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<blockquote data-quote="scipio" data-source="post: 2151803" data-attributes="member: 16382">Now now Rangerwickett, Therin's relationship to Ariela wasn't that of a bodyguard - and do you think for a second that you were going to take down that dragon with your empowered Rays of Enfeeblement?Ahem.Long story short everyone - the party forged ahead after gathering together a group of soldier-allies.&nbsp; They staged a nice assault on the BBEG's lair (an old red dragon using alternate form and heavy duty disguise magic to appear as a scarlet-haired female elf - long story).&nbsp; Unfortunately, the enemy was given heads up to this assault, and planned their own devious counterattack.&nbsp; Illusory flames and melting stones (Efreeti permanent image is nice) met the first decoy wave of their assault.&nbsp; As planned, they retreated, and thought they drew away a huge force of fire elementals (all illusions).&nbsp; The second less beefy wave of PCs charged in against the remaining Efreeti guards (2 of them); however, a fighter and a former now-evil PC ambushed this group.&nbsp; Things would have gone quite poorly if the 1st group hadn't realized they were fighting an army of illusions and returned.&nbsp; As it was, the fighter was, as Ryan said, disarmed, but still feisty with his fists.&nbsp; The elf/dragon called off her minions and welcomed the group into her temple/lair, where she held hostages and the MAJOR ARTIFACT (booming voice).&nbsp; The group survived long enough to planeshift away with the MAJOR ARTIFACT, and with only 2 deaths (plus a handful of allies)!&nbsp; They &quot;conquered&quot; the CR20 dragon (who flew away), rescued the Sultan, and sealed up the MAJOR ARTIFACT for a long long time.&nbsp; Exciting stuff (promises rich reward to the PCs).&nbsp; See <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=127424" target="_blank">this link</a> to hear how the dragon fight went.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="scipio, post: 2151803, member: 16382"] Now now Rangerwickett, Therin's relationship to Ariela wasn't that of a bodyguard - and do you think for a second that you were going to take down that dragon with your empowered Rays of Enfeeblement? Ahem. Long story short everyone - the party forged ahead after gathering together a group of soldier-allies. They staged a nice assault on the BBEG's lair (an old red dragon using alternate form and heavy duty disguise magic to appear as a scarlet-haired female elf - long story). Unfortunately, the enemy was given heads up to this assault, and planned their own devious counterattack. Illusory flames and melting stones (Efreeti permanent image is nice) met the first decoy wave of their assault. As planned, they retreated, and thought they drew away a huge force of fire elementals (all illusions). The second less beefy wave of PCs charged in against the remaining Efreeti guards (2 of them); however, a fighter and a former now-evil PC ambushed this group. Things would have gone quite poorly if the 1st group hadn't realized they were fighting an army of illusions and returned. As it was, the fighter was, as Ryan said, disarmed, but still feisty with his fists. The elf/dragon called off her minions and welcomed the group into her temple/lair, where she held hostages and the MAJOR ARTIFACT (booming voice). The group survived long enough to planeshift away with the MAJOR ARTIFACT, and with only 2 deaths (plus a handful of allies)! They "conquered" the CR20 dragon (who flew away), rescued the Sultan, and sealed up the MAJOR ARTIFACT for a long long time. Exciting stuff (promises rich reward to the PCs). See [URL=http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=127424]this link[/URL] to hear how the dragon fight went. [/QUOTE]

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