D&D 5E (2024) High Level 5.5E: Building Encounter Chains

UPDATE: It is time for the climactic battle against the BBEG! The PCs are 17th level and are going to have to assault the Usurper's palace and deal with all of his collected defenses. They have allies (including a ancient red wyrm) but are going to have go through a whole gauntlet of death!

I want this last adventure to be a string of encounters -- basically, a whole adventuring day's worth of encounters, one after another, until the final battle with the evil archemage. I expect we will spend something like four 3-hour sessions with this.

Give me some ideas for cool encounters for 17th level characters to soften them up on the way to the BBEG.
 

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Dead magic zones with low encounters.

Mooks at these levels probably CR5s. Half dragons have 8d6 breath weapon AoE.

Sickening radiance areas with things immune to exhaustion.
 

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