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Stage 2 Seeing the heroes will evade the attempted arrest, the Succubus reveals her true form, thinking she's playing her trump card. The tapestries on the walls all burn up, revealing portals to four of the different Hells. From the portals, a stream 3 appropriately themed minions emerges...

Hey all, Due to an amazing string of bad luck and schedule conflicts, my group has yet to tackle the Succubus boss fight many of you helped me design. The silver lining of this is I've been able to polish it up a bit more before we play. I wanted to put my design out there one last time for...

Threw together a version of the last stage (only the Succubus, lots of mind control, messy bloody fight). There is -way- too much going on with her at this moment. I'd love any insight or advice into how to simplify her stat block and not make this final stage as complicated as it seems right...

Thanks Kinak, I was pretty tired when I wrote that post last night. I'm glad it made enough sense for someone to give some sound advice out of it. I like your ideas concerning the outs. Yes, the other members of the council are perfect wild cards to help me change the flow of battle. They can...

Not to disregard the great ideas Quickleaf and moustonRustique are coming up with, but I don't think I'm going to use them in this encounter. I've been playing with ways to make my players consider their options more than "which enemy do I attack," and this is perfect for that. I definitely...

Mock up of Stage 1 for the Succubus: Still disguised as Kierra Prudet, she's mostly relying on the magical items she's acquired which give her magical abilities. Tried to make her function very like a normal controller, as the players will also have a variety of mooks (and possibly the Duke) to...

Stage 2 Update: Four portals open, each spawning 3 minions a turn (12 minions total). The squares before each portal (blast 3 or maybe just the first 6 squares) are affected by the portal's presence (difficult terrain, damaging terrain, reduced healing power, lowered defenses etc, vulnerability...

This is a very good point, and something I'm trying to be better about in my games (one player in particular has said before he often feels like his options are a little limited to where I expect the story to go. Even hearing that once is enough for me to look at my running style critically)...

JamesonCourage - This is a very good point, and a plot hole my players would spot in a moment. Luckily for me, it's also the perfect opportunity to clue them in to the larger plot. For you see, this succubus is not acting alone, or even for herself. Oh no, there is a plot in the workings...

I was thinking something similar, especially in Stage 3. Giving her a free action on 10+her initiative to make a... Close Burt 5 or 10 attack? Everyone she hits makes an at will atack against a nearby ally. Using Kinak's idea of having a whip and using it to snare people, she can then be able to...

While my group would almost certainly try this tactic too, I feel I may have pushed them too far in the past few months. They're out for blood now. It's a total toss up now whether or not they'll try to wake the Duke up before they launch in. But you're right, it is a possibility, and one I...