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<blockquote data-quote="Ancalagon" data-source="post: 7456152" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>So here is what happened:</p><p></p><p>The party: Paladin, Cleric, Warlock (player not there so he did little), and 2 (!) monks, all level 7. 2 NPCs. </p><p></p><p>The locale: Inside a large sinkhole, 600 yard across, 100 yard deep. Terrain at the bottom isn't great (enough to slow everyone by 5 feet/round)</p><p></p><p>The monster: A Purple Worm - the thief knew it was in the area and that would be pursuers might not be quiet enough. CR 15 and base movement speed of 50 (I decided that it would only take a single move per round, but however it is not hindered by the terrain).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The party triggered a noise making trap the thief had laid, and the purple worm erupted from the ground. The cleric - a slugman with a base movement speed of 25 - considered fighting, but they decided to run. The two monks in the party could easily outrun the worm, but the slugman started falling behind - the worm was gaining ground! The paladin stayed with the cleric - just in case. One monk raced ahead to set up ropes to help the party leave the sinkhole. The other took to the air with his boots of flying and started yelling at the Purple Worm to distract it.</p><p></p><p>This worked one round, but the Purple worm decided it didn't want to hunt flying creatures and returned to the chase. So the monk started grabbing logs, small boulders etc and bombarding the purple worm with them. This wasn't very effective, but it did distract the purple worm juuuust enough for the party to make its escape.</p><p></p><p>PC death: zero.</p><p></p><p>So was this worth 293 posts? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ancalagon, post: 7456152, member: 23"] So here is what happened: The party: Paladin, Cleric, Warlock (player not there so he did little), and 2 (!) monks, all level 7. 2 NPCs. The locale: Inside a large sinkhole, 600 yard across, 100 yard deep. Terrain at the bottom isn't great (enough to slow everyone by 5 feet/round) The monster: A Purple Worm - the thief knew it was in the area and that would be pursuers might not be quiet enough. CR 15 and base movement speed of 50 (I decided that it would only take a single move per round, but however it is not hindered by the terrain). The party triggered a noise making trap the thief had laid, and the purple worm erupted from the ground. The cleric - a slugman with a base movement speed of 25 - considered fighting, but they decided to run. The two monks in the party could easily outrun the worm, but the slugman started falling behind - the worm was gaining ground! The paladin stayed with the cleric - just in case. One monk raced ahead to set up ropes to help the party leave the sinkhole. The other took to the air with his boots of flying and started yelling at the Purple Worm to distract it. This worked one round, but the Purple worm decided it didn't want to hunt flying creatures and returned to the chase. So the monk started grabbing logs, small boulders etc and bombarding the purple worm with them. This wasn't very effective, but it did distract the purple worm juuuust enough for the party to make its escape. PC death: zero. So was this worth 293 posts? :P [/QUOTE]
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