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<blockquote data-quote="Dakkareth" data-source="post: 1120476" data-attributes="member: 9928"><p>If the fight is within the BBEG's lair, he should have some ways of escape open. </p><p>Triggered cave-ins in corridors are nice as are combinations of invisibility and an illusion of him running away through the door.</p><p></p><p>Also he could take a knocked-out party member as hostage or threaten, that other hostages will die, should he be killed. Of course, that could be a bluff, but are the PCs willing to take the risk?</p><p></p><p>Maybe some completely different danger arrives (eg the demon breaks out of the pentacle) and in the confusion the BBEG escapes or has to work together with the PCs to contain the menace.</p><p></p><p>Evil folks usually love to double-cross, what about a rival teleporting in and proceeding to fight the BBEG with mucho fireworks driving him away temporarily while the party can only watch.</p><p></p><p>Finally there are nice containment spells like wall of force and the like, which can imprison the PCs or keep them out long enough to call upon help (after the arrival the BBEG flees after dismissing the wall/sphere).</p><p></p><p>-Dakkareth</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dakkareth, post: 1120476, member: 9928"] If the fight is within the BBEG's lair, he should have some ways of escape open. Triggered cave-ins in corridors are nice as are combinations of invisibility and an illusion of him running away through the door. Also he could take a knocked-out party member as hostage or threaten, that other hostages will die, should he be killed. Of course, that could be a bluff, but are the PCs willing to take the risk? Maybe some completely different danger arrives (eg the demon breaks out of the pentacle) and in the confusion the BBEG escapes or has to work together with the PCs to contain the menace. Evil folks usually love to double-cross, what about a rival teleporting in and proceeding to fight the BBEG with mucho fireworks driving him away temporarily while the party can only watch. Finally there are nice containment spells like wall of force and the like, which can imprison the PCs or keep them out long enough to call upon help (after the arrival the BBEG flees after dismissing the wall/sphere). -Dakkareth [/QUOTE]
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