Current Events > Just rolled up a random encounter for tonight's D&D game.

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Rolled a 40...son of a bitch

no CE i'm not sicking 1d8 worgs on a level 1 party. That'll almost guarantee multiple deaths. How do I turn 1d8 giant goats into an interesting encounter though? they're goats...they'll just run away. Or ask for food.

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Make them scream, which will attract 1d8 worgs unless they're killed quickly.

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If they eat the blue grass on the field they turn into man eating devil goats that gain venom

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Let the party Intimidate guy do that.

On a fail, they asked for it.

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And then side quest for location of Bluegrass, which was created by demented hillbillies

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Goatsensation posted...

Rolled a 40...son of a bitch

no CE i'm not sicking 1d8 worgs on a level 1 party. That'll almost guarantee multiple deaths. How do I turn 1d8 giant goats into an interesting encounter though? they're goats...they'll just run away. Or ask for food.

But that just makes it more interesting, like, what if it didn't kill them.

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They've been enchanted by a local Druid to protect something.

Maybe the players can bribe them with food to convince them to lead them to whatever they are protecting.

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Giant fainting goats
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The blue grass hillbillies in turn were brainwashed to do the bidding of the Great Goat Wizard, who wants little more than the complete control of earth for all Goat Kind

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Goats don't ask for food, they just eat what they want! irl at least, no idea about d&d whatsoever

So hows about having them approach the party calmly and, when they're in range, have them (or roll for them, I dunno) eat a piece of equipment or item held by the nearest player? Goes from no danger to "That fucking goat just ate my sword!"

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Goatsensation posted...

Rolled a 40...son of a bitch

no CE i'm not sicking 1d8 worgs on a level 1 party. That'll almost guarantee multiple deaths. How do I turn 1d8 giant goats into an interesting encounter though? they're goats...they'll just run away. Or ask for food.

1 Worg probably won't kill the entire party. Multiple worgs might knock them all to zero hp and unconscious, at which point they all wake up at (fill in the blank location) because an NPC you were going to introduce to them later in the campaign saved their bacon.

The giant goats could all be having a really bad day and want a fight. Or they're being herded by that NPC you were going to introduce to them anyway.

Or you can invoke one of the privileges of being the DM and roll over. Or just pick something from the list that you and your party will have more fun encountering. That's the fun of being the DM!

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So tempted to go to one sunday night. It's sn hour away though.
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goats don't necessarily run away at least in the real world. Goats are kind of assholes and charge people just because they can. If you want to have a unique encounter do something along the lines of:

You hear a distant loud sound. As you try to process what could have made that sound, the earth beneath your feet starts to shake. Suddenly, the trees from a nearby forest start to part, and with one loud bang a multitude of them come crashing down towards your party. Eyes as black as night pierce your gaze and you realize what has just happened. A herd of gigantic goats come charging over the fallen trees towards your party. A nearby farmer screams and shouts "run for your lives". Engage combat.

Then you could use the old "the chemicals that we use to increase the size of our crops must have leaked into the nearby river, causing animals who drink it to grow larger than normal."

The goats were belligerent and drunk from the beer at the harvest festival.

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You're the DM, just do what you want. If you want the Worgs, and roll more than a 1, make them have less stats. If it's just 1, let it have full stats. 2 of them? Make that a 1d6 on a Hit and not a 2d6. Make the encounter a d4, and not a d8

If you want to do the Giant Goats, and need a reason why, you can always just make it be some kid that's a Wild Magic Sorcerer.

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Had a lot of fun DMing for this group. It's a roll20 campaign so normally you get some weirdos but they all seem like normal people so far.

They encountered the goats who I made majorly messed up because nature magic is getting fucky in the area. I had one of the dark druids observe them in raven form distance away. The fight itself was fun af. The goats attacked them near a pit trap and their whole schtick is pushing people around the battlefield.
I thought they'd be totally decimated but some of the Tasha's material is a lot stronger than I predicted it would be and they pulled through.

They're going after a goblin fortress in the forest, which is way off course and going to be very difficult for them according to the module, but they'll probably come out on top.

The party make up is a Warlock, Two Bards, a Sorcerer, and a Druid. We had a barbarian join mid session but he peaced out after like 5 minutes of actual play. Such is the life of Roll20 players.

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1d3 taylor swifts and 1d8 goats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh6c0SOfkH4

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Why does every warlock have to be an eldritch blast spammer? The class is versatile af you don't need to do one thing over and over again!

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Goatsensation posted...

Why does every warlock have to be an eldritch blast spammer? The class is versatile af you don't need to do one thing over and over again!

Fucking facts!

I even go out of my way to never pick up Eldritch Blast. I really like this set up

https://i.imgur.com/llgXTMC.png
https://i.imgur.com/pZQdd20.png
https://i.imgur.com/sOs6r4b.png

Spider Walking assassin that can see in Magical Darkness and talk to people with their mind. Darkness cover and me slicing people up with my Pact Weapon is fun, and then I try to always have a great bow with me to stay up in the corners shooting things

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Goatsensation posted...

Why does every warlock have to be an eldritch blast spammer? The class is versatile af you don't need to do one thing over and over again!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C1K0-Typfg

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EB is fine, but like TC said, "They," spam it. Warlock, because of the awesome Evocations, can do pretty much everything, but like they said, it's just EB over and over again. It's like playing against Mil in MTG, M/C/S in MvC2, Oddjob in Goldeneye, ect

Warlock can do everything, so why do you all do only 1?

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Goatsensation posted...

Why does every warlock have to be an eldritch blast spammer? The class is versatile af you don't need to do one thing over and over again!

Because their spell slots suck otherwise. Because everyone can use a ranged option and Eldritch Blast is a billion times better than the other options for a Warlock. Because it has a full array of Invocation support, including battlefield control and use of environmental hazards. Because with the exception of a Hexblade you're purposely hampering yourself and your party if you don't utilize it.

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Goatsensation posted...

Why does every warlock have to be an eldritch blast spammer? The class is versatile af you don't need to do one thing over and over again!

The class is versatile, yes.

However a 1st level warlock has one(1, singular, uno, eine, un, ichi) spell slot. They get a second at 2nd but don't get a third until 11th. This leaves warlocks to be far more dependent on their cantrip game and EB is by far the best option.

If one wants to build without it that's fine, there are certainly other cantrips and mundane weapon choices, but unless short rests are being handed out like candy then they are going to spend most of the day burned out of slots and rellying on those at will options.

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You had not one, but two bards in the party?

Theyre going to be fighting each other over which one gets to seduce which boss.

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meralonne posted...

Theyre going to be fighting each other over which one gets to seduce which boss.

Unless they're into the wonders of sodomy, in which they can all get together and [censored].

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meralonne posted...

You had not one, but two bards in the party?

Theyre going to be fighting each other over which one gets to seduce which boss.

Well at least theyre D and D bards. Imagine the effectiveness of two Edwards from FF4.