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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="Bitbrain" data-source="post: 7538814" data-attributes="member: 6863864"><p>In my latest session, the players were hired by a tribe of runaway slaves under attack by an unusually large group of "Reavers".</p><p>Think the Reavers from Firefly, only in a Dark Sun-type setting.</p><p></p><p>I had created a huge number of encounters, all based on a number of different scenarios of how events might unfold . . .</p><p></p><p></p><p>First, the Elf Druid casts <em>pass without trace</em>, allowing the party to get really close to the enemy camp, and then the Mul Bard casts <em>invisibility</em> on the rogue.</p><p>The Human Rogue slips into the reaver chief's tent, finds him sleeping, slips a length of rope around his ankle, and then comes running back outside.</p><p>The other end of the rope is attached to "Kronk" (Rhinoceros statblock reflavored as a giant beetle, also the elf druid's steed), and as soon as the tent door flaps open, the Druid gallops off on Kronk.</p><p></p><p>The result is that the poor reaver chief wakes up to find himself being dragged facedown through the sand for about 200 feet, and when he comes to a stop, before he can shout for help, the Human Fighter gallops up to him on "Tank" (the Human Fighter's steed, also a rhinoceros statblock reflavored as a giant beetle) and slices off the reaver chief's arms, legs, and head, killing him.</p><p></p><p>The Mul Bard grabs the head and everyone legs it back to base.</p><p></p><p>The next morning, the Reavers find the carcass of their chief, and without his leadership they fragment into smaller factions. All of which attack and destroy each other in a failed bid for dominance.</p><p></p><p>And thus, by killing only one person did the four heroes save a tribe of runaway slaves.</p><p></p><p></p><p>As the DM, I couldn't have been happier for the PCs. The situation could have easily gone very different (and horribly wrong), but thanks to some fantastically good rolls, they triumphed.</p><p></p><p>As a reward for a thoroughly successful mission, two days later the PCs found what was basically an abandoned yet fully functional AT-TE from Attack of the Clones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bitbrain, post: 7538814, member: 6863864"] In my latest session, the players were hired by a tribe of runaway slaves under attack by an unusually large group of "Reavers". Think the Reavers from Firefly, only in a Dark Sun-type setting. I had created a huge number of encounters, all based on a number of different scenarios of how events might unfold . . . First, the Elf Druid casts [I]pass without trace[/I], allowing the party to get really close to the enemy camp, and then the Mul Bard casts [I]invisibility[/I] on the rogue. The Human Rogue slips into the reaver chief's tent, finds him sleeping, slips a length of rope around his ankle, and then comes running back outside. The other end of the rope is attached to "Kronk" (Rhinoceros statblock reflavored as a giant beetle, also the elf druid's steed), and as soon as the tent door flaps open, the Druid gallops off on Kronk. The result is that the poor reaver chief wakes up to find himself being dragged facedown through the sand for about 200 feet, and when he comes to a stop, before he can shout for help, the Human Fighter gallops up to him on "Tank" (the Human Fighter's steed, also a rhinoceros statblock reflavored as a giant beetle) and slices off the reaver chief's arms, legs, and head, killing him. The Mul Bard grabs the head and everyone legs it back to base. The next morning, the Reavers find the carcass of their chief, and without his leadership they fragment into smaller factions. All of which attack and destroy each other in a failed bid for dominance. And thus, by killing only one person did the four heroes save a tribe of runaway slaves. As the DM, I couldn't have been happier for the PCs. The situation could have easily gone very different (and horribly wrong), but thanks to some fantastically good rolls, they triumphed. As a reward for a thoroughly successful mission, two days later the PCs found what was basically an abandoned yet fully functional AT-TE from Attack of the Clones. [/QUOTE]
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