Opposing rolls and opaning doors.

[Porphyre]

I will have soon I think the case of a PC party holding a door against a group of 2 Hit Dice monsters (they don't have a Magic-User with a Hold Portal spell nor spikes to wedge the door). 

I was thinking of rolling one six-sider by Hit Dice multiplied by the number of monsters againt one dice per member of the party holding the door (they are all men-sized)  plus streghth modifiers (+1 for every Strength score above 15). 

Any ideas or suggestions ? 

[Scott Anderson]

Unless the monsters are depicted as particularly strong (perhaps cavemen?) or are quadrupeds, just roll 1d6 per guy. On the PC side, you can add a +1 for any exceptional strength guys. It doesn't have to be complicated.

[simrion]

Unless they have a Cave Troll! Sorry I couldn't resist :-)

[countingwizard]

Aug 6, 2016 21:30:16 GMT -6 Scott Anderson said:

Unless the monsters are depicted as particularly strong (perhaps cavemen?) or are quadrupeds, just roll 1d6 per guy. On the PC side, you can add a +1 for any exceptional strength guys. It doesn't have to be complicated.

Very very good rule of thumb! Using damage dice from the LBB as an indicator of strength in an opposition roll.

[foxroe]

Another option is to roll "open doors" checks for everyone involved in barring/forcing the door (+1 to the roll for high Strength maybe). The party with the most successes "wins". I'd limit the action to three medium sized participants per side of the door.

[tkdco2]

Aug 23, 2016 14:27:59 GMT -6 simrion said:

Unless they have a Cave Troll! Sorry I couldn't resist :-)

I have a cave troll!


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And he sure can boogie!