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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 903948" data-attributes="member: 151">I'll use an example from my own game that worked well (and is documented in my story hour, for those curious, a link can be provided):  Essentially, the players were attacked by a series of 50 4 HD constructs.  At 10th-12th level, the characters were in no great danger.  However, the constructs were powered by children, strapped into the giant insect-like automatons, and the children would suffer first before the constructs would be destroyed.The players also had to rescue several NPCs who were threatened by the self-same constructs.  In this case, six PCs retreated from the field, since they couldn't bring their firepower to bear...killing the constructs simply was NOT an option.  Instead, they retreated and found another solution.In Sepulchrave's story hour, the main characters are faced with a similar, although much more difficult, dilemma.  The paladin, labelled as a heretic, must engage in war against other members of a now fragmented LG church.  He knows that he has no equal in swordsmanship...but might isn't the solution.  His conflicts are what make Sepulchrave's story hour so grand.In Piratecat's story hour, most of the arc is taken over by their stay in a city where they are commissioned by their monarch to start a trade relation.  Things rapidly get out of hand, of course.  That the Defenders of Daybreak could slaughter most of the beings in the city is not at question.  Would they, could they and who they are is what defines the situation.  When Velendo releases a swarm in a public place, killing an enemy, it has far reaching political consequences beyond the average monster slaying.Further, Piratecat is the master of misdirection.  Take one type of creature, modify it, rub off the serial numbers and change the physical description and you have instant party uncertainty.  What is it?  What can it do?  How do we defeat it?  Will it stay dead?  Take a purple worm, modify it, and you have the Necropede, a creature that is so hideous it borders on genius.And so on.</blockquote>

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