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<blockquote data-quote="Aulirophile" data-source="post: 5545997" data-attributes="member: 86312"><p>Monsters will know there are other doors. Walk around and ambush them from the back. </p><p></p><p>Spellcaster with a zone spell. Walk up to door. Look through keyhole. Cast zone outside of door so that all PCs are in it and are dazed/immobilized/slid/blinded/zone is darkness that doesn't effect allies. Have all creatures go through door and not provoke OAs, surround PCs, beat them to death. This can be modified dozens of ways. Wall of Stone that slowly contracts, forcing them towards the door. Pit trap that can be activated from the other side of the door, dropping the PCs into a room below. Probably where the hungry pets live. </p><p></p><p>Booby trap the door. Open the door without permission. Door go boom in a close blast 5. </p><p></p><p>I don't approve of 'punishing' clever tactics by DM fiat, but if players are going to be highly tactical, DMs needs to be as well. Don't assume monsters aren't infinitely ready to deal with people who want to kill them at their door (they lived this long, after all).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aulirophile, post: 5545997, member: 86312"] Monsters will know there are other doors. Walk around and ambush them from the back. Spellcaster with a zone spell. Walk up to door. Look through keyhole. Cast zone outside of door so that all PCs are in it and are dazed/immobilized/slid/blinded/zone is darkness that doesn't effect allies. Have all creatures go through door and not provoke OAs, surround PCs, beat them to death. This can be modified dozens of ways. Wall of Stone that slowly contracts, forcing them towards the door. Pit trap that can be activated from the other side of the door, dropping the PCs into a room below. Probably where the hungry pets live. Booby trap the door. Open the door without permission. Door go boom in a close blast 5. I don't approve of 'punishing' clever tactics by DM fiat, but if players are going to be highly tactical, DMs needs to be as well. Don't assume monsters aren't infinitely ready to deal with people who want to kill them at their door (they lived this long, after all). [/QUOTE]
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