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<blockquote data-quote="Kyramus" data-source="post: 547153" data-attributes="member: 7072"><p>Almost had a TPK this weekend myself.</p><p></p><p>I had Brachyurus wandering the mountains, checking on it's kindred when it found that a large number were killed.</p><p></p><p>1) I had described a scene where a group of hill giants were decapitated and torn apart. the same hill giants that the pc's had fought and the same giants that were using the dire wolves as pets/guard dogs.</p><p>2) it was intelligent</p><p>3) it spoke and said "you killed my brethren" no attempt was made to parley</p><p>4) there was only one person in immediate danger at the beginning, and he had winged boots. he could have flew and left the horse to the Brachyurus.</p><p>5) the others acted as follows. ranger laid in cover fire in the hopes that the priest leaves (he didn't fly away even though he keeps saying he was trying to flee) Fighter charged the brachyurus on horseback. Another character moved up with a glaive. and the shifter decided to move up to turn into a bird to get swallowed by the brachyurus and was going to shape change into something else while in the brachyurus. reflex save by the brachyurus allowed him the capability to not swallow the bird.</p><p>6) as a result the brachyurus targetted one character at a time, bringing down 4 characters before the remaining 2 left via teleport AND managing to get some body parts for ressurection.</p><p>7) there was an ambush by old foes further down the road, the brachyurus knows this and isn't willing to put himself in danger with both the pc's and the ambushers. It was quite willing to let them go had they flee and he would watch the outcome of the fight.</p><p>8) they blame me that it was a hard fight, which i explained after the game that it was not an encounter designed for combat. If they trully wanted to flee, they could have. Apparently they were more upset that I used an epic monster/creature.</p><p></p><p></p><p>party consisted of</p><p>cleric 13</p><p>rogue 12</p><p>ranger 11</p><p>shifter 12</p><p>ft/mage level 12</p><p>fighter 11</p><p></p><p>Avg party level 12-13</p><p></p><p>Ambush was set to ECL 10, not overly dangerous, but painfully annoying.</p><p>Brachyurus was cr 23, set in place as a roleplaying encounter. But when the whole group decided to use the attack cause we are being attacked, then it was doomed.</p><p></p><p>Am I at fault for setting up that encounter? I really feel that I let the dice and decisions fall where it may. I even gave it a few rounds before the Brachyurus recognized one of the party's scent that casted the fireball.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kyramus, post: 547153, member: 7072"] Almost had a TPK this weekend myself. I had Brachyurus wandering the mountains, checking on it's kindred when it found that a large number were killed. 1) I had described a scene where a group of hill giants were decapitated and torn apart. the same hill giants that the pc's had fought and the same giants that were using the dire wolves as pets/guard dogs. 2) it was intelligent 3) it spoke and said "you killed my brethren" no attempt was made to parley 4) there was only one person in immediate danger at the beginning, and he had winged boots. he could have flew and left the horse to the Brachyurus. 5) the others acted as follows. ranger laid in cover fire in the hopes that the priest leaves (he didn't fly away even though he keeps saying he was trying to flee) Fighter charged the brachyurus on horseback. Another character moved up with a glaive. and the shifter decided to move up to turn into a bird to get swallowed by the brachyurus and was going to shape change into something else while in the brachyurus. reflex save by the brachyurus allowed him the capability to not swallow the bird. 6) as a result the brachyurus targetted one character at a time, bringing down 4 characters before the remaining 2 left via teleport AND managing to get some body parts for ressurection. 7) there was an ambush by old foes further down the road, the brachyurus knows this and isn't willing to put himself in danger with both the pc's and the ambushers. It was quite willing to let them go had they flee and he would watch the outcome of the fight. 8) they blame me that it was a hard fight, which i explained after the game that it was not an encounter designed for combat. If they trully wanted to flee, they could have. Apparently they were more upset that I used an epic monster/creature. party consisted of cleric 13 rogue 12 ranger 11 shifter 12 ft/mage level 12 fighter 11 Avg party level 12-13 Ambush was set to ECL 10, not overly dangerous, but painfully annoying. Brachyurus was cr 23, set in place as a roleplaying encounter. But when the whole group decided to use the attack cause we are being attacked, then it was doomed. Am I at fault for setting up that encounter? I really feel that I let the dice and decisions fall where it may. I even gave it a few rounds before the Brachyurus recognized one of the party's scent that casted the fireball. [/QUOTE]
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