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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 5384079" data-attributes="member: 59082">I'm contemplating running a fake TPKO (total party kill off), but am worried about being both convincing and dealing with them being pissed off as their characters die, one by one.Basically, the situation is that they just finished the first chapter of the new 4E Tomb of Horrors. They know that it was the the creation of some dark power, but don't know who that power is or why he created such a thing (one of them had a similar experience to the hobbit--Merry or Pippin?--in the LotR that looked through the palantir). As the next session starts, they're camping outside of the complex and getting ready to head back to town. What I was going to do was have them &quot;wake up&quot; to black monoliths emerging from the earth and surround them, cutting off escape, and then Moghadam from the third chapter attacking them and, considering he's a Solo 21 and they're all 10th level, should be able to handle them quite easily and relatively quickly. After they are all dead, I'll have them wake up in camp, with some sort of lingering words from Acererak in their minds, along the lines of &quot;Don't Fxxk with me or else...&quot;The problem, as I mentioned, is that they're going to be pissed off as I'm doing this or call my bluff. I have a track record of being relatively tough - only one of the group hasn't experienced character death in the campaign - but this might be perceived as a bit over the top, even for me.Has anyone pulled this off? Pointers?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 5384079, member: 59082"] I'm contemplating running a fake TPKO (total party kill off), but am worried about being both convincing and dealing with them being pissed off as their characters die, one by one. Basically, the situation is that they just finished the first chapter of the new 4E [I]Tomb of Horrors. [/I]They know that it was the the creation of some dark power, but don't know who that power is or why he created such a thing (one of them had a similar experience to the hobbit--Merry or Pippin?--in the LotR that looked through the palantir). As the next session starts, they're camping outside of the complex and getting ready to head back to town. What I was going to do was have them "wake up" to black monoliths emerging from the earth and surround them, cutting off escape, and then Moghadam from the third chapter attacking them and, considering he's a Solo 21 and they're all 10th level, should be able to handle them quite easily and relatively quickly. After they are all dead, I'll have them wake up in camp, with some sort of lingering words from Acererak in their minds, along the lines of "Don't Fxxk with me or else..." The problem, as I mentioned, is that they're going to be pissed off as I'm doing this [I]or [/I]call my bluff. I have a track record of being relatively tough - only one of the group hasn't experienced character death in the campaign - but this might be perceived as a bit over the top, even for me. Has anyone pulled this off? Pointers? [/QUOTE]

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