The party later discovered some burial chambers and other ancient ruins. They eventually caught up with the hexer as he used a ritual to open a large sealed doorway.
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Then they made their way into the final encounter with a horde of decrepit skeleton minions and an elite blue dragon wyrmling.
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This battle could have been bad for the party had I been using the skeleton minions to bar their path to the dragon instead of merely harrassing them from all sides.
As it was the hexer who they had managed to win over to their side through massive intimidation and great diplomacy (natural 20 at one key moment) got lucky with his blinding hex and the dragon was limited in what it could do. It still managed to down the fighter and leave the barbarian in single digit hit points, and everyone fearing what it could do if it saved and could target better as well as regaining full mobility.
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Then they made their way into the final encounter with a horde of decrepit skeleton minions and an elite blue dragon wyrmling.
IMG_1143a on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
This battle could have been bad for the party had I been using the skeleton minions to bar their path to the dragon instead of merely harrassing them from all sides.
As it was the hexer who they had managed to win over to their side through massive intimidation and great diplomacy (natural 20 at one key moment) got lucky with his blinding hex and the dragon was limited in what it could do. It still managed to down the fighter and leave the barbarian in single digit hit points, and everyone fearing what it could do if it saved and could target better as well as regaining full mobility.