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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sigma" data-source="post: 271982" data-attributes="member: 3066">Last game, the party was going up against a devil that had been bothering them for some time.  It was disguised as a former acquaintance of theirs, and they had set up a meeting to discuss some information.  This devil was an osyluth with 1 level of ranger and 3 levels of a really nasty prestige class.  He was a CR 10, they were level 7.  I didn't expect him to stay and fight, the plan was to have him teleport out if attacked, and retaliate through other means.  To defeat him (which was going to be difficult since he was so much more powerful than them and capable of teleporting at will), they were going to need to travel to a dangerous location in the campaign, get his True Name, and use that.  Finally, the devil was going to give them some important information about an assassination that occured earlier in the game in exchange for his life.  That was the plan, here's what happened.The PC's paid the owner of the restaraunt to take a hike.  They filled the place with their men, and set up hit squads at every exit.  No big deal I think, the osyluth can teleport.  Combat was going to begin when the assassin of the group attempted his death attack on the osyluth.  The chances of success were low.  The devil needed to roll a 5 or better to make his save.And, of course, he rolled a 4.  So, the devil got killed, the PC's didn't go to the dangerous place where they were also supposed to free a vampire for the next adventure, and they never learned who was behind the assassination earlier in the campaign.  I eventually worked around those minor plot details (had another group accidentally free the vampire, put the info about the assassin in another place), but the adventure was cut short by a session because of that one roll.</blockquote>

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