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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bloodstone Press" data-source="post: 1213252" data-attributes="member: 12468">About 9 months ago, I accidentally killed a party of 10th-12 level characters with a band of kobolds. The kobolds had planned for a major pitched battle with the PCs and had prepared themselves with many spells, potions and scrolls. The kobolds lived in a tough region dominated by half demons, and beholders and drow. They had to be tough themselves just to survive. I decided to make them tough by making them very organized and focused on magic. Their leader was a 9th level wizard (or sorcerer??) with item creation feats. His mid-level underlings were clerics and wizards and sorcerers with item creation feats too. There were also a few mid-level fighters and barbarians in there. They had a pet giant scorpion that they cast improved invisibility on (among several other spells). Their survival tactics involved using a great many potions, scrolls and spells (true strike, bull’s str, haste, etc) and a great deal of organization to overwhelm opponents with fire power. The plan was for the kobolds to attack the PCs with everyting they have. 250 kobolds rain flaming arrows, poisoned arrows, and spells on the PCs for several rounds. Then, the giant invisible fiendish scorpion with two invisible kobold spell casters riding it attacks, then the mid-level kobold fighters and barbarains attack (boosted up with spells and potions and scrolls). My favorite part of the attack was the kobold leader, who had the enervation spell, a major bonus to his initiative, and was flying at maximum range above the PCs while being under an improved invisibility spell (can you say “flat-footed touch attack”?)What was supposed to happen: The kobolds attack with near overwhelming force. The characters survive and are either taken prisoner or simply drive the kobolds back. After this, the game moves to the kobold lair where they are less organized, and not able to bring such huge numbers to bear. The narrow passages and supposed “surprise” tactics of the characters will avoid another pitched battle and allow them to kill the kobolds in smaller groups. What actually happened: The kobolds attacked with complete overwhelming force and only 1 PC escapes by turning into a mouse and hiding in the wall. Oops!! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /></blockquote>

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