level counts for a lot in PF2. Anyway, having had one fairly-tough fight at the beginning of the session (level 3, so not something beyond the scope of what could have been on the level above but still a tough fight for level 1 characters), they found a secret door leading a set of stairs down to the third level. And to my utter astonishment, they seriously debated heading downstairs! Now, bear in mind that they were considering this while one of the casters was out of spell slots, and several characters were down on hitpoints (they seem to have a weird aversion to getting all their hp back after a fight). Anyway, cooler heads prevailed and they remained on level 2: They did a bit more exploring, then ran into a level 4 [ISPOILER]shadow[/ISPOILER]. It did not help that it won initiative and critted their toughest character twice in the first round before anyone could act. Fortunately, it was bound to the room and could not follow them out, otherwise it would have been a TPK for sure. They retreated back to town, healed up, and bought some healing potions and scrolls for next time. Then they decided to finish clearing the first level before heading back downstairs, but we will pick that up next time. [/QUOTE]
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