D&D 5E (2024) Let's Write A High Level Adventure

[Paul Farquhar]

Wrath of the Righteous is a Pathfinder game so mythic tiers are RAW. Though as this is a 5e thread it is outside the parameters of this exercise as you suggest.

Yeah, I know, but I didn’t want to state that outright in case they were talking about a 5e conversation.

Pathfinder 1st edition is a very different game to 5e. I’m more familiar with the computer version, where it throws several dozen mythic demons at the party in real time with pause. And still isn’t particularly difficult.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

In Chains of Avernus the PCs (levels 11-20) are perused by a pair of Devil brothers that are both CR 21 and you must kill both in the same round to finish them off. It can be a very dangerous conflict that could occur at any point in the adventure.

I use quite a lot of puzzle fights, where the monster keeps getting back up until they figure out what they need to do to kill it. But that's more of a puzzle challenge than a combat challenge.

 

[TaranTheWanderer]

I like the post office idea. Delivering a wedding invitation from the fae to some demi god or something. The fae wants(needs) the person to come to the wedding (because of fae politics) and has charged the PCs to convince them with whatever means necessary.

Maybe the Demi god has a favorite gift that they can retrieve as a bribe before hand. Maybe the Demi god has an enemy or item that he wants to kill/steal but can’t do it themself because of (Demi god politics).

Meanwhile the original fae’s enemy tries to bribe the PCs to backstab the the quest giver by sending them on a separate mission (or trick them) as a way to humiliate the fae during the wedding. If the PCs refuse, the enemy dogs them the entire way.

Once they return, they can attend the wedding to ensure the side they supported succeeds (the wedding goes off without a hitch or the fae gets humiliated).

With the potential of side quests, you can throw in the undead city idea.

 

[Reynard]

So far, we have:
The PCs want to steal the crown from the Winter Queen, but the only way to get there is to work for the Interplanar Post and deliver another present to the wedding of the Winter Prince and the Raven Prince in the City of Death. Do I got that right?