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Message: <blockquote data-quote="THEMNGMNT" data-source="post: 8113700" data-attributes="member: 6809274">After 106 sessions we had a TPK.Fortunately, it was all a dream.5 player characters at 17th level. They're on a side quest where the elf arcane trickster rogue is discovering that he's a minor elven god of trickery given mortal form. He and the other PCs are playing through a series of dreamlike flashbacks that will slowly reveal the truth and culminate with the rogue regaining his divine powers. In this session, the rogue/god and his crew were stealing from the hoard of Tiamat in Avernus, the first layer of Hell. They were caught red-handed by the archdevil Bel, who is CR25. I played him suboptimally, as I often do the first time I run sophisticated monsters. And his spells were mostly ineffective, being counterspelled by the bard and sorcerer or rendered moot by the paladin's aura. But his greatsword attacks hit like a truck. Joining Bel were four bone devils, two steel predators, and another minor devil or two. lt was a Deadly encounter, but I was confident my players would steamroll right through it, as they often do. To truly challenge the players I assumed I'd need to bring out Tiamat herself. I was wrong. It took 10 rounds, but Bel killed the bard, then the rogue. The ranger was ganked by ice devils summoned by Bel. It was obvious the paladin would fall in the next round. Desperate, the sorcerer cast meteor swarm centered on herself. Everyone died. It was epic.Next session: The dream ends!</blockquote>

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