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<blockquote data-quote="WarEagleMage" data-source="post: 4646261" data-attributes="member: 47882"><p>I think this had been brewing for a couple of weeks.&nbsp; For whatever reason, we the players were experiencing an erosion of our suspension of disbelief.&nbsp; One of Paizo's tried and true tactics (kill the BBEG, then find his journal/library/scribblings with all his evil plans neatly laid out along with a roadmap to the next encounter) was so over-used that it became a joke around the gaming table.&nbsp; Frankly, none of us were &quot;in to&quot; the Runforge module.&nbsp; As for the final few encounters, JD played for keeps as he always does.&nbsp; We did not approach this with the same level of tactical interest as usual because we just wanted to finish the Runeforge and move on.&nbsp; The mummies were rough, but doable.&nbsp; Then we wandered around for a long, long time.&nbsp; The mist/fish incident was kind of funny, but ultimately just wound up wasting resources.&nbsp; I don't think JD even mentioned the magic pool debacle, but it was just plain stupid - as veteran gamers we should have just ignored the pool, but we tried to play along and got burned by a dumb encouter.&nbsp; One mirror of opposition is tough, but to have two there was brutal.&nbsp; It didn't help that Adso was the one who got cloned.&nbsp; Then the runelord simulacrae (or whatever) just beat our init rolls or maybe it was a surpise round.&nbsp; We were lined up in the doorway when they hit us with six empowered fireballs at I think 9d6 x 1.5.&nbsp; Even if all the squishies made their saves they would be dead.&nbsp; After that, we all just kind of stared at each other.&nbsp; Within a couple of minutes, we reached a concensus to give it up and move on to CotCT.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="WarEagleMage, post: 4646261, member: 47882"] I think this had been brewing for a couple of weeks. For whatever reason, we the players were experiencing an erosion of our suspension of disbelief. One of Paizo's tried and true tactics (kill the BBEG, then find his journal/library/scribblings with all his evil plans neatly laid out along with a roadmap to the next encounter) was so over-used that it became a joke around the gaming table. Frankly, none of us were "in to" the Runforge module. As for the final few encounters, JD played for keeps as he always does. We did not approach this with the same level of tactical interest as usual because we just wanted to finish the Runeforge and move on. The mummies were rough, but doable. Then we wandered around for a long, long time. The mist/fish incident was kind of funny, but ultimately just wound up wasting resources. I don't think JD even mentioned the magic pool debacle, but it was just plain stupid - as veteran gamers we should have just ignored the pool, but we tried to play along and got burned by a dumb encouter. One mirror of opposition is tough, but to have two there was brutal. It didn't help that Adso was the one who got cloned. Then the runelord simulacrae (or whatever) just beat our init rolls or maybe it was a surpise round. We were lined up in the doorway when they hit us with six empowered fireballs at I think 9d6 x 1.5. Even if all the squishies made their saves they would be dead. After that, we all just kind of stared at each other. Within a couple of minutes, we reached a concensus to give it up and move on to CotCT. [/QUOTE]

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