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<blockquote data-quote="Nail" data-source="post: 4447634" data-attributes="member: 224">WARNING!&nbsp; SPOILERS TO KotS!I'm not &quot;getting&quot; this.&nbsp; They did *what* now?Did they get to Balgron thru the secret door?&nbsp; Then they knocked out Balgron, the Goblin Warrior with him, and then locked the door in Balgron's room?&nbsp; How does this trap *any* goblins?There are 12 goblins in the rest of Area 4.&nbsp; What happened to these?&nbsp; Given that Splug is with the PCs now, I'll assume Area 2 is cleared.&nbsp; You know that the door between Area 2 and Area 4 are unlocked, right?&nbsp; The implication is that they have no locks on them at all.If you want the goblins to get free, have them hack the doors to peices.&nbsp; This should be a no-brainer.*****************************As for what to do about &quot;over-resting&quot; PCs:&nbsp; Paradoxicly, hitting them with huge encounters will cause them to rest MORE not less.&nbsp; Don't do it, as you'll be teaching them that it's critical to take extended rests whenever possible, as they need all their dailies and Healing Surges for the next Big Encounter.Instead, give them smaller encounters, in which they don't really need their Dailies.&nbsp; Also have monsters flee from these encounters and escape.&nbsp; And finally have evidence on the dead monsters of time constraints (like Kalarel's timeline of Openning).&nbsp;&nbsp; These 3 tactics will get the PCs to engage in more encounters during a given day.Seriously: Don't hit them with that Whopper you were planning.&nbsp; Bad idea.****************************Finally: What to do about Ninaran?Hey, sometimes PCs do things the adventure didn't intend.&nbsp; Absolutely positively do NOT punish them for this (that is: hit them with the Whapper Encounter).&nbsp; The players will not thank you for it.&nbsp; Instead they'll just get that &quot;It's Hopeless&quot; attitude about how they affect the Game World.&nbsp; Instead, have one of the goblins they kill have a note from Kalarel to Ninaran, saying something like: &quot;My plans continue well.&nbsp; But I need more humans.&nbsp; I assume you are already kidnapping&nbsp; some of those pathetic villagers of Winterhaven....but perhaps you could broaden you search for fresh blood to the surrounding farmers.&nbsp; I need perhaps a dozen, the younger the better.&quot;&nbsp;The point: If the PCs don't go back to town, Ninaran will have her way with the villagers.&nbsp; The PCs must decide: Do they go back to protect the townsfolk, or do they push on to stop Kalarel. Get it?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nail, post: 4447634, member: 224"] WARNING! SPOILERS TO KotS! I'm not "getting" this. They did *what* now? Did they get to Balgron thru the secret door? Then they knocked out Balgron, the Goblin Warrior with him, and then locked the door in Balgron's room? How does this trap *any* goblins? There are 12 goblins in the rest of Area 4. What happened to these? Given that Splug is with the PCs now, I'll assume Area 2 is cleared. You know that the door between Area 2 and Area 4 are unlocked, right? The implication is that they have no locks on them at all. If you want the goblins to get free, have them hack the doors to peices. This should be a no-brainer. ***************************** [U]As for what to do about "over-resting" PCs: [/U] [COLOR="Cyan"]Paradoxicly, hitting them with huge encounters will cause them to rest MORE not less.[/COLOR] Don't do it, as you'll be teaching them that it's critical to take extended rests whenever possible, as they need all their dailies and Healing Surges for the next Big Encounter. Instead, give them smaller encounters, in which they don't really need their Dailies. Also have monsters flee from these encounters and escape. And finally have evidence on the dead monsters of time constraints (like Kalarel's timeline of Openning). These 3 tactics will get the PCs to engage in more encounters during a given day. Seriously: Don't hit them with that Whopper you were planning. Bad idea. **************************** [U]Finally: What to do about Ninaran?[/U] Hey, sometimes PCs do things the adventure didn't intend. Absolutely positively do NOT punish them for this (that is: hit them with the Whapper Encounter). The players will not thank you for it. Instead they'll just get that "It's Hopeless" attitude about how they affect the Game World. Instead, have one of the goblins they kill have a note from Kalarel to Ninaran, saying something like: "[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]My plans continue well. But I need more humans. I assume you are already kidnapping some of those pathetic villagers of Winterhaven....but perhaps you could broaden you search for fresh blood to the surrounding farmers. I need perhaps a dozen, the younger the better.[/FONT]" The point: If the PCs don't go back to town, Ninaran will have her way with the villagers. The PCs must decide: Do they go back to protect the townsfolk, or do they push on to stop Kalarel. Get it? [/QUOTE]

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