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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ancalagon" data-source="post: 6952881" data-attributes="member: 23">HelloSo I have a party of 4 adventurers at level 3 (Barbarian, cleric, paladin, warlock).  This isn't a game balance question but more of a "is this a fun/interesting encounter"The party is going to be exploring the "Old City" (this is in Yoon Suin), a portion of a city that has been overgrown with jungle – so lots of ruins, old structure and lots of wildlife etc.   The party will have had an easy fight with a few giant spiders, driving them off after a few rounds of combat.However, their exploration will bring them deeper into the territory of the old spiders, and later on they will be attacked by a horde of spiders.  This is the encounter I want to ask you about.The players will instantly realized that there are way too many spiders to take on, and retreat is in order. At this time I will let the party know that there is a nearby tower that looks easily defensible.  If the party retreats there, they will find that it is inhabited by "Tamasic Men".   Local beliefs say that people livings "sinful" lives will be reborn as lesser beings such as these, a mixture of human and beast.  Tamasic humans are therefore shuned and live in isolation of greater society (such as in ruins).  These particular Tamasic Men have the wings of butterflies and are very weak fliers.  They are also cowardly and will feebly protest when the PCs burst into their tower.At this point the PCs will presumably barricade the entrance and to the roof to use missile attacks etc vs the spiders, who are climbing the walls.  The Tamasic Men will contribute to the defense ineffectively.  As the situation becomes desperate, the Tamasic Men will make a run for it, launching themselves from the rooftop of the tower to fly away.  However, they are unable to maintain altitude and slowly sink towards the ground.  The spiders, seeing this, abandon the tower assault and rush after them, intercepting the Tamasic men and devouring them as the PCs watch from the top of the tower.  At this point, the PCs would probably get the hell out of there.  So two questions:1:  Is this a good idea?  I think it's fairly dramatic, but it suffers from the fact that the PCs can't really influence the events, unless their defense of the tower is so fierce and effective that the spiders are driven off.   I'm not a big fan of railroading. 2:  Is there any advice for this generic "defense vs the horde" scenario?  I know that in 5e being outnumbered is bad, worse than previous editions, so I welcome input on that aspect too.</blockquote>

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