Comments on: Bait & Switch: Tempting the Greedy

By: Tark

Tark — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:24:49 +0000

@ben: I’ll keep that in mind. I tend to use terms like that as a quick and easy shortcut to get the point across and save on my wordcount. But you’re right and I’ll keep that in mind.

@gabriel: IIRC the cherry flavored gelatinous cube was one of Gary Gygax’s more interesting inventions.

By: Art Chabolla

Art Chabolla — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:17:51 +0000

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By: Fenryx

Fenryx — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:11:09 +0000

Devious, simply devilish and delicious. As a GM these are simply lovely ideas to keep in my arsenal.

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:51:50 +0000

Oh I love this. The magic mouth one is particularly devious.

By: jim

jim — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:22:00 +0000

the last one reminds me of when I used an assassin against my players. He invited them into a dinning hall and offered flagons of wine to them. the wine was actually slime based creatures. they tested for poison and didnt detect any and only one of them drank it. it was a mess trying to describe the horrific way he was to die as it consumed him from the inside….lol.

By: Sersa V

Sersa V — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:47:33 +0000

Classic.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:50:02 +0000

This is a great article!

Though I’d like the last one more if I could find a spell book that had “Otto’s Gelatinous Cube Transformation to Edible Gel” spell in it.

By: Ben.

Ben. — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:24:38 +0000

“Simply hinting that the magical aura present before the characters is a free buff zone will be enough to make the least cautious of the group stumble blindly into the trap with open arms.”

I like this article, but I have to say that I *don’t* like this particular sentence– using the metagaming jargon in the middle of the article is jarring and inappropriate. This could have been expressed even better by saying:

“Simply hinting at a beneficial magical aura often encourages the least cautious of the group to stumble blindly and willingly into a trap.”

Using terms like “buff” just encourages their use in text. It’s fine for tabletalk, but it detracts from an otherwise great article.

-Ben.