Oct16
on October 16, 2012
First Base
I dig me some Fairy Tales. Or Faerie Tales as the cool kids say.
These were always a little tricky to pull off in D&D. The heroes are seldom pre-pubescent children who rely on their wits to survive, and cunning plans usually get dismissed in favour of sudden violence. There’s just less wonder in D&D and fantasy in general.
The monsters also tend to be a little less subtle and a little more overt threats. If a dire wolf wants to kill Little Redshirt Riding Hood it won’t dash over to grandma’s house first and engage in a little non-judgemental cross-dressing. Instead, B.B. Wolf will eat the little nameless NPC then pop over to grandmas for a dessert. Then kill the woodsman because he’s just a minion with Expert levels.
I just re-read Little Red Riding Hood, and she, the grandmother, and the woodsman seem more powerful relative to the wolf than you are giving them credit for. Not that the story has much to go on.
https://dnd-wiki.org/wiki/Empower_Royal_Kiss_(3.5e_Spell)