Trit One-Ear
Explorer
Getting the ol' campaign gang back together, and doing a little prep for when we finish the module we're wrapping up.
My party will soon be exploring the Feywild. They're set to cross paths with an Eladrin lord and huntmaster. He's bred he own race of hunting beasts, which I want to introduce to the players.
The idea I have is the heroes will accidentally stumble across a hunt as the Eladrin and his hunting beasts close in on their prey - an Umber Hulk.
The standard Umber Hulk is a lvl 12 Elite, making him more than a challenge for a group of 5 lvl 9 players. My goal is to put them into a brutal fight with the Umber Hulk as it flees the hunting party. My players have been feeling pretty untouchable for a bit now, so I have no problem knocking them down a peg. Then are things get dire, the hunting beasts arrive, finishing off the Umber Hulk easily. The heroes get a sense of these beasts as very real threats (there is a chance they may be hunted themselves later), and meet the Eladrin hunter in desperate need of rest and a little TLC.
Does this sound decent? Am I missing something in the math that will make this a disaster, one way or the other?
Trit
My party will soon be exploring the Feywild. They're set to cross paths with an Eladrin lord and huntmaster. He's bred he own race of hunting beasts, which I want to introduce to the players.
The idea I have is the heroes will accidentally stumble across a hunt as the Eladrin and his hunting beasts close in on their prey - an Umber Hulk.
The standard Umber Hulk is a lvl 12 Elite, making him more than a challenge for a group of 5 lvl 9 players. My goal is to put them into a brutal fight with the Umber Hulk as it flees the hunting party. My players have been feeling pretty untouchable for a bit now, so I have no problem knocking them down a peg. Then are things get dire, the hunting beasts arrive, finishing off the Umber Hulk easily. The heroes get a sense of these beasts as very real threats (there is a chance they may be hunted themselves later), and meet the Eladrin hunter in desperate need of rest and a little TLC.
Does this sound decent? Am I missing something in the math that will make this a disaster, one way or the other?
Trit