Sean Merwin

called shot to the eye exactly we we try to hit it in the eye so it can't see us the first thing they're going to try to do it's it's fun yeah it's historical it's it's what rational adventurers would do but there's no way we can do that yeah there's no way we could do that uh even even something like make it have disadvantage on saves against the blinded condition.

called shot to the eye exactly we we try to hit it in the eye so it can't see us the first thing they're going to try to do it's it's fun yeah it's historical it's it's what rational adventurers would do but there's no way we can do that yeah there's no way we could do that uh even even something like make it have disadvantage on saves against the blinded condition.

Something so that the players feel like they're engaging with the monster in the way that they feel like they should be engaging with it, and you're rewarding them for it. Now, the risk of that, of course, is every encounter with the Cyclops from now until the end of time, the power gaming group is going to be like, well, we blind it.

Something so that the players feel like they're engaging with the monster in the way that they feel like they should be engaging with it, and you're rewarding them for it. Now, the risk of that, of course, is every encounter with the Cyclops from now until the end of time, the power gaming group is going to be like, well, we blind it.

And so it's that sort of thing that when I see a monster manual being made, I want the designers thinking about that.

And so it's that sort of thing that when I see a monster manual being made, I want the designers thinking about that.

It could possibly be. And I'm okay with the lore. I'm okay with this change to have them be something bigger.

It could possibly be. And I'm okay with the lore. I'm okay with this change to have them be something bigger.

Yeah, I see the Sentry as being just a plain old Cyclops.

Yeah, I see the Sentry as being just a plain old Cyclops.

Wes, I think I'm seeing the encounters that I would create. Yeah, so that's why I'm like, I'm fine with it. But I can totally understand that. I feel like we got about halfway through what we wanted to talk about.

Wes, I think I'm seeing the encounters that I would create. Yeah, so that's why I'm like, I'm fine with it. But I can totally understand that. I feel like we got about halfway through what we wanted to talk about.

So we have a topic for next week. We'll finish this off. Yeah, it sounds good.

So we have a topic for next week. We'll finish this off. Yeah, it sounds good.

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