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<blockquote data-quote="Sparky McDibben" data-source="post: 9173406" data-attributes="member: 7041430"><p>First up, if you're playing in my "Augustus Giovanni Must Die" campaign, GO AWAY. </p><p></p><p>No really. Kick rocks. </p><p></p><p>[SPOILER=Context]Alright, so the city in my current sandbox urban campaign is menaced by crazy sewer people empowered by a rift to the Far Realms located deep under the sewers. My PCs want to close this rift for various reasons. One of them asked me once, "Hey, is there like a god of order?" and I, being a dummy-McDum-dum, said, "Well, there's Primus. He's the progenitor of the modrons and he lives on Mechanus." And my player was like, "Cool, I want him to help us close this rift."</p><p></p><p>And now I'm like, "Uhhhh...."[/SPOILER]</p><p></p><p>[SPOILER=My First-Run Thoughts]So my initial thought here is that Mechanus is dealing with some kind of threat that has absorbed Primus' attention. If the PCs can make the threat go bye-bye, Primus will grant them an audience.</p><p></p><p>So I need something so powerful that Primus can't <em>not</em> deal with it, but not <em>so</em> powerful it will wipe out my 13th level PCs. My initial thought is that there's a slaad invasion, and they're empowered by this Chaos artifact that's creating a beachhead onto Mechanus. Primus and the modrons are busy dealing with all the foot-soldier slaad who are running amok through Mechanus, leaving no resources free to take out the Chaos artifact. [/SPOILER]</p><p></p><p>[SPOILER=Actors]<strong>NPCs:</strong></p><p>Cute modron mascot for potential party adoption</p><p>Helpful djinn (planar merchant) who can explain the situation to the PCs</p><p></p><p><strong>Enemies: </strong></p><p><strong></strong>Strike teams: 1d4 red slaad, 1d4 blue slaad, and 1d4-2 green slaad (encountered en route to artifact, half hp and spell slots)</p><p>Defending Chaos Artifact: 1d6 red slaad, 1 blue slaad, 1d4-1 green slaad, 1 grey slaad (plus random battlefield effects from Chaos artifact)</p><p>Reinforcements From Limbo: 1d4 red slaad, 1 green slaad, 1 grey slaad, and 1 death slaad (appear as PCs go to take control of the Chaos artifact)[/SPOILER]</p><p></p><p>[SPOILER="What I Need From Y'all!"]I would love input on 1) how reasonable this setup is for a group of 5 13th level PCs (sorcerer with no damage spells, twilight cleric, Mercy monk, Bear barbarian, and swashbuckler rogue), 2) Setups y'all think are better than what I laid out, 'cuz I need all the help I can get, 3) Ways Primus can help the PCs without just solving the problem for them.[/SPOILER]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sparky McDibben, post: 9173406, member: 7041430"] First up, if you're playing in my "Augustus Giovanni Must Die" campaign, GO AWAY. No really. Kick rocks. [SPOILER=Context]Alright, so the city in my current sandbox urban campaign is menaced by crazy sewer people empowered by a rift to the Far Realms located deep under the sewers. My PCs want to close this rift for various reasons. One of them asked me once, "Hey, is there like a god of order?" and I, being a dummy-McDum-dum, said, "Well, there's Primus. He's the progenitor of the modrons and he lives on Mechanus." And my player was like, "Cool, I want him to help us close this rift." And now I'm like, "Uhhhh...."[/SPOILER] [SPOILER=My First-Run Thoughts]So my initial thought here is that Mechanus is dealing with some kind of threat that has absorbed Primus' attention. If the PCs can make the threat go bye-bye, Primus will grant them an audience. So I need something so powerful that Primus can't [I]not[/I] deal with it, but not [I]so[/I] powerful it will wipe out my 13th level PCs. My initial thought is that there's a slaad invasion, and they're empowered by this Chaos artifact that's creating a beachhead onto Mechanus. Primus and the modrons are busy dealing with all the foot-soldier slaad who are running amok through Mechanus, leaving no resources free to take out the Chaos artifact. [/SPOILER] [SPOILER=Actors][B]NPCs:[/B] Cute modron mascot for potential party adoption Helpful djinn (planar merchant) who can explain the situation to the PCs [B]Enemies: [/B]Strike teams: 1d4 red slaad, 1d4 blue slaad, and 1d4-2 green slaad (encountered en route to artifact, half hp and spell slots) Defending Chaos Artifact: 1d6 red slaad, 1 blue slaad, 1d4-1 green slaad, 1 grey slaad (plus random battlefield effects from Chaos artifact) Reinforcements From Limbo: 1d4 red slaad, 1 green slaad, 1 grey slaad, and 1 death slaad (appear as PCs go to take control of the Chaos artifact)[/SPOILER] [SPOILER="What I Need From Y'all!"]I would love input on 1) how reasonable this setup is for a group of 5 13th level PCs (sorcerer with no damage spells, twilight cleric, Mercy monk, Bear barbarian, and swashbuckler rogue), 2) Setups y'all think are better than what I laid out, 'cuz I need all the help I can get, 3) Ways Primus can help the PCs without just solving the problem for them.[/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]
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