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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 9218203" data-attributes="member: 9254"><p>FYI, this could be a perfectly good single day. I.e. the giant is the BBEG. They stationed one or two spotters down in the jungle with a magic doodad of lion summoning, hired/recruited the Chimera as the guard for the mountain trail, has the soldiers as servants and the gorgon as an attack-dog. </p><p></p><p>You have lions (9x cr1 ~4500xp), the chimera (cr6 2,300xp) and the ruin battle (gorgon Cr5 + 7 bandits cr1/8 and let's say an ettin cr4 = ~7700xp ). That is an easy, medium and hard encounter 14,500xp out of a 24,000xp daily combat budget. You could still add a real boss battle, which is probably a bigger giant-kin. Maybe a cloud giant (cr9 5,000xp) or a Hill Giant with a pack of 4 giant boars ( cr5 + 4x cr2 =7,200xp Hard)</p><p></p><p>Odds are the PCs got a short rest after the lion and the chimera so they should be at full hit points before the ruin fight. They should get a few minutes before the boss fight to use potions and such but the BBEG should appear in less than an hour.</p><p></p><p>If they take a long rest after the chimera, ramp up the next day difficulty by changing the sequence. The giants are aware the chimera is dead. Same ruin set up, but the boss is not far away guarding a different path. The boss hears the ruin fight and arrives just as the PCs have won, turning it into two back-to-back fights with maybe one round of healing/looting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 9218203, member: 9254"] FYI, this could be a perfectly good single day. I.e. the giant is the BBEG. They stationed one or two spotters down in the jungle with a magic doodad of lion summoning, hired/recruited the Chimera as the guard for the mountain trail, has the soldiers as servants and the gorgon as an attack-dog. You have lions (9x cr1 ~4500xp), the chimera (cr6 2,300xp) and the ruin battle (gorgon Cr5 + 7 bandits cr1/8 and let's say an ettin cr4 = ~7700xp ). That is an easy, medium and hard encounter 14,500xp out of a 24,000xp daily combat budget. You could still add a real boss battle, which is probably a bigger giant-kin. Maybe a cloud giant (cr9 5,000xp) or a Hill Giant with a pack of 4 giant boars ( cr5 + 4x cr2 =7,200xp Hard) Odds are the PCs got a short rest after the lion and the chimera so they should be at full hit points before the ruin fight. They should get a few minutes before the boss fight to use potions and such but the BBEG should appear in less than an hour. If they take a long rest after the chimera, ramp up the next day difficulty by changing the sequence. The giants are aware the chimera is dead. Same ruin set up, but the boss is not far away guarding a different path. The boss hears the ruin fight and arrives just as the PCs have won, turning it into two back-to-back fights with maybe one round of healing/looting. [/QUOTE]
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