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What are your stories for great player surprises that turn your plans on their head, to the enjoyment of all? A while back, I asked in the forums if a CR20 dragon would TPK my group - 5 11th level characters - if accompanied by several soldiers while the dragon faced limitations due to...

The PCs are getting ready to head towards the climactic battle of the campaign. The setting is a large ancient persia-styled city (big step-pyramid palace, lots of crowded streets and alleyways) sitting on an island in the middle of a huge lake. They spent some time here in peaceful...

Running a 2-weapon fighting character in one of my friend's games. He allowed me to use a spiked chain as either a reach weapon (2-handed) or double weapon, decided at the beginning of each round. PC has improved trip and sunder (also allowed by the DM with this weapon), and boots of speed...

I'm trying to figure out the best use for this enemy NPC. Arcane archer 4/Ranger 6/Sorceror 1, with far shot and a distance long bow (range increment 300') and spot check +29 against humans (half of the PCs are humans). Now, I've done all that I reasonably could to boost that spot check, but...

In my most recent game, I've been having trouble getting the party involved in the plot. It's your basic conspiracy to overthrow the benevolent ruler, with the party framed as assassins. Unless they find out who is responsible, they're likely to be tracked down and killed. Now, I've hashed...

Hi there everyone. Had a tough game tonight, and am looking for input. Basically, party of 7, all 9th level faced a Young Adult Blue Dragon (CR11), that was Huge instead of Large. One of the characters had a newly minted half-ogre barbarian/frenzied something (tonight was my first savage...

13th level paladin wants a griffon for his mount. Fine. A griffon cohort adjustment is +3, thus, if I'm doing this right, the paladin can have the mount starting at 8th level (based on PHB), and the mount would have bonuses at 3 levels less than the paladin. Thus at 13th, the bonus is +4HD...

I strongly suspect that I misused the Manyshot feat with an NPC arcane archer in a recent adventure. Here's my take of the feat, used in conjunction with rapid shot, far shot, a distance composite long-bow, and a specialized ranger6/sorceror1/arcane archer 2. The character's full attack...

Hello everybody - my game last night took a turn for the worse when 2 of my players, probably acting in character, got themselves killed. The short version of the story is thus: Chasing down a wayward princess, the party (5 8th level characters) runs into the assassins trying to...

Hello all. Long-time lurker, first time poster. The set-up is 6 11th level characters, and they will be facing down an Old Red Dragon (though they don't know that). Now I realize this is listed as CR20 in the Manual (ie TPK), but the Dragon will be somewhat limited. The setting is a great...