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Originally Posted by fba827  Very brief background of relevant details: |
Well, unfortunately, your description may be too brief, as it's hard to be sure what options you might best employ without knowing any real details of the boss.
But I imagine you wouldn't want your players reading this, so you may be choosing caution in that regard.
Still, thoughts...First, the mini-boss can always die...or the PC's can think he's dead and then have the boss come back. As an undead. As a clone. As a badly scarred and now really angry cyborg with breathing problems! Depending on the location, you can end the fight any number of ways that would seem like a victory, but leave you the option to add in a surprise. This may not work so well if any of the players are Order of the Stick fans though.
Second, you can scale down the power of the Royal Guard for the fight and the boss, to make it more evenly matched, or you can come up with some way to eliminate the guardsmen, perhaps a betrayal from within.
Another choice is have the place where the miniboss is under attack from somebody else when the PC's and guard arrive. Someone who may or may not be friendly to them. Watching the
cinematic from the Wrath of the Lich King may show how it could be set up.
That's about it for my thoughts. Not sure if any of these will work for you though.
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