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<blockquote data-quote="Iron Sky" data-source="post: 4983096" data-attributes="member: 60965"><p><strong>Scenario:</strong> Hunting Scathebeasts</p><p>[sblock]<strong>XP Encounter Difficulty</strong>: Level 11ish(4 Level 9 PCs) - would have been exactly a Level 9 encounter if all 5 PCs had been able to make it.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Brief summary</strong>: The PCs were hired by Lord Eldebrast Elissarian Rando Magnoral 17th (imagine a classic 20th century British big-game hunter with khaki shorts, button up shirt, and pith helmet) when they encountered his airship parked in the path of a massive (mutli-million member) Scathebeast migration. Magnoral had lost a couple of his servants trying to bring down an especially large Scathebeast Bull and so hired the PCs to take it down for him.</p><p> <strong></strong></p><p><strong>Area setup</strong>: The setup is pretty simple. The whole board is covered in forest (difficult terrain, light obscurement) except for the path the Bull has pushed through the trees. Since he is huge, their is a 3x20 or so path(normal terrain) through the trees. The PCs start at the map edge, either in the trees or following his path.</p><p> <strong></strong></p><p><strong>Enemies</strong>:</p><p>1 Scathebeast Giant, Level 10 Elite Brute (as the level 6 version, just changed his level to 10 and gave him the "property" that any difficult terrain he passes through becomes normal terrain).</p><p>4 Scathebeast Cows, Level 6 Controllers(Leader) (actually Scathebeast Bulls from Adventure Tools)</p><p></p><p> <strong>Enemy setup:</strong> </p><p> The Bull is at the end of the cleared path, working on pushing his way further into the trees. His cows are arrayed behind him so he is the furthest thing from the following PCs. The Cows use their Blast 4 whenever possible and take turns charging to grant each-other charges. If not in position to charge and if their blast doesn't recharge, they spit. The Bull charges into the thick of it.</p><p></p><p> <strong>How it went: </strong>The Assassin snuck up through the trees first as the cows turned around and began spitting at the players. The sorcerer moved off into the trees for cover and started blasting while the Barbarian and Cleric waited for the Cows to come (home?).</p><p></p><p>After the first round of positioning and an exchange of ranged attacks, the bull and cows started charging around at different targets, blasting the clumped PCs with their acidic vomit (some PCs spent 3/4 of the fight immobilized), the PCs unloaded daily after daily on them - the PCs figured rightly that it was going to be the only fight of the day.</p><p></p><p>After 7-8 rounds of grueling combat they finally managed to put the Bull down and the cows followed quickly after.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Actual Difficulty</strong>: Since they were tossing dailies around, they weren't in too much danger though every PC went bloody at least once, some two or three times in the course of the fight.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>How well did it work(on a scale of 1-10)</strong>: It was about an 8. It wasn't designed to be an epic fight, just a little fun side-track on their way to more serious business (finding 5 lost Eladrin cities, forging an artifact, and rebuilding an empire destroyed by the drow). Nice fun little diversion.[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iron Sky, post: 4983096, member: 60965"] [B]Scenario:[/B] Hunting Scathebeasts [sblock][B]XP Encounter Difficulty[/B]: Level 11ish(4 Level 9 PCs) - would have been exactly a Level 9 encounter if all 5 PCs had been able to make it. [B]Brief summary[/B]: The PCs were hired by Lord Eldebrast Elissarian Rando Magnoral 17th (imagine a classic 20th century British big-game hunter with khaki shorts, button up shirt, and pith helmet) when they encountered his airship parked in the path of a massive (mutli-million member) Scathebeast migration. Magnoral had lost a couple of his servants trying to bring down an especially large Scathebeast Bull and so hired the PCs to take it down for him. [B] Area setup[/B]: The setup is pretty simple. The whole board is covered in forest (difficult terrain, light obscurement) except for the path the Bull has pushed through the trees. Since he is huge, their is a 3x20 or so path(normal terrain) through the trees. The PCs start at the map edge, either in the trees or following his path. [B] Enemies[/B]: 1 Scathebeast Giant, Level 10 Elite Brute (as the level 6 version, just changed his level to 10 and gave him the "property" that any difficult terrain he passes through becomes normal terrain). 4 Scathebeast Cows, Level 6 Controllers(Leader) (actually Scathebeast Bulls from Adventure Tools) [B]Enemy setup:[/B] The Bull is at the end of the cleared path, working on pushing his way further into the trees. His cows are arrayed behind him so he is the furthest thing from the following PCs. The Cows use their Blast 4 whenever possible and take turns charging to grant each-other charges. If not in position to charge and if their blast doesn't recharge, they spit. The Bull charges into the thick of it. [B]How it went: [/B]The Assassin snuck up through the trees first as the cows turned around and began spitting at the players. The sorcerer moved off into the trees for cover and started blasting while the Barbarian and Cleric waited for the Cows to come (home?). After the first round of positioning and an exchange of ranged attacks, the bull and cows started charging around at different targets, blasting the clumped PCs with their acidic vomit (some PCs spent 3/4 of the fight immobilized), the PCs unloaded daily after daily on them - the PCs figured rightly that it was going to be the only fight of the day. After 7-8 rounds of grueling combat they finally managed to put the Bull down and the cows followed quickly after. [B]Actual Difficulty[/B]: Since they were tossing dailies around, they weren't in too much danger though every PC went bloody at least once, some two or three times in the course of the fight. [B]How well did it work(on a scale of 1-10)[/B]: It was about an 8. It wasn't designed to be an epic fight, just a little fun side-track on their way to more serious business (finding 5 lost Eladrin cities, forging an artifact, and rebuilding an empire destroyed by the drow). Nice fun little diversion.[/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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