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<blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 9235604" data-attributes="member: 5948"><p>First of all, is the NPC actually ready and prepared to sacrifice themselves? Do they know what's coming? Because if not, that could be one way to do things. Have the PCs hold off all sorts of bad guys while the NPC wrestles with their internal demons (probably in visible dreamscape form so the PCs can see what's going on)</p><p></p><p>If you want a more conventional smackdown combat, consider that the foundation stone of the temple in Neraka is actually the stone from the great temple of Istar, the very place where the Cataclysm was caused. As such, it's probably haunted as hell. One possibility is to have the tormented, insane ghost of the Kingpriest himself tethered to the stone. Given who the Kingpriest is, he is probably set on defending 'his' temple from anyone who bears the slightest taint of 'evil', which by his impossible standards is pretty much anyone who's ever had bad thoughts. Defeating Takhisis's guardian, and whatever Dragonarmy reinforcements are en route, AND the ghost kingpriest at the same time could possibly be a scenario you could work with. Maybe the kingpriestghost has some sort of hallucinatory terrain ability, that can make the foundation stone room appear as the heart of the Istar temple on the day of the Cataclysm, and/or the desolate ruins much later where Berem (or whoever you're using) found the gemstone. </p><p></p><p>Fighting both the forces of Evil and an expression of excessive 'good' is pretty thematic for Dragonlance. What is of course MOST thematic is for the PCs internal ructions and conflicts and personal subplots to interfere, but it sounds like you're beyond that point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="humble minion, post: 9235604, member: 5948"] First of all, is the NPC actually ready and prepared to sacrifice themselves? Do they know what's coming? Because if not, that could be one way to do things. Have the PCs hold off all sorts of bad guys while the NPC wrestles with their internal demons (probably in visible dreamscape form so the PCs can see what's going on) If you want a more conventional smackdown combat, consider that the foundation stone of the temple in Neraka is actually the stone from the great temple of Istar, the very place where the Cataclysm was caused. As such, it's probably haunted as hell. One possibility is to have the tormented, insane ghost of the Kingpriest himself tethered to the stone. Given who the Kingpriest is, he is probably set on defending 'his' temple from anyone who bears the slightest taint of 'evil', which by his impossible standards is pretty much anyone who's ever had bad thoughts. Defeating Takhisis's guardian, and whatever Dragonarmy reinforcements are en route, AND the ghost kingpriest at the same time could possibly be a scenario you could work with. Maybe the kingpriestghost has some sort of hallucinatory terrain ability, that can make the foundation stone room appear as the heart of the Istar temple on the day of the Cataclysm, and/or the desolate ruins much later where Berem (or whoever you're using) found the gemstone. Fighting both the forces of Evil and an expression of excessive 'good' is pretty thematic for Dragonlance. What is of course MOST thematic is for the PCs internal ructions and conflicts and personal subplots to interfere, but it sounds like you're beyond that point. [/QUOTE]
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