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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 7152407" data-attributes="member: 16814">The party was put in a bad choice position of defending a strongpoint against determined attack or saving some innocents -- they could not do both.&nbsp; The elected to save the innocents on the idea that the defenders had a chance, if slim, while the innocents did not.&nbsp; Before they left, the tempest cleric prayed for his god to bless the defenders and protect them.&nbsp; The player had previously established with me that he didn't want to mechanically call out his use of divine intervention and to use my judgement.&nbsp; I deemed this an appropriate call, as the player rarely asked for intercession from his deity. The cleric was 11th level (not 20th) so I rolled, and it hit.&nbsp; I didn't tell the player this, though.So the party successfully rescued the innocents and were quickly returning to the assaulted stronghold to assist, but could see from a distance that things were going poorly, and the enemy was about to breach on side, and that they could not arrive in time to stop the breach, meaning many defenders would die before they arrived to aid.&nbsp; However, at this point, the clouds above began to pelt heavy rain, and multiple strikes of lightning struck the enemy ranks, throwing them into confusion and rout.&nbsp; The thunder that accompanied the multiple strikes I described as rolling out, almost as if the sky was saying the cleric's name (which was conveniently one that lent itself to this - Barabus).&nbsp; When the party arrived at the stronghold, the attack had been repulsed, and the leader of the defenders, badly wounded but still standing, just stared at the party in shock and asked, &quot;Why... why did the sky... why did the sky say your name?&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 7152407, member: 16814"] The party was put in a bad choice position of defending a strongpoint against determined attack or saving some innocents -- they could not do both. The elected to save the innocents on the idea that the defenders had a chance, if slim, while the innocents did not. Before they left, the tempest cleric prayed for his god to bless the defenders and protect them. The player had previously established with me that he didn't want to mechanically call out his use of divine intervention and to use my judgement. I deemed this an appropriate call, as the player rarely asked for intercession from his deity. The cleric was 11th level (not 20th) so I rolled, and it hit. I didn't tell the player this, though. So the party successfully rescued the innocents and were quickly returning to the assaulted stronghold to assist, but could see from a distance that things were going poorly, and the enemy was about to breach on side, and that they could not arrive in time to stop the breach, meaning many defenders would die before they arrived to aid. However, at this point, the clouds above began to pelt heavy rain, and multiple strikes of lightning struck the enemy ranks, throwing them into confusion and rout. The thunder that accompanied the multiple strikes I described as rolling out, almost as if the sky was saying the cleric's name (which was conveniently one that lent itself to this - Barabus). When the party arrived at the stronghold, the attack had been repulsed, and the leader of the defenders, badly wounded but still standing, just stared at the party in shock and asked, "Why... why did the sky... why did the sky say your name?" [/QUOTE]

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