• notabot@piefed.social
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    4 days ago

    You know you’re in trouble when they don’t even bother with vicious mockery, and just laugh. The damage bypasses your character and hits the player directly.

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      4 days ago

      This would unironically be awesome at the end of a cosmic horror themed campaign. Some elder god the PCs have antagonized turns to the players and addresses them directly - not their characters, but the players - in a fourth-wall-breaking moment, acknowledging their existence and directly threatening them. Then the DM breaks out health and sanity bars for everyone at the table, and starts ticking off damage on them.

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        Exactly, that’s how you know you’re truly at the endgame boss! Instead of attacking your characters, someone challenges you directly… Anyway, roll for initiative.