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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 6035796" data-attributes="member: 20323"><p>Cool lightning rail story! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>For story reasons, the castle seems like a best fit. It's the king's 18th birthday, it's a way to rally the PCs, and it's a familiar touchstone from a past campaign. That said I'm definitely doing something along the lines that [MENTION=6684526]GreyICE[/MENTION] suggests...especially like the idea of activating ancient magical defenses of some kind.</p><p></p><p></p><p>They'll be 10th level. I'd like this to be a very hard adventure that plays from beginning to end in one 4-hour session, and for there to be a real possibility the PCs might fail to repel the dragon without some lateral thinking.</p><p></p><p>Rules-wise, I'm looking at a heavily modified adult red dragon (CL15) because, well, it's iconic! And a full frontal assault would be more a red dragon's style than other dragons I think. I'm planning on running it using AngryDM's boss monster blog on 3-phase solos as a guideline.</p><p></p><p>Story-wise, I have to work some things out: Why is the dragon attacking on the king's 18th birthday celebration? What is the attack's connection to the orb of dragonkind gifted to the king by a visiting emissary? Who is behind the dragon attack? Are they controlling the dragon magically or do they have an alliance?</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 6035796, member: 20323"] Cool lightning rail story! :) For story reasons, the castle seems like a best fit. It's the king's 18th birthday, it's a way to rally the PCs, and it's a familiar touchstone from a past campaign. That said I'm definitely doing something along the lines that [MENTION=6684526]GreyICE[/MENTION] suggests...especially like the idea of activating ancient magical defenses of some kind. They'll be 10th level. I'd like this to be a very hard adventure that plays from beginning to end in one 4-hour session, and for there to be a real possibility the PCs might fail to repel the dragon without some lateral thinking. Rules-wise, I'm looking at a heavily modified adult red dragon (CL15) because, well, it's iconic! And a full frontal assault would be more a red dragon's style than other dragons I think. I'm planning on running it using AngryDM's boss monster blog on 3-phase solos as a guideline. Story-wise, I have to work some things out: Why is the dragon attacking on the king's 18th birthday celebration? What is the attack's connection to the orb of dragonkind gifted to the king by a visiting emissary? Who is behind the dragon attack? Are they controlling the dragon magically or do they have an alliance? :D [/QUOTE]
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