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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mac Callum" data-source="post: 1427537" data-attributes="member: 17035">I don't think that I've ever attempted a TPK and failed.  I have had an attempted party discouragement that went suprisingly well for the PCs, but ended up being a TPK anyway.So the PCs had just escaped Zhentil Keep with news that the Zhentilar were going to attack the Dalelands in force - really try to take them over.  The PCs head south for a bit when I inform them that they can continue south through the pass, or turn east towards the desert and skirt the edges of the hills.  They elect to go south.  [7 PCs, levels 8 - 11, AD&D 2e]The PCs discovered the Zhentilar army.  There were close to 1000 soldiers in the southern pass, just camped there.  In addition to fighters there were Wizards of course.  I gave the PCs plenty of warning so that they could turn east.  I said "So, the army is holding the pass.  What do you do?"PCs:  Charge!Me: Huh? Are you sure?PCs:  Death to the Zhents, kill them all!!Fittingly, the only player that was not there that night (but whose PC was) was a Cleric of the Red Knight, the Goddess of Sound Tactics.Anyway, they did surprisingly well.  The first PC died on the first charge to a natural 20 Heavy Crossbow shot (Combat & Tactics critical hits system - location: Face).  The next two PCs cut through a swath of low-level infantry to get mowed down by a charge of heavy cavalry.  A 10th level, dual-longsword wielding, Dire Wolf riding Ranger did an amazing amount of damage before being surrounded, and attacked on all sides, by pikeman.  The PC who did the most damage by far, was the 11th level Cleric.  He was a Fire Cleric with a Ring of the Phoenix (homebrew item).  He died by fireball, arising fully healed the next round, twice.  His Ring of Spell Storing only had Heal spells in it, and he had a spell which had a % chance of reflecting magical attacks in random directions, causing the Zhentilar attacks to cause more damage to themselves than the party.All told they must have killed close to 350 Zhentilar before being taken down.  I never intended it to be a fight, let along a TPK, but it was pretty amazing really, and they did accomplish their mission:  The Zhentilar were so damaged they called off the invasion, saving the Dalelands.</blockquote>

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