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<blockquote data-quote="THEMNGMNT" data-source="post: 8085136" data-attributes="member: 6809274">Nearing the climax of my modified Dragon of Icespire Peak campaign. The player characters reached 5th level at the end of the session. In my version, Phandalin has been infiltrated by a cult of Abbathor, the dwarven god of greed. The dwarves working at the Miner's Exchange are secret cultists that have been thwarting the PCs from behind the scenes.In this session, the five PCs engaged in a pitched battle with the cultists in a temple beneath the Miner's Exchange. I used the map of the Temple of Asmodeus from Dragon Heist, which led to some nice tactical combat. Most of the foes had high ACs, so there were a lot of misses and some frustration on the part of the players. But they eventually took out eight cultists, a couple of oozes, and the high priest of Abbathor. For the high priest, I used the stat block of a CR4 earth cultist from Princes of the Apocalypse. (I've never run that adventure but I've looted the hell out of it.) Once he went down I had him transform into a CR5 earth elemental. That made for a very satisfying end boss.Unfortunately, Town Master Harbin Wester wasn't rescued from the sacrificial altar in timely fashion. He was dissolved by a black pudding and now only his bones remain. Hmmm...I wonder who will lead the town now?Next session: The white dragon arrives in Phandalin and delivers an ultimatum!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="THEMNGMNT, post: 8085136, member: 6809274"] Nearing the climax of my modified Dragon of Icespire Peak campaign. The player characters reached 5th level at the end of the session. In my version, Phandalin has been infiltrated by a cult of Abbathor, the dwarven god of greed. The dwarves working at the Miner's Exchange are secret cultists that have been thwarting the PCs from behind the scenes. In this session, the five PCs engaged in a pitched battle with the cultists in a temple beneath the Miner's Exchange. I used the map of the Temple of Asmodeus from Dragon Heist, which led to some nice tactical combat. Most of the foes had high ACs, so there were a lot of misses and some frustration on the part of the players. But they eventually took out eight cultists, a couple of oozes, and the high priest of Abbathor. For the high priest, I used the stat block of a CR4 earth cultist from Princes of the Apocalypse. (I've never run that adventure but I've looted the hell out of it.) Once he went down I had him transform into a CR5 earth elemental. That made for a very satisfying end boss. Unfortunately, Town Master Harbin Wester wasn't rescued from the sacrificial altar in timely fashion. He was dissolved by a black pudding and now only his bones remain. Hmmm...I wonder who will lead the town now? Next session: The white dragon arrives in Phandalin and delivers an ultimatum! [/QUOTE]

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