I'd love to know the dice rolls, especially in combats. I get rhe impression that first attack was an exceptional roll. Did you use a morale check to determine how the other wolves responded?
I had to go back and read the raw data for this one.
There was a bit of back and forth misses between the wolves and Valeria that I edited out. The first hard attack was a nat 20, so I wrote the scene focusing on that. After she slew the first wolf, she rolled an unnatural 20 for intimidation which scared the rest of the pack off, after the violent end of their companion.
I read the back and forth a few times to figure out why I'd decided to write the scene the way I did. I couldn't imagine reading a passage in a book like something from RA Salvatore and listening to how they spend the first two rounds fumbling around missing each other.
Absolutely. That's the kind of thing that, for a narrative, you have to move over. Only reason to narrate a fumble is if it results in a dramatic failure for the PC. It took me a long time to come to terms with not including every single roll into the fiction.
I really enjoyed this chapter, felt like I was right there playing alongside Valeria. I'm looking forward to reading more
Thank you for reading! She is a fun character, buckle in. :D
I'd love to know the dice rolls, especially in combats. I get rhe impression that first attack was an exceptional roll. Did you use a morale check to determine how the other wolves responded?
I had to go back and read the raw data for this one.
There was a bit of back and forth misses between the wolves and Valeria that I edited out. The first hard attack was a nat 20, so I wrote the scene focusing on that. After she slew the first wolf, she rolled an unnatural 20 for intimidation which scared the rest of the pack off, after the violent end of their companion.
One of my least favorite things about to-hit mechanics is how often a string of misses, even on both sides, occur. It breaks that sense of immersion.
I read the back and forth a few times to figure out why I'd decided to write the scene the way I did. I couldn't imagine reading a passage in a book like something from RA Salvatore and listening to how they spend the first two rounds fumbling around missing each other.
Absolutely. That's the kind of thing that, for a narrative, you have to move over. Only reason to narrate a fumble is if it results in a dramatic failure for the PC. It took me a long time to come to terms with not including every single roll into the fiction.