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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 2627924" data-attributes="member: 508"><p>I had my players running through a vampire-infested mansion once, and they were forced not only to retreat for their lives, but to leave behind the body of their NPC cohort, a half-elf druid named Viridian, who had been killed by the vampires' hellcat. They only survived by hiding in a nearby stream, where the vampires couldn't get to them (the whole "running water" thing). As they sat shivering in the cold stream waiting for daylight, they planned how they were going to return to the mansion to retrieve the druid's body so she could be <em>raised</em>.</p><p></p><p>Come morning, they return to the mansion and there, at the top of the winding stairs that go up to the third floor, they find the naked, headless body of a half-elf woman crucified with chains to the bannister. Only the necklace around the woman's bloody stump of a neck provides any identification - it's definitely the necklace worn by Viridian, their companion. They undo the chains and pull her body up from the stairwell, cursing the vampires all the while - without her head, they'll have to go the more expensive route to bring her back to life.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately for my nasty little plan, they decided to do some more vampire-hunting in the mansion before dragging the half-elf's body back to town to get <em>resurrected</em>, and in so doing, they discovered what the vampires had <em>really</em> done with Viridian's body - they had stashed her in the crawlspace, leaving behind a decapitated half-elf woman they had taken from the village (of the same general size and shape of Viridian) for the PCs to find. Apparently the vampires liked the idea of the PCs spending their resources <em>resurrecting</em> a total stranger.</p><p></p><p>Oh well, even though the plan failed, I still got the desired result - my players hated me. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Johnathan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richards, post: 2627924, member: 508"] I had my players running through a vampire-infested mansion once, and they were forced not only to retreat for their lives, but to leave behind the body of their NPC cohort, a half-elf druid named Viridian, who had been killed by the vampires' hellcat. They only survived by hiding in a nearby stream, where the vampires couldn't get to them (the whole "running water" thing). As they sat shivering in the cold stream waiting for daylight, they planned how they were going to return to the mansion to retrieve the druid's body so she could be [i]raised[/i]. Come morning, they return to the mansion and there, at the top of the winding stairs that go up to the third floor, they find the naked, headless body of a half-elf woman crucified with chains to the bannister. Only the necklace around the woman's bloody stump of a neck provides any identification - it's definitely the necklace worn by Viridian, their companion. They undo the chains and pull her body up from the stairwell, cursing the vampires all the while - without her head, they'll have to go the more expensive route to bring her back to life. Unfortunately for my nasty little plan, they decided to do some more vampire-hunting in the mansion before dragging the half-elf's body back to town to get [i]resurrected[/i], and in so doing, they discovered what the vampires had [i]really[/i] done with Viridian's body - they had stashed her in the crawlspace, leaving behind a decapitated half-elf woman they had taken from the village (of the same general size and shape of Viridian) for the PCs to find. Apparently the vampires liked the idea of the PCs spending their resources [i]resurrecting[/i] a total stranger. Oh well, even though the plan failed, I still got the desired result - my players hated me. :) Johnathan [/QUOTE]
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