D&D 5E I Am the Lizard King!

[RealAlHazred]

Originally posted by Rils:

Thanks iserith. I was confused by the statement "As a result, he becomes an adult black dragon without the shadow dragon template. This option makes this encounter a bit more difficult." I would think that it would be easier without the template? I don't have the MM yet, so maybe I'm just missing the details.

 

[RealAlHazred]

Originally posted by iserith:

Rils wrote:Thanks iserith. I was confused by the statement "As a result, he becomes an adult black dragon without the shadow dragon template. This option makes this encounter a bit more difficult." I would think that it would be easier without the template? I don't have the MM yet, so maybe I'm just missing the details.

 
It's not clear unless taken in the entire context, so I should revise. What I mean to say is that normally, you either rescue the princess and there is no transformation or you fail to rescue her and have to face the dragon. With the "I Can Do Anything" option, you're either facing a black dragon or a shadow black dragon.

 

[RealAlHazred]

Originally posted by SterlingRat:

From a character's perspective, I would want to save the girl and prevent the emergence of an evil black dragon. From a player perspective, I wanna fight the dragon.
 
That option is there so the players can save the girl and fight the Big Bad Dragon.

 

[RealAlHazred]

Originally posted by Judou_Hanabi:

Banish the princess.
 
Polymorph then sleep on Lizard King. 
 
Deal with other lizards.
 
Gather princess. Take Lizard King someplace within an hour's journey. Deal with him.
 
Profit?

 

[RealAlHazred]

Originally posted by iserith:

SterlingRat wrote:From a character's perspective, I would want to save the girl and prevent the emergence of an evil black dragon. From a player perspective, I wanna fight the dragon.
 
That option is there so the players can save the girl and fight the Big Bad Dragon.

 
Yeah, you got it.
 

Judou_Hanabi wrote:Banish the princess.
 
Polymorph then sleep on Lizard King. 
 
Deal with other lizards.
 
Gather princess. Take Lizard King someplace within an hour's journey. Deal with him.
 
Profit?

 
Cool tactic. Cleric and Wizard can do their thing from the first raft.

 

[RealAlHazred]

Originally posted by Rhenny:

I like this idea. I have to get used to how Banish works in this version. Didn't old version just work against beings that were from another plane?

 

[RealAlHazred]

Originally posted by iserith:

Archon007 wrote:Well he needs the Princesses essence to succeed, shoot the Princess and kill her before he completes the ritual. 

 
Effective but ice cold!

 

[RealAlHazred]

Originally posted by OrionStyles:

The Wizard does a Dimension Door with the Rogue onto the altar raft to neutralize the Shaman.
The Cleric puts freedom of movement on the Fighter and he goes into the water to demolish the Lizard King
 
After that the Wizard and Cleric damage/buff depending what the lizards do and the Rogue is likely murdering any Lizard stupid enough to try and climb out of the water onto the Altar.
Should be 4 turns tops before all the Lizards are dead.

 

[RealAlHazred]

Originally posted by iserith:

OrionStyles wrote:The Wizard does a Dimension Door with the Rogue onto the altar raft to neutralize the Shaman.
The Cleric puts freedom of movement on the Fighter and he goes into the water to demolish the Lizard King
 
After that the Wizard and Cleric damage/buff depending what the lizards do and the Rogue is likely murdering any Lizard stupid enough to try and climb out of the water onto the Altar.
Should be 4 turns tops before all the Lizards are dead.

 
Killing the shaman wouldn't stop the ritual as established, but the dimension door might put the rogue in position to possibly free Princess Lilac. The shaman and any nearby lizardfolk may do their best to shove and grapple to try and keep him away from Lilac. The Lizard King might indeed have a problem if Fighter has freedom of movement on him! I'd probably have the Lizard King dive under the water and Dodge to buy time.

 

[RealAlHazred]

Originally posted by Coredump00:

As a player, it may not be obvious that killing the princess would stop the ritual... her death may still be enough to power the magic.
 
Iserith, can the players tell that the Shaman is no longer necessary? Because that seems like the easiest link to break otherwise.
 
I like how you took distance into account, so that they had to move to the rafts just to cast a lot of the magic.