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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eltab" data-source="post: 7440192" data-attributes="member: 6803337">I began in my group as a player, and transitioned into DM'ing half-way through Skyreach Castle.  I decided to finish this up as quickly as I could (reasonably) and get into the other book with a clear field.I took the vampire out of the fight by using her (fake Dracula accent and all) to explain what the Cult of the Dragon was and why it was suddenly plundering everything in sight.  The vampire teamed up with the group, as a representative of the Old Guard (undead) Cult, to fight the Red Wizards and hinder the New Guard (dragons) Cult leaders.  One of the Red Wizards survived the group's Alpha Strike on their room, turned invisible, and jumped out the window (wearing a Ring of Feather Fall, but the PCs did not know that).  The vampire was hanging out - pardon the pun - in bat form above the balcony, ready to pick off fleeing foes.  She was last seen power-diving off the edge of the balcony as if in pursuit of something.  (She tracked the invisible wizard using sonar.)  With her and her charm gone, the Giant Lord decided he was going to be his own boss not merely a delivery driver.When we got to Arauthator, I had a healthy respect for the group's DPR potential.  I made him an Ancient White instead of an Adult, max'ed his HP and everything else that could be rolled, and planned out three turns worth of what he was going to do.  It almost worked! - I should have planned out a few more turns instead of stopping to hover and taunt the PCs and make it up on the fly.</blockquote>

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