Timeline for How do I include players too scared to take action?
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| May 8, 2023 at 16:12 | vote | accept | Shadomew | ||
| May 5, 2023 at 18:44 | comment | added | V2Blast | "It's not so easy for a character to die in 5E anyway, at 2hp they're still a long way from dying." – This isn't very true at level 1, especially for a character with a max HP of 8. For instance, bugbears, a common CR 1 enemy, do an extra die of damage with melee weapons; 2d8+2 damage does an average of 11 damage, which is enough to knock out most level 1 characters even at full health. For a character at 2 out of 8 HP, that damage would be enough to cause instant death. | |
| May 3, 2023 at 15:11 | history | edited | AnnaAG | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 3, 2023 at 14:51 | comment | added | NotArch | I think if you can discuss your experience with the module and why you didn't have the split party issue would be great addition. OP seems convinced that module is set for splits. | |
| May 3, 2023 at 14:45 | comment | added | AnnaAG | @NautArch I did play through but didn't have this issue. Like I said, I don't let a single player rest on their own and one of my reasons is to prevent a situation like this from happening | |
| May 3, 2023 at 14:03 | comment | added | NotArch | Your answer is on-target for a general answer, but this is about a specific module. Have you played it? Did you discover the same issue? How did you resolve it? | |
| May 3, 2023 at 13:45 | comment | added | Shadomew | I see where you're coming from, but I feel splitting is incentivized specifically in Keys from the Golden Vault. To run a proper heist, very rarely is everyone involved in same location at all times. You call it a pattern, but this is one of the few times the party has split. Our group has been together for a few years and we religiously believe in the mantra "Don't split the party." I was honestly surprised that the group did split up for this mission. | |
| May 3, 2023 at 13:37 | comment | added | AnnaAG | @Shadomew I think I see a pattern here. D&D is generally not a system that handles split party well. It works best if the party stays together and works together. Perhaps reminding your players of this is in order. | |
| May 3, 2023 at 13:29 | comment | added | Shadomew | I will add that the healer had been separated from the party because of some in-game miscommunication and the characters had no method of contacting them without seeing them in person. I did not provide them with any healing potions at the start, but they had made note of that out loud at the beginning of the heist. | |
| May 3, 2023 at 13:23 | history | answered | AnnaAG | CC BY-SA 4.0 |