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<blockquote data-quote="Tormyr" data-source="post: 7964732" data-attributes="member: 6776887"><p>He wants to guarantee success without risking himself. You will find the summoned devils in the campaign are not the most reliable servants for the Ragesians. His mission priorities in order:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Get the journal</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Stop the heroes from leaving the forest alive</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Gather info on the forest</li> </ol><p>He sees the heroes as a means to #3 and is willing to fudge things to try to get all of them done. Something could go wrong in the fight, and then he does not succeed at #1. So he starts by making the situation feel hopeless in an attempt to get #1 later.</p><p></p><p>His encounter with Indomitability then acquires his interest, and he see that as more important than killing the heroes. Destroying the fire forest gives him a way of twisting his orders (Kazyk's Offer).</p><p></p><p>Aside from that, the party might have several means of countering Kazyk and the imps.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They can try to see the invisible imps with <em>faerie fire</em>. The imps only get a single attack with advantage from being invisible.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They can use reach weapons to ready an attack.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They can use ranged weapons or spells.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hexblade warlocks start with a magic weapon.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>misty step </em>requires sight, so he cannot teleport behind cover</li> </ul><p>They might get their butts handed to them, but Kazyk is playing the long game and wants to stay alive.</p><p></p><p>If you don't like the encounter, change it. It is your campaign! Drop Kazyk and have the imps or magmins appear later with Kazyk's Offer to serve their new fire dragon deity. However, I suspect that the heroes will view this encounter with a dread for what else lies before them in the forest.</p><p></p><p>In our game, the heroes were beaten up pretty badly by Kazyk in the initial encounter. The bard used <em>faerie fire</em> but missed, the monk dodged as a bonus action, and the hexblade warlock readied an action to attack as they stood back to back. Later, they "agreed" to Kazyk's Offer. After they saved the forest, they split up, and Kazyk took revenge on the cirqueliste, leaving him for dead. The bard was saved by Indomitability's boon and Gwenivere healed him when it was safe to do so. Later, when the heroes encountered Kazyk again at castle Korstull, the fighter took great delight in carving up Kazyk with the living blade.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tormyr, post: 7964732, member: 6776887"] He wants to guarantee success without risking himself. You will find the summoned devils in the campaign are not the most reliable servants for the Ragesians. His mission priorities in order: [LIST=1] [*]Get the journal [*]Stop the heroes from leaving the forest alive [*]Gather info on the forest [/LIST] He sees the heroes as a means to #3 and is willing to fudge things to try to get all of them done. Something could go wrong in the fight, and then he does not succeed at #1. So he starts by making the situation feel hopeless in an attempt to get #1 later. His encounter with Indomitability then acquires his interest, and he see that as more important than killing the heroes. Destroying the fire forest gives him a way of twisting his orders (Kazyk's Offer). Aside from that, the party might have several means of countering Kazyk and the imps. [LIST] [*]They can try to see the invisible imps with [I]faerie fire[/I]. The imps only get a single attack with advantage from being invisible. [*]They can use reach weapons to ready an attack. [*]They can use ranged weapons or spells. [*]Hexblade warlocks start with a magic weapon. [*][I]misty step [/I]requires sight, so he cannot teleport behind cover [/LIST] They might get their butts handed to them, but Kazyk is playing the long game and wants to stay alive. If you don't like the encounter, change it. It is your campaign! Drop Kazyk and have the imps or magmins appear later with Kazyk's Offer to serve their new fire dragon deity. However, I suspect that the heroes will view this encounter with a dread for what else lies before them in the forest. In our game, the heroes were beaten up pretty badly by Kazyk in the initial encounter. The bard used [I]faerie fire[/I] but missed, the monk dodged as a bonus action, and the hexblade warlock readied an action to attack as they stood back to back. Later, they "agreed" to Kazyk's Offer. After they saved the forest, they split up, and Kazyk took revenge on the cirqueliste, leaving him for dead. The bard was saved by Indomitability's boon and Gwenivere healed him when it was safe to do so. Later, when the heroes encountered Kazyk again at castle Korstull, the fighter took great delight in carving up Kazyk with the living blade. [/QUOTE]
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