Bullgrit
Adventurer
No, no, no, for the love of god, no.you actually metagamed the entire encounter trying to get the PCs to do what you wanted
I did what I did to avoid killing the PCs. Not to get them to do what I wanted.
Now maybe I'll read the rest of your post, but really, I fear all I'm going to see is me getting chastised for railroading.
Bullgrit