DMZ2112
Chaotic Looseleaf
So you've got a mix of pregens and homemade characters? How many players?
D&D 5E Lost Mine of Phandelver TPK
So you've got a mix of pregens and homemade characters? How many players?
Should have seen their faces when the flameskull came back from the dead to attack them an hour later
Four players, one of them controlled two characters
DMZ2112
Chaotic Looseleaf
That is a tough fight, and I had to scale it up for eight PCs! We had lots of people going down, but the Cleric of Life is a beast with those AoE heals. Our cleric also Guiding Bolted the big bad so hard in round one he tried to /play dead/. Dollars to doughnuts, the loss of the cleric is why your group did not make it.
Agreed
Pickles JG
First Post
I am running this tonight & so far I have not killed anyone so wish me luck
The Flameskull was the toughest fight to date; they were down a player but I did not play it very optimally, like forgetting to fly high doh!. I must aim not to do this but I tend to go with playing fast rather than trying to tactically optimise.
Still the "last fight room" should be fun even if the wizard only casts webs. As it will not actually be the last room they clear the rest will probably be anticlimactic.
The Flameskull was the toughest fight to date; they were down a player but I did not play it very optimally, like forgetting to fly high doh!. I must aim not to do this but I tend to go with playing fast rather than trying to tactically optimise.
Still the "last fight room" should be fun even if the wizard only casts webs. As it will not actually be the last room they clear the rest will probably be anticlimactic.
halfling rogue
Explorer
It doesn't have to be anticlimactic. Just take a gander through the Monster Manual or the free pdf and toss in something nasty in the last room. Or maybe in the last room they trigger some kind of self destruction trap created by an ancient wizard and the dungeon begins to cave in room by room...If it looks like they aren't going to get out then have the whole thing collapse and knock them unconscious. When they awake they have had their weapons taken and are in a pit in some other location. Perhaps someone skried their heroic deeds in Wave Echo and wanted some heroes to toy with...
Ackbladder
Explorer
The flameskull did my group in as well. I'm actually kinda pleased with how it played out. Initially, they (all L4) came in and went up the left to the bugbear barracks. After a decent fight, they immediately decided to rip open the barricaded door, and began travelling down the hall in a loose line. The lead character got to see the foundry, with several undead rising and a giant floating skull limned in green flames. Cue fireball down the tunnel (only 2 squares as that is far as flameskull could see from 15' elevation).
The 28 pts of damage rolled knocked out the fighter (who failed his save) and the wizard (who made it), and seriously wounded the rogue and cleric. The cleric dragged the fighter back into the room on his turn, and the rogue (just after in initiative), retreated and slammed the door. Some quick heals had the group back on their feat, and they re-barricaded the door and made a strategic retreat back to the cave at the front.
After a nights rest outside, they crept back in with a new found wariness and dread of the flaming skull. Eventually, they end up in a pitched battle in the ghoul room. Things are tight, but some well-timed Shatters and Thunderwaves turns things their way. Early on, before the ghouls attacked, when the raised area to the right was mentioned the rogue suggested "be careful that might head back to the skull". Anyway, during the fight, the wizard decided to Misty Step out, and rather than go back down the tunnel he decided to pop up top of the eastern rise for some reason. I decided that this (combined with the Shatters and Thunderwaves and general mayhem of shouting and fighting) would draw the attention of Signor Flameskull meandering down the tunnel to have a look. Not having a group together to target, he began with a flaming sphere, causing the party to begin fleeing in havoc. For some reason, the mage fled along the north wall to the west, while the fighter decided to charge up the stairs at the bad guy and the other two fled out the south (the cleric dragging the rogue who had went down to the last of the ghouls). The probably could have survived with just the fighter dead at that point, but as soon as the cleric had patched up the rogue, they rush back in for a last ditch effort with magic missiles and what not. They are sad to see the missiles absorbed by the glowing shield, and the rogue realizes that even with dash he is 5' short of being able to reach the floating flameskull with Tasha's Laughter (he is a Trickster). Meanwhile, the party (minus slow ass dwarven cleric) is now nicely grouped together near the center of the room. I was trying to think of any reason the skull wouldn't fireball them, and couldn't. Cue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCeIIcPAwv8.
The 28 pts of damage rolled knocked out the fighter (who failed his save) and the wizard (who made it), and seriously wounded the rogue and cleric. The cleric dragged the fighter back into the room on his turn, and the rogue (just after in initiative), retreated and slammed the door. Some quick heals had the group back on their feat, and they re-barricaded the door and made a strategic retreat back to the cave at the front.
After a nights rest outside, they crept back in with a new found wariness and dread of the flaming skull. Eventually, they end up in a pitched battle in the ghoul room. Things are tight, but some well-timed Shatters and Thunderwaves turns things their way. Early on, before the ghouls attacked, when the raised area to the right was mentioned the rogue suggested "be careful that might head back to the skull". Anyway, during the fight, the wizard decided to Misty Step out, and rather than go back down the tunnel he decided to pop up top of the eastern rise for some reason. I decided that this (combined with the Shatters and Thunderwaves and general mayhem of shouting and fighting) would draw the attention of Signor Flameskull meandering down the tunnel to have a look. Not having a group together to target, he began with a flaming sphere, causing the party to begin fleeing in havoc. For some reason, the mage fled along the north wall to the west, while the fighter decided to charge up the stairs at the bad guy and the other two fled out the south (the cleric dragging the rogue who had went down to the last of the ghouls). The probably could have survived with just the fighter dead at that point, but as soon as the cleric had patched up the rogue, they rush back in for a last ditch effort with magic missiles and what not. They are sad to see the missiles absorbed by the glowing shield, and the rogue realizes that even with dash he is 5' short of being able to reach the floating flameskull with Tasha's Laughter (he is a Trickster). Meanwhile, the party (minus slow ass dwarven cleric) is now nicely grouped together near the center of the room. I was trying to think of any reason the skull wouldn't fireball them, and couldn't. Cue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCeIIcPAwv8.
Sword of Spirit
Legend
My 3rd level party destroyed the flameskull. They rolled high for stats and there are 6 of them, which has made the campaign significantly easier than expected. That sixth party member makes a difference.
Basically, the monk was wearing the boots of striding and springing so he jumped up into the air and used his subclass feature to knock the flameskull prone. Then the party ganged up on the poor flameskull laying on the ground and took him out before he got his first turn. Needless to say, the zombies were defeated effortlessly.
Now, when it gets back up again...it'll be ready.
Since they'll likely be 3rd level for the rest of the cave, we'll see how that final fight goes.
Basically, the monk was wearing the boots of striding and springing so he jumped up into the air and used his subclass feature to knock the flameskull prone. Then the party ganged up on the poor flameskull laying on the ground and took him out before he got his first turn. Needless to say, the zombies were defeated effortlessly.
Now, when it gets back up again...it'll be ready.
Since they'll likely be 3rd level for the rest of the cave, we'll see how that final fight goes.
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