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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 6560509" data-attributes="member: 413">So I created a version of BlackSpider using the Mage as a template...I beefed him up a bit and outfitted him with lots of spells like Confusion and Fear (and spells to help him escape).&nbsp; I've also decided that something like the Forge of Spells should be guarded by something really frightening...So Mormesk is not going to be just a weak wraith or even a normal wraith.&nbsp; He's going to be a spell caster too...9th level like Black Spider.&nbsp; The party will have to decide what it's goal is.&nbsp; Do they just want to prevent Black Spider from attaining the forge and leave the guardians in place?&nbsp; Do they want the forge for themselves?&nbsp; One of the members of the party is a high elf sent into the world to find lost relics that the elves had given to &quot;lesser&quot; races and secure them.&nbsp;&nbsp; Black Spider will probably try to gain some leverage on the party to force them to help him.&nbsp; He can't defeat the wraith on his own.&nbsp; Or he may use the wraith to rid himself of the party...lots of possibilities.&nbsp; But no matter what, I want this dungeon crawl to be one where the party is forced to feel like they are the ones who are hunted and have to struggle to survive.&nbsp;&nbsp; Cragmaw Castle was a slaughter.&nbsp; King Grol and his Bugbear guards died in just a couple of rounds.&nbsp; The horde of goblins that came in reaction died in a volley of shatter and fireball spells leaving the middle sections of the castle so covered in gore we decided it was difficult terrain and anyone who entered it had to make a DC 11 Dex save to avoid slipping or tripping on the mess...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Uller, post: 6560509, member: 413"] So I created a version of BlackSpider using the Mage as a template...I beefed him up a bit and outfitted him with lots of spells like Confusion and Fear (and spells to help him escape). I've also decided that something like the Forge of Spells should be guarded by something really frightening... So Mormesk is not going to be just a weak wraith or even a normal wraith. He's going to be a spell caster too...9th level like Black Spider. The party will have to decide what it's goal is. Do they just want to prevent Black Spider from attaining the forge and leave the guardians in place? Do they want the forge for themselves? One of the members of the party is a high elf sent into the world to find lost relics that the elves had given to "lesser" races and secure them. Black Spider will probably try to gain some leverage on the party to force them to help him. He can't defeat the wraith on his own. Or he may use the wraith to rid himself of the party...lots of possibilities. But no matter what, I want this dungeon crawl to be one where the party is forced to feel like they are the ones who are hunted and have to struggle to survive. Cragmaw Castle was a slaughter. King Grol and his Bugbear guards died in just a couple of rounds. The horde of goblins that came in reaction died in a volley of shatter and fireball spells leaving the middle sections of the castle so covered in gore we decided it was difficult terrain and anyone who entered it had to make a DC 11 Dex save to avoid slipping or tripping on the mess... [/QUOTE]

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