>user we want a harder game, go balls to the wall "K'" >Enemy armed with a crossbow that creates and fires a +10 magic bolt when a lie is spoken aloud >"WAAAHHH IT'S TOO HARD" >Have to deal with an Aka Manto causing problems in "Japan", they do zero research and go and tackle it. Party member on the shitter is grievously wounded before it's driven off after asking for red paper. >"WAAAAHHHH TOO HARD!! ;.; ;.; ;.;" >A golem made of aurorum which can effortlessly regenerate itself by scooping up its parts >"WAAAHHHHH WE CAN'T KILL IT" >Challenged to battle by a crippled hero who cannot be slain in a single blow, but is so wrought with bodily damage he has negative max hitpoints. >"WAAAHHH WE CAN'T EVEN HURT HIM!"
Can't fucking win with these people. And yes, each of these encounters had a solution available to the party's current status.
Sounds like you're trying to get your players to come up with your clever solution, rather than invent one on their own.
Jaxon Robinson
That's what they asked for, they specifically mentioned "puzzle bosses" and "Things we can't just hack to death". Each had its own solution, but I'm the kind of person that would let you instakill mithril animated armor by casting open/close on its armor straps.
In all honesty, the only one with an actually difficult solution is the last one. The solution is to buff his constitution so he goes into positive hitpoints and then kill him
Julian Wilson
Your solution doesn't work on unwilling targets.
Hudson Sanchez
>+10 magical bolt crossbow This doesn't sound like a 'puzzle boss'. It sounds more like a fuckyou amount of damage triggered by saying "OP has sex with women on a regular basis". >Aka Manto I have no idea what that is, and your players probably didn't either. >Regenerating golem Unless there's an environmental solution (Chasm, antimagic circles, etc), this sounds like a "Hit it hard enough that it can't regenerate and keep it away from the parts" solution. >Negative max hitpoints Bruh what
Dominic Miller
That crossbow isn't a puzzle at all, its owner can just lie as much as he wants even if your players don't.
Michael Morgan
>Negative max hitpoints
That whole sentence is just "what" and more "WHAT."
Michael Phillips
Zone of Truth. Crossbow is now useless.
Wyatt Thomas
You can save against beneficial spells, but outright refusing them isn't usually an option.
If you have less than 5 hitpoints per level, negative levels can bring you to negative max hitpoints. If you lack the diehard feat though you'll go into a perpetual coma until they're removed.
Lucas Cooper
.... So what matter of fuckery turns negative max hitpoints into immortality?
