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<blockquote data-quote="DaveDash" data-source="post: 6541762" data-attributes="member: 6786202"><p>A couple of assumptions there.</p><p></p><p>1. The BBEG has to have access to this spell (how many Evil Druids / Lore Bards are hanging out in the underdark for this purpose)?</p><p>2. The BBEG has to have seen the plant they're teleporting too, not necessarily likely given the players are whizzing along at 300ft movement rate.</p><p>3. There are not too many plants scattered around the underdark, mostly mushrooms and things from mushroom fields, but finding 'Large or Larger' plants that just happen to be located near the PC's is not going to be that easy.</p><p>4. Moving 40 Elementals through the portal in one round is a bit iffy.</p><p></p><p>Turn the scenario up on its head, present that to your group. They have to:</p><p></p><p>1. Spend 40 days creating 40 elementals while you know a group of BBEGs is coming after you, and could be at your doorstep any minute.</p><p>2. Spend 40,000GP.</p><p>3. Locate in the underdark the fast moving group of BBEGs who rest in another plane, and are difficult to scry upon reliably.</p><p>4. Somehow find a large plant near them, and a large plant near you, in an instant when they are not whizzing around at 300ft movement.</p><p>5. Get the drop on them.</p><p></p><p>I bet your group will look at you funny if you proposed this to them. They'd much rather just windwalk in there and take on the bad guys themselves than all this effort and "ifs and buts".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaveDash, post: 6541762, member: 6786202"] A couple of assumptions there. 1. The BBEG has to have access to this spell (how many Evil Druids / Lore Bards are hanging out in the underdark for this purpose)? 2. The BBEG has to have seen the plant they're teleporting too, not necessarily likely given the players are whizzing along at 300ft movement rate. 3. There are not too many plants scattered around the underdark, mostly mushrooms and things from mushroom fields, but finding 'Large or Larger' plants that just happen to be located near the PC's is not going to be that easy. 4. Moving 40 Elementals through the portal in one round is a bit iffy. Turn the scenario up on its head, present that to your group. They have to: 1. Spend 40 days creating 40 elementals while you know a group of BBEGs is coming after you, and could be at your doorstep any minute. 2. Spend 40,000GP. 3. Locate in the underdark the fast moving group of BBEGs who rest in another plane, and are difficult to scry upon reliably. 4. Somehow find a large plant near them, and a large plant near you, in an instant when they are not whizzing around at 300ft movement. 5. Get the drop on them. I bet your group will look at you funny if you proposed this to them. They'd much rather just windwalk in there and take on the bad guys themselves than all this effort and "ifs and buts". [/QUOTE]
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