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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 7802988" data-attributes="member: 463">I followed the given NPC tactics and the party only took one fireball AFAICR - from the priest who should have been a guard... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f633.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":oops:" title="Oops!    :oops:"  data-smilie="10"data-shortname=":oops:" />  It also helps we have 7 PCs, and they spread out. But it was still nearly a TPK.R1 The party encountered 2 priests, one of whom recognised a PC, PCs rolled well on init.  One priest starts praying to bring forth the elemental per adventure description, while the other is killed before he can cast. The guards started shooting.R2  The 3rd priest & hounds approach (dash). 2nd priest retreats behind wicker giant. PCs continue attacks. A PC foolishly attacked the dormant fire elemental, bringing it forth.R3 PCs kill 2nd priest, the 3rd priest gets in range and casts fireball on several PCs. Hell hounds start breathing. Fire elemental is attacking too. PCs are going down all over the place.R4 PC Barbarian reaches & attacks the 3rd priest, who uses burning hands on him.R5 PCs kill the 3rd priest. The hell hounds discorporate (not in the adventure, but then neither was the 3rd priest) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />. Fire elemental is killed. Remaining PCs grab their fallen and retreat, still under fire from the guards.That's how I recall it, anyway. The group has 2 good healers (Cleric & Druid), and the Bear-barian and red dragonborn are fire resistant.Some pics here - <a href="http://frloudwater.blogspot.com/2019/03/t1m51491-dr-session-3-scarlet-moon-hall.html" target="_blank">T1/M5/1491 DR session 3 Lvl 3  - Scarlet Moon Hall  (XP 12+5=17)</a><img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nIqt5EN_QJ8/XJbERXcxYmI/AAAAAAAANa0/6XKqIzAB54U2kUPrmd0oNobaejOvAwpPgCEwYBhgL/s1600/54436862_10218510546103755_713570264603951104_n.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Guy in red bottom left is Priest #3 being attacked by Barbarian. Priest #2 is the prone woman by the wicker giant, she must have been stunned or otherwise incapacitated I think (maybe by the Kensai?). And I see some shenanigans with a hell hound attacking the fire elemental, no doubt sorcery at work...</blockquote>

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