Re: OOC Community Chat 5
Vacations are fun, even if they aren't paid. I just recently bought Temple of Elemental Evil. I'm well aware of the Circle of Eight patch, but I want to beat the unpatched game first. So I needed a way to survive long enough, thus I made a very potent party(not that potent) and started to grind before taking quests (All of them named after a player archetype or phrase)
-Grieffer, a fighter with high stats. I was going to make him a chain fighter, but forgot about it. True Neutral
-BadWrong Fun, a paladin with good stats. Uses a reach weapon for high efficiency. LG (obvious).
-Muchkin, a wizard with high Int, high Con and Dex, poor Cha. Specializes in conjuration, so far he has endangered the group as often as helped them.
-Powergamer, a cleric focussed on combat, not Codzilla yet, but evntually. NG.
-Scrub, the only PC using point buy instead of a huge number of rerolls, as her names indicates she is the anti-optimized one in the party. Elven Sorceress, as of 3rd level she has 4 HP. She is like the pet of the party, if she falls early it mark a TPK.
The party had recruited the thief NPC to use as a crutch, but once they hit 3rd level I decided it was time to betray him and loot the body, and starting from there I said "forget this, let's go into a rampage". After I killed the grumpy old man with his sheep, I noticed the paladin had fallen. So I went to atone and the cleric went out and slaughtered the party. Lots of fun. I really love this game, I'm thinking I should treat it as a sandbox instead of trying to beat it.