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<blockquote data-quote="Al'Kelhar" data-source="post: 963706" data-attributes="member: 7884">Have a door guardian who is just too powerful for the 8th level characters to confront if they attempt to damage the door.&nbsp; I had a dwarven-crafted stone door in my last adventure which required a specific key to open.&nbsp; It could have been battered down or chipped away by the PCs, but n the circumstances that'd be downright stupid.&nbsp; For one thing, a bunch of kobolds had tried to do it beforehand, and their smashed and broken skeletons were scattered all about the place, along with their broken and rusted picks, hammers and chisels.&nbsp; The door weighed a tonne or so, and was opened by a Large earth elemental actually trapped inside the door.&nbsp; Any attempt to damage the door or to use magic against it summoned the earth elemental out of the door for 9 rounds, and it would then proceed to batter the &quot;door defilers&quot; into pulp.&nbsp; A Large earth elemental was certainly enough to ruin the day of six 1st and 2nd level characters.&nbsp; The players took the hint from the dead kobolds, and decided to find the key before attempting to smash through the door.An elder earth elemental should be enough to scare off most parties of 8th level characters.&nbsp; Or an advanced stone golem.Cheers, Al'Kelhar</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Al'Kelhar, post: 963706, member: 7884"] Have a door guardian who is just too powerful for the 8th level characters to confront if they attempt to damage the door. I had a dwarven-crafted stone door in my last adventure which required a specific key to open. It could have been battered down or chipped away by the PCs, but n the circumstances that'd be downright stupid. For one thing, a bunch of kobolds had tried to do it beforehand, and their smashed and broken skeletons were scattered all about the place, along with their broken and rusted picks, hammers and chisels. The door weighed a tonne or so, and was opened by a Large earth elemental actually trapped inside the door. Any attempt to damage the door or to use magic against it summoned the earth elemental out of the door for 9 rounds, and it would then proceed to batter the "door defilers" into pulp. A Large earth elemental was certainly enough to ruin the day of six 1st and 2nd level characters. The players took the hint from the dead kobolds, and decided to find the key before attempting to smash through the door. An elder earth elemental should be enough to scare off most parties of 8th level characters. Or an advanced stone golem. Cheers, Al'Kelhar [/QUOTE]

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