Challenging my high-lvl group (NPCs and monsters; my players shouldn't read this!)

[Piratecat]

Mmmm. RX, I'd love to see it. And nice idea regarding the elemental damage for the coin golems.

 

[Kaodi]

Ol' Frog

Gah... I said I would post a Kuo-Toa of Legend, didn't I? Well, after waiting a little too long I lost my enthusiam for the idea. Too, I'm not sure the pretext was very good if the Kuo-Toa have sided with the ghouls. I can still do one, but first I need to think of a new concept.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Here's a simple idea that is quite nasty.

Chain Spell metamagic feat mixed with Polymorph Other. How many DoD can be turned into frogs in one round?

 

[Kaodi]

Giant Frogman, Anyone?

I just thought of this, and it will probably sound REALLY farfetched. It was inspired by creatures like the Savant Behemoth and his fellow giants.

How about a huge kuo-toa? Who knows why he exists, story is your field (just as a strange side not, when I first typed field it came out fiend... the first word is probably more appropriate ). I digress. As I was thinking, how about a huge kuo-toa ranger/fighter? 9 HD, 5 Rgr/4 Ftr, other than that, just a normal kuo-toa with abilities adjusted for supernatural size. That would but him in the CR 21-22 range, would it not? This is about the best thing I can come up with right now. It's kind of sad that this is the best I could do, but I don't have many of the D&D books, and I doubt the Defenders of Daybreak ever conceived of that they would be going head to head with a massive fighting machine, wielding super-powerful magic (this is j ust an idea so far, but I was thinking of a magical gargantuan pincer staff, and a giant ring that must be worn to unlock its full powers for starters, and maybe some similarly veined items). Just a thought.

How silly of me, I had to edit this post. I forgot to mention the small horde of fanatical whips hurling lightning blasts every which way.

 

[Samnell]

Is it my imagination or does the Ivory King sound a lot like an Atropal?

 

[Piratecat]

Is it my imagination or does the Ivory King sound a lot like an Atropal?

The thing from the epic level handbook? Sagiro has said the same thing. He's not, though. I have something different planned.

Kaodi, don't worry about the kuo toa! I'll stat him up myself. No worries. Thank you again so much for the idea of the earth wierd. She worked beautifully.

I'm changing the name of Akin's Seep to Akin's Throat, just because (a) I'll place in inside a tube of volcanic rock, like a long throat, and (b) I like the name better than Seep. Maybe we'll finally get there tomorrow night, three sessions after I thought we would!

Actual statement from Velendo's and Mara's players:

"We were thinking about the game this Thursday. Instead of proceeding, we figured that we'd sit around in the vault and discuss the prophecies for a good long while, then cast a couple of communes. We're not going to discuss the commune questions until we're actually at the game, though, so everyone can participate. Is that okay?"

Sigh. Another adventure, wasted by procrastinating players.

 

[Samnell]

Damn. And here I thought I was being perceptive and clever. I should know better.

 

[JacktheRabbit]

I think I know what the problem is.

The party has not been recently reinforced with the fact that the longer they take to deal with the Ghouls the more innocents die under their tooth and claw.

So right now they feel like they can do whatever they want at any pace and not care.

Maybe you should light a fire under their ass. If they wait too much longer then the Ghouls go on the offensive and mail a massive sucessful assault on the Deep Gnome city that they thought was safe.

That will teach them to treat this quest like a slow Sunday drive through the neighborhood.

Actual statement from Velendo's and Mara's players:

"We were thinking about the game this Thursday. Instead of proceeding, we figured that we'd sit around in the vault and discuss the prophecies for a good long while, then cast a couple of communes. We're not going to discuss the commune questions until we're actually at the game, though, so everyone can participate. Is that okay?"

Sigh. Another adventure, wasted by procrastinating players.

 

[Piratecat]

Not to worry, they were joking at the time, deliberately yanking my chain just to watch my eyes bulge.

But the clock is running; I have a time table, and things will happen whether or not the Defenders are there. Ought to make things interesting.

 

[Wippit Guud]

Just for a littl freak-out factor...

Have them walk into a room full of upright pikes, with innocents impaled on each one... and a lot of them still alive. The ones at the beginning would be writhing in pain, they'd all be dead by the time they get to the middle... and then when the party gets to the last row, they suddenly start attacking.

Ghoul Hachery