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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 5281169" data-attributes="member: 508">The setup: the PCs are up against a Far Realm cult, who are each sporting weird mutations as a result of basking in the radiance of the Far Realm.&nbsp; They've tracked them to their secret lair, under a nobleman's mansion.The layout: the set of stairs leading down to the hidden level opens to a large, rectangular room.&nbsp; At the far end of the rectangular room is a circular room, and at the far end of that is an open permanent gate to the Far Realm.&nbsp; The cult leaders are standing just outside of the open gate.The PCs enter the rectangular room, see the cult leaders, and rush to engage.&nbsp; Unfortunately, there are several traps in the rectangular room, and they activate them.&nbsp; This slows down their progress - all except for Akari, the elven paladin, who rushes into the center of the rectangular room.The cult leader (an elven wizard) tells the others to go on ahead into the Far Realm, and he'll follow shortly.&nbsp; His consort, a tiefling sorcerer, stays with him, but the other three enter the gate.&nbsp; The cult leader then casts a wall of ice across the entrance to the circular room, trapping Akari in there with him, separated from the rest of his party.&nbsp; The tiefling then casts a wall of fire in a circle, focused inwards, surrounding Akari.&nbsp; At this point, the two cultists think they'll just roast Akari alive while he's trapped there without backup.Of course, they had no way of knowing that one of Akari's rings was a ring of minor fire protection.&nbsp; Akari could have run through the wall of fire to safety.&nbsp; Instead, he walked into the wall of fire and stopped there (a 5-foot step), delivered a full attack on the cult leader, and killed him there on the spot.&nbsp; As the player described it, &quot;Then Akari just stands there with his sword drawn, surrounded by flames all around him.&quot;&nbsp; He took some fire damage doing so (the spell did more damage than his ring could negate), but he took down the main villain singlehanded.Johnathan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Richards, post: 5281169, member: 508"] The setup: the PCs are up against a Far Realm cult, who are each sporting weird mutations as a result of basking in the radiance of the Far Realm. They've tracked them to their secret lair, under a nobleman's mansion. The layout: the set of stairs leading down to the hidden level opens to a large, rectangular room. At the far end of the rectangular room is a circular room, and at the far end of that is an open permanent [I]gate[/I] to the Far Realm. The cult leaders are standing just outside of the open [I]gate[/I]. The PCs enter the rectangular room, see the cult leaders, and rush to engage. Unfortunately, there are several traps in the rectangular room, and they activate them. This slows down their progress - all except for Akari, the elven paladin, who rushes into the center of the rectangular room. The cult leader (an elven wizard) tells the others to go on ahead into the Far Realm, and he'll follow shortly. His consort, a tiefling sorcerer, stays with him, but the other three enter the [I]gate[/I]. The cult leader then casts a [I]wall of ice[/I] across the entrance to the circular room, trapping Akari in there with him, separated from the rest of his party. The tiefling then casts a [I]wall of fire[/I] in a circle, focused inwards, surrounding Akari. At this point, the two cultists think they'll just roast Akari alive while he's trapped there without backup. Of course, they had no way of knowing that one of Akari's rings was a [I]ring of minor fire protection[/I]. Akari could have run through the [I]wall of fire[/I] to safety. Instead, he walked into the [I]wall of fire[/I] and stopped there (a 5-foot step), delivered a full attack on the cult leader, and killed him there on the spot. As the player described it, "Then Akari just stands there with his sword drawn, surrounded by flames all around him." He took some fire damage doing so (the spell did more damage than his ring could negate), but he took down the main villain singlehanded. Johnathan [/QUOTE]

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