I knew this guy
Let me tell you about this guy I
knew. He showed me his pride and joy, his Paladin
Lord. He had been playing this D&D character for
years. He had so much treasure and equipment it took twelve
sheets of paper to list it all. He told me "This guy
is so good, he can beat six baalrogs single handedly."
I was interested so I examined the sheets a little closer and
told him I could beat this Paladin Lord with just six baalrogs.
We arranged a time and place to have it
out with paper and pencils. He started getting nervous and
saying things like...
"I want all my equipment to act like it
always has. I don't want any of the magic rules to suddenly
change under my feet. I don't want to be anywhere strange;
in fact, I want to start out in the bedroom of my own castle in
my own world. I don't want..."
"Relax, it'll be a fair fight." I
said. "You're fully armed and armoured, standing in
the master bedroom of your castle when a portal opens up in one
wall. Through the portal you see a one hundred foot by one
hundred foot stone platform, floating in the middle of the
abyss. It comes flush right up to your wall. Standing
on the opposite side are six baalrogs, waiting. What do you
do?"
"I ready my holy avenger and close to
attack."
"The six baalrogs combine their
telekenesis and toss you into the abyss where your character is
lost forever."
"What!?" he said.
"I added up the encumbrance total of all
twelve sheets of loot you have there, and the combined
telekenisis of six baalrogs can lift more than that. See
here... and the begining of the section on Demons where it says
abilities all demons have?"
He checked the numbers and admitted
defeat. It was a new experience for him. He had never
been beaten by encumbrance before. I have found that the
basics are usually the best way to beat the high and mighty.
David Michael Grouchy II