Good news, it was only Power Word Pain so. That was nice.

  • MouseKeyboard@ttrpg.network
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    3 months ago

    For those who don’t get it

    Power Word Kill

    You utter a word of power that can compel one creature you can see within range to die instantly. If the creature you choose has 100 hit points or fewer, it dies. Otherwise, the spell has no effect.

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    3 months ago

    As a DM you should not be asking your players about their HP totals directly in order to target them with Power Words (or Sleep)

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      3 months ago

      As a DM, I don’t think you should be using Power Word Kill at all. “I’ve set up this awesome encounter that you’re all going to love. Except you. You’ll have to sit this one out.”

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        3 months ago

        There are ways. You could, for example, set up a bbeg where that’s his whole deal. The townsfolk are scared of this guy because he has the supernatural power to just kill you, straight-up. Maybe the questline leading up to their encounter involves the players finding defenses or counters or sabotaging his supply of spell components or whatever, such that, if they DO get power-word-killed, it’s because they had ample opportunities to not, and failed to take them.

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          3 months ago

          Components: V

          DM, of course, can change that. But it is called “power word…”