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<blockquote data-quote="Samuel Cole" data-source="post: 7023007" data-attributes="member: 6668319"><p>So the constables have escaped The Dreaming by framing Thrisaldion for murder and having one of the PCs offer his personality fealty to the Voice of Rot. (No way that this can go badly...) They're now racing to the palace to try to prevent the assassination of King Aodhan.</p><p></p><p>Looking over the large and complex fight at the palace, I'm left confused. The book says that they won't face all the different encounters at once, yet it seems that they do:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Catherine Romana</strong> and her entourage start in the main room. (First round threat)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Undead Hordes</strong> pour through the holes (Third round threat)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Dengar </strong>is in the north field, but is firing into the main room starting at the beginning of the fight. (First round threat and every ten rounds thereafter, but can be dealt with at PC's convenience if they don't mind being bombed.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Amielle </strong>is shooting the PCs every round, albeit intentionally winging them. (Threat can be handled at PC's convenience.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Bugge </strong>is a first round threat, although I'm not sure where he and his posse are supposed to be.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Venkio </strong>is in the entrance foyer, but only one move action away from the main room and is described as heading that way immediately. (First round threat.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Shadow Men</strong> (Round 20 threat)</li> </ul><p></p><p>I don't understand how these are meant to be a gauntlet-like run of six back-to-back encounters - it seems like from the very beginning, the party will be facing Catherine Romana and her undead entourage, two undead hordes, a dragon, Bugge and his undead entourage, and regular artillery fire. I like the idea of running through the palace, choosing who and how to engage the enemy, but as written it seems like the party starts in the main room and stands there as 4-5 encounters worth of opponents descend on them simultaneously.</p><p></p><p>Can ya'll tell me how you ran this scene? Did you stagger the entrances of the various opponents? Did you start the PCs in a different part of the palace and make them fight their way to the king? Is there a key aspect of the encounter design that I'm misreading?</p><p></p><p>I'll be running this combat next weekend, and would really appreciate your advice!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Samuel Cole, post: 7023007, member: 6668319"] So the constables have escaped The Dreaming by framing Thrisaldion for murder and having one of the PCs offer his personality fealty to the Voice of Rot. (No way that this can go badly...) They're now racing to the palace to try to prevent the assassination of King Aodhan. Looking over the large and complex fight at the palace, I'm left confused. The book says that they won't face all the different encounters at once, yet it seems that they do: [LIST] [*][B]Catherine Romana[/B] and her entourage start in the main room. (First round threat) [*][B]Undead Hordes[/B] pour through the holes (Third round threat) [*][B]Dengar [/B]is in the north field, but is firing into the main room starting at the beginning of the fight. (First round threat and every ten rounds thereafter, but can be dealt with at PC's convenience if they don't mind being bombed.) [*][B]Amielle [/B]is shooting the PCs every round, albeit intentionally winging them. (Threat can be handled at PC's convenience.) [*][B]Bugge [/B]is a first round threat, although I'm not sure where he and his posse are supposed to be. [*][B]Venkio [/B]is in the entrance foyer, but only one move action away from the main room and is described as heading that way immediately. (First round threat.) [*][B]Shadow Men[/B] (Round 20 threat) [/LIST] I don't understand how these are meant to be a gauntlet-like run of six back-to-back encounters - it seems like from the very beginning, the party will be facing Catherine Romana and her undead entourage, two undead hordes, a dragon, Bugge and his undead entourage, and regular artillery fire. I like the idea of running through the palace, choosing who and how to engage the enemy, but as written it seems like the party starts in the main room and stands there as 4-5 encounters worth of opponents descend on them simultaneously. Can ya'll tell me how you ran this scene? Did you stagger the entrances of the various opponents? Did you start the PCs in a different part of the palace and make them fight their way to the king? Is there a key aspect of the encounter design that I'm misreading? I'll be running this combat next weekend, and would really appreciate your advice! [/QUOTE]
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