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<blockquote data-quote="Rybaer" data-source="post: 174988" data-attributes="member: 118">I love having good &quot;set-piece&quot; fights.&nbsp; Now, the Salien Hunter was supposed to be a tough and dangerous foe for the players.&nbsp; I had anticipated a bit of cat-and-mouse in the wider hallways and chambers of the temple, though, where they'd have room to maneuver.&nbsp; By trying to escape up the narrow spiral staircase, they turned an encounter with a tricky foe into a logistical nightmare (for themselves).&nbsp; It was certainly much more entertaining for me to run, though.The thing about mind flayers, of course, is the mind blast attack.&nbsp; Depending on which and how many of the characters make their saves, the party can emerge victorious or suffer the Total Party Kill.&nbsp; This one fell in the middle - one character dead and four physically unharmed (though some stunned).The Salien Hunter was basically a stock mind flayer with a level 2 Ancient Dead template from Ravenloft slapped on.&nbsp; I tweaked it just a bit to make it more mummy-like so as to fit with the backstory I'd created for this thing's existance in an ancient temple.As always, more to come...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rybaer, post: 174988, member: 118"] I love having good "set-piece" fights. Now, the Salien Hunter was supposed to be a tough and dangerous foe for the players. I had anticipated a bit of cat-and-mouse in the wider hallways and chambers of the temple, though, where they'd have room to maneuver. By trying to escape up the narrow spiral staircase, they turned an encounter with a tricky foe into a logistical nightmare (for themselves). It was certainly much more entertaining for me to run, though. The thing about mind flayers, of course, is the mind blast attack. Depending on which and how many of the characters make their saves, the party can emerge victorious or suffer the Total Party Kill. This one fell in the middle - one character dead and four physically unharmed (though some stunned). The Salien Hunter was basically a stock mind flayer with a level 2 Ancient Dead template from Ravenloft slapped on. I tweaked it just a bit to make it more mummy-like so as to fit with the backstory I'd created for this thing's existance in an ancient temple. As always, more to come... [/QUOTE]

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