I agree with almost all of your points but I think every once in awhile putting your PCs in a fight somewhere completly unfit for a fight is pretty awesome. Having a fight where nothing works well cause the scenarios just sucks ass is a very different experience and can lead to some very memorable battles because so much goes wrong. As long as you use this to throw the players for a loop very sparingly it is great.
That's a good take. It'll also teach the PC's to appreciate a decently working plan (from their side) and suitable place for combat even more. Like you said, on occasion that can be a lot of fun (actually had an encounter like that not that long ago in my own D&D campaign. Wouldn't want to have it occur too often though. However, and I think that's what you're saying as well, there are multiple factors/elements that can contribute to an encounter. If your entire plan just goes to hell and you end up fighting a strong enemy in a confined space with no room for character placement that can be hilarious and memorable encounter for sure. I guess I may have forgotten to mention that in the video. ;)
@@fakefairytale05 Ye that's exactly what I mean. I remeber this one time my PCs were fighting in a super tight corridor in a cave and the barbarian was unable to draw his greatsword cause it was super confined, so he resorted to wrestling and ground and pounding the enemies, it was great.
Beautiful map. I wish I was half as fluent using the path tool to create such a vivid and alive map.
Why thank you, practice and patience will get you a long way I can tell you that. Just keep at it!
I agree with almost all of your points but I think every once in awhile putting your PCs in a fight somewhere completly unfit for a fight is pretty awesome. Having a fight where nothing works well cause the scenarios just sucks ass is a very different experience and can lead to some very memorable battles because so much goes wrong. As long as you use this to throw the players for a loop very sparingly it is great.
That's a good take. It'll also teach the PC's to appreciate a decently working plan (from their side) and suitable place for combat even more. Like you said, on occasion that can be a lot of fun (actually had an encounter like that not that long ago in my own D&D campaign. Wouldn't want to have it occur too often though.
However, and I think that's what you're saying as well, there are multiple factors/elements that can contribute to an encounter. If your entire plan just goes to hell and you end up fighting a strong enemy in a confined space with no room for character placement that can be hilarious and memorable encounter for sure. I guess I may have forgotten to mention that in the video. ;)
@@fakefairytale05 Ye that's exactly what I mean. I remeber this one time my PCs were fighting in a super tight corridor in a cave and the barbarian was unable to draw his greatsword cause it was super confined, so he resorted to wrestling and ground and pounding the enemies, it was great.
@@DakonBlackblade2 ha! That sounds epic.
Excellent moment to be a Barbarian.
That's some solid advice, thx man
No problem! Glad I can help.
Now it's perfect :)
Thanks for pointing it out the first time. Seemed like something worth fixing! :)