New Posts For Thread: Apparently 26 goblins are an average encounter for a level 1 party! Wait, what??http://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29424749/Apparently_26_goblins_are_an_average_encounter_for_a_level_1_party!_Wait,_whatI'm glad they gave the monsters in the Beastiary another coat of paint. First off, I like the revisions to a lot of abilities!Zombie Fortitude trait: is an awesomely brilliant example of clever mechanics that don't inflate numbersDark Acolytes/AdeptsWell, if you're fighting 26 goblins in anything other than a flat, featureless environment, it's pretty hard for them not to bunch up.On topic: I just simulated two encounters between six 2nd-level Fighters on one side, and 2 wights, 8 zombies, and 1http://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29424749/Apparently_26_goblins_are_an_average_encounter_for_a_level_1_party!_Wait,_what?post_id=525338801#525338801Well, if you're fighting 26 goblins in anything other than a flat, featureless environment, it's pretty hard for them not to bunch up.On topic: I just simulated two encounters between six 2nd-level Fighters on one side, and 2 wights, 8 zombies, and 1Sun, 21 Oct 2012 17:54:37 -0500Well, that comes from not having the 3.5E books. :)It does make far more sense than the 4E square, and fits much better with the low-level spells than the quite large d20 SRD cone (which is what I used for reference). And I totally missed the descriphttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29424749/Apparently_26_goblins_are_an_average_encounter_for_a_level_1_party!_Wait,_what?post_id=525335815#525335815Well, that comes from not having the 3.5E books. :)It does make far more sense than the 4E square, and fits much better with the low-level spells than the quite large d20 SRD cone (which is what I used for reference). And I totally missed the descripSun, 21 Oct 2012 16:22:24 -0500From 3.5 and Pathfinder: 2.bp.blogspot.com/-MK8sWA8JC8A/T35ia8ZWv...[/quote]Oops, I misread the Cone rules in the How-To-Play pdf. It says "A cone's width at any given point is equal to its distance from the point of origin."Thus, a 15-ft cone extendhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29424749/Apparently_26_goblins_are_an_average_encounter_for_a_level_1_party!_Wait,_what?post_id=525335309#525335309From 3.5 and Pathfinder: 2.bp.blogspot.com/-MK8sWA8JC8A/T35ia8ZWv...[/quote]Oops, I misread the Cone rules in the How-To-Play pdf. It says "A cone's width at any given point is equal to its distance from the point of origin."Thus, a 15-ft cone extendSun, 21 Oct 2012 16:10:40 -0500And that's still asuming the Goblins bunch up in just the right formation for a cone spell to hit them.http://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29424749/Apparently_26_goblins_are_an_average_encounter_for_a_level_1_party!_Wait,_what?post_id=525334679#525334679And that's still asuming the Goblins bunch up in just the right formation for a cone spell to hit them.Sun, 21 Oct 2012 15:53:17 -0500From 3.5 and Pathfinder: 2.bp.blogspot.com/-MK8sWA8JC8A/T35ia8ZWv...http://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29424749/Apparently_26_goblins_are_an_average_encounter_for_a_level_1_party!_Wait,_what?post_id=525334399#525334399From 3.5 and Pathfinder: 2.bp.blogspot.com/-MK8sWA8JC8A/T35ia8ZWv...Sun, 21 Oct 2012 15:47:14 -0500