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What is the Best Encounter in Pyramid of Shadows?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nebulous" data-source="post: 4920347" data-attributes="member: 31465"><p>Well, i'm going to start this in the next month or so once we wrap up Thunderspire. I hadn't planned on running PoS since i thought it looked TOO weird at first glance, but the more i delve into it, i'm actually intrigued now by that weirdness, and the tactical coolness of many encounters.</p><p></p><p>But i'm scrapping all the plot hooks and intro encounters and adding something else.</p><p></p><p>*SPOILERS for THUNDERSPIRE LABYRINTH*</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Paldemar, the Mage of Saruun is of course the baddie in TL, and the party is getting ready to enter the Tower of Mystery. They've met him in person and he's tried to kill them once or twice, so they already hate him. Orontar, the other mage, is actually going WITH the party to help them pop a cap in his ass. Figuratively speaking, of course.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to make the Tower pretty hard, probably throw in some extra Brass Minotaurs, but Paldemars ultimate goal all along has been to open an extraplanar gateway to the Pyramid of Shadows and obtain an artifact of Vecna hidden there. So, if all goes well (and i'll probably have to massage this scene) Paldemar will haughtily escape the PCs, shout to them that his plan is complete and dare them to follow into this black pyramid that has suddenly formed behind a crumbling wall inside the Tower, a pyramid with a black sky full of rumbling clouds and streak lightning.</p><p></p><p>Paldemar's "Infernal Machine" to control the Brass Wardens is not as important as his opening a temporary portal to the Pyramid of Shadows. At some point, i will either kill Orontar or have him retreat back to the Hall of Seven Pillars. </p><p></p><p>Essentially, Paldemar will become a new faction inside the Pyramid, which will warp to his evil personality. I can probably fit him into an existing encounter with some modification and have the final battle with him ensue there. OR...maybe i can have him pop up occasionally, having allied with Karavakos or been killed by Karavakos. I don't know yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nebulous, post: 4920347, member: 31465"] Well, i'm going to start this in the next month or so once we wrap up Thunderspire. I hadn't planned on running PoS since i thought it looked TOO weird at first glance, but the more i delve into it, i'm actually intrigued now by that weirdness, and the tactical coolness of many encounters. But i'm scrapping all the plot hooks and intro encounters and adding something else. *SPOILERS for THUNDERSPIRE LABYRINTH* Paldemar, the Mage of Saruun is of course the baddie in TL, and the party is getting ready to enter the Tower of Mystery. They've met him in person and he's tried to kill them once or twice, so they already hate him. Orontar, the other mage, is actually going WITH the party to help them pop a cap in his ass. Figuratively speaking, of course. I'm going to make the Tower pretty hard, probably throw in some extra Brass Minotaurs, but Paldemars ultimate goal all along has been to open an extraplanar gateway to the Pyramid of Shadows and obtain an artifact of Vecna hidden there. So, if all goes well (and i'll probably have to massage this scene) Paldemar will haughtily escape the PCs, shout to them that his plan is complete and dare them to follow into this black pyramid that has suddenly formed behind a crumbling wall inside the Tower, a pyramid with a black sky full of rumbling clouds and streak lightning. Paldemar's "Infernal Machine" to control the Brass Wardens is not as important as his opening a temporary portal to the Pyramid of Shadows. At some point, i will either kill Orontar or have him retreat back to the Hall of Seven Pillars. Essentially, Paldemar will become a new faction inside the Pyramid, which will warp to his evil personality. I can probably fit him into an existing encounter with some modification and have the final battle with him ensue there. OR...maybe i can have him pop up occasionally, having allied with Karavakos or been killed by Karavakos. I don't know yet. [/QUOTE]
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