GrimCo
Hero
Nice, that's a pretty good story to remember! I don't think it's totally representative of things, though, considering you essentially got surprise, got a bit lucky, and the Balor was dumb. Still, sounds like a good memory
It certainly is. It was one of those sessions you remember and jokingly retell with friends. To this day we bust his balls (friend that DMed that game) any time he mentions Balors. Just like they joke about me being "killer DM" since most of my campaigns tend to end with TPK or worse ( to my defense i run almost exclusively Ravenloft/CoC hybrid or Dark Sun campaigns).
When i run normal high fantasy games, they end at lv 10. At that level, characters are know players in the realm. They get land, titles, strongholds, 2ed ad&d style. They have power, so now they get some responsibility with that. No more running around killing critters Sir Fighter, you have meeting with financial magistrate about budget for road upkeep