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DMs! Have you ever had a “boss encounter” turn into a cakewalk? What happened?
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<blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 7538809" data-attributes="member: 6801286"><p>I've had a fight with an evil wizard be trivialized by my players blasting him with a cannon (which was hilarious btw). But I still had a powerful minion of the wizard in reserve that had not entered the stage yet. So I made it two powerful minions instead. The fight was still a bit easier than intended, with the minions now not having the backup of the wizard. But it was enough to challenge the players a little bit. The fact that my players often talk about their glorious victory with the cannon, tells me that it was probably fine.</p><p></p><p>Another fight with an evil wizard was made a whole lot easier by them cursing the wizard with stupidity, making it impossible for him to cast any spells. This time around, the wizard had plenty of really powerful enemies supporting him, including a second boss. So it still was a pretty challenging fight. It's almost like I learn from my mistakes. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>A massive naval battle was made 50% easier by the players banishing the ghost ship that was also involved. A fantastic bit of role playing on the part of the players. I cheered when they came up with this. It was still a lengthy battle, but went a bit different from what I intended.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Imaculata, post: 7538809, member: 6801286"] I've had a fight with an evil wizard be trivialized by my players blasting him with a cannon (which was hilarious btw). But I still had a powerful minion of the wizard in reserve that had not entered the stage yet. So I made it two powerful minions instead. The fight was still a bit easier than intended, with the minions now not having the backup of the wizard. But it was enough to challenge the players a little bit. The fact that my players often talk about their glorious victory with the cannon, tells me that it was probably fine. Another fight with an evil wizard was made a whole lot easier by them cursing the wizard with stupidity, making it impossible for him to cast any spells. This time around, the wizard had plenty of really powerful enemies supporting him, including a second boss. So it still was a pretty challenging fight. It's almost like I learn from my mistakes. :D A massive naval battle was made 50% easier by the players banishing the ghost ship that was also involved. A fantastic bit of role playing on the part of the players. I cheered when they came up with this. It was still a lengthy battle, but went a bit different from what I intended. [/QUOTE]
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