Re: archery commentary

[Benjamin Austin <jedi@ecn.purdue.edu>]

On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Greg Mowczko wrote:

> > > So I need to be a better than average fire/air mage with one or two 
> > > combinations of spells from multiple groups to begin to take on some 
> > > shmoe 2/5 of a met away.  Sound unbalancing?
> > > 
> > > In the game that I ran last weekend, the players came up against a Keep 
> > > with ten guys on the wall with crossbows.  They had to cover an open 
> > > field of 600' and I informed the players that they were not extended 
> > > range crossbows.  The average rating was 24 and no one even attempted to 
> > > run across the field.
> >
> > And you had a party who didn't think apparently.  Wait till nightfall, sneak
> > in if you really need too.
> 
> Hey I think. Which brings up the question. BJ it was night how the hell could
> we see them and vice versa? Doooh. Forgot to call you on that. Oh well I did
> like the backup plan I came up with we just didn't have time to finish.

As you will recall, Greg, it was night fall and I said that there was 
sufficient ambient light to see about.  Perhaps I gave a little too much 
information for the distance covering but not neccessarily given that 
there where lanterns along the wall.  No one in the party got noticed 
until there was a loud thump created by Mike's character plummeting 40' 
to the ground.  Even then, had I not blown his move silently skill, he 
probably would have gotten away unnoticed.  The only time when the 
darkness was a big factor was when the party was in the forest where the 
light from the stars was very minimumal.  

But, please, don't be afraid to mention such things during the adventure.

BJ