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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 8006002" data-attributes="member: 508">In a word: sucky.&nbsp; We're 8th-level PCs and we were set up against a pair of back-to-back CR 11 encounters.&nbsp; What really sucked was I could barely even hit the opponents I was up against (AC 27 in one case), and then when I did manage to hit I couldn't overcome the DR 10 to actually deal any damage.&nbsp; My 13-year-old nephew was in the same boat as I was and was getting really frustrated, and together we prevented our cleric from doing anything helpful but constantly heal us to keep us from dying.&nbsp; So it was a night of watching the other two players slowly whittle down the enemies while we whiffed and took damage and got healed up to do it all again.Making it worse: I found almost instantly a way to fetch the relic we'd been sent to fetch while bypassing combat altogether, but it would have brought the adventure to a screeching halt 90 minutes early...so, in the interests of having a fun time, we decided to just go ahead and fight the statues we were sure were going to animate and/or transform into the creatures they represented.&nbsp; Yeah, that was a mistake.And worst of all: we had been maneuvered into this adventure in the first place by a CR 22 enemy who last adventure had cast geas/quest spells on us forcing us to do her bidding or waste away to nothing.&nbsp; So we went in, got the relic, turned it over to her to avoid the deadly geas/quest spell effects...and have now given a super-weapon to our greatest mortal enemy.&nbsp; I trust the DM enough that we'll eventually be given an opportunity in the future to undo the stuff we were forced into doing this adventure, but it still left a bad taste in everyone's mouth.And it certainly didn't help that our dice hated us all night.Oh well, tomorrow's a scheduled session in our other campaign.&nbsp; Hopefully that'll go better: the 20th-level PCs are about to return to Oerth in their brand new Gamma World powered armor and mechs.&nbsp; Won't the orc army attacking their home kingdom be surprised!Johnathan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Richards, post: 8006002, member: 508"] In a word: sucky. We're 8th-level PCs and we were set up against a pair of back-to-back CR 11 encounters. What really sucked was I could barely even hit the opponents I was up against (AC 27 in one case), and then when I did manage to hit I couldn't overcome the DR 10 to actually deal any damage. My 13-year-old nephew was in the same boat as I was and was getting really frustrated, and together we prevented our cleric from doing anything helpful but constantly heal us to keep us from dying. So it was a night of watching the other two players slowly whittle down the enemies while we whiffed and took damage and got healed up to do it all again. Making it worse: I found almost instantly a way to fetch the relic we'd been sent to fetch while bypassing combat altogether, but it would have brought the adventure to a screeching halt 90 minutes early...so, in the interests of having a fun time, we decided to just go ahead and fight the statues we were sure were going to animate and/or transform into the creatures they represented. Yeah, that was a mistake. And worst of all: we had been maneuvered into this adventure in the first place by a CR 22 enemy who last adventure had cast [I]geas/quest[/I] spells on us forcing us to do her bidding or waste away to nothing. So we went in, got the relic, turned it over to her to avoid the deadly [I]geas/quest[/I] spell effects...and have now given a super-weapon to our greatest mortal enemy. I trust the DM enough that we'll eventually be given an opportunity in the future to undo the stuff we were forced into doing this adventure, but it still left a bad taste in everyone's mouth. And it certainly didn't help that our dice hated us all night. Oh well, tomorrow's a scheduled session in our other campaign. Hopefully that'll go better: the 20th-level PCs are about to return to Oerth in their brand new Gamma World powered armor and mechs. Won't the orc army attacking their home kingdom be surprised! Johnathan [/QUOTE]

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