Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Riastlin" data-source="post: 5526243" data-attributes="member: 94022">Aye, I definitely see the potential for ticking the party off here.&nbsp; That being said, if it doesn't happen often AND the players are having fun then so much the better.&nbsp;Anyhoo, I had planned to do something a tad similar soon in my campaign.&nbsp; I'm stealing this idea from a recent Dungeon article about the city overrun with undead and the lord who appears to be in cahoots with an evil entity (can't for the life of me remember the name though -- was just a few months ago).&nbsp; Anyhoo, the idea is that the battle with the lord is a lot easier if there is a bright light (read lighthouse) shining on the lord's room in the keep (where an artifact is controlling/helping the lord).&nbsp; Only problem is that the undead swarm the lighthouse anytime the light is on and none of the townspeople will operate the light.&nbsp; So, the party will have the choice of leaving one or two behind to fight off the horde of undead minions (though they might not know they are minions right ahead of time) while the rest of the party takes on the lord.&nbsp; The key to this is that its the party's choice to do this.&nbsp; The battle is still doable without using the lighthouse, but is a lot more difficult.&nbsp; &nbsp;As for other ideas, I also am planning to have a battle on a raging river (probably of lava given the party is now paragon level).&nbsp; To make matters more interesting, the river is swiftly moving the party toward a water/lavafall which would be not-so-good for the party were they to tumble over.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Riastlin, post: 5526243, member: 94022"] Aye, I definitely see the potential for ticking the party off here. That being said, if it doesn't happen often AND the players are having fun then so much the better. Anyhoo, I had planned to do something a tad similar soon in my campaign. I'm stealing this idea from a recent Dungeon article about the city overrun with undead and the lord who appears to be in cahoots with an evil entity (can't for the life of me remember the name though -- was just a few months ago). Anyhoo, the idea is that the battle with the lord is a lot easier if there is a bright light (read lighthouse) shining on the lord's room in the keep (where an artifact is controlling/helping the lord). Only problem is that the undead swarm the lighthouse anytime the light is on and none of the townspeople will operate the light. So, the party will have the choice of leaving one or two behind to fight off the horde of undead minions (though they might not know they are minions right ahead of time) while the rest of the party takes on the lord. The key to this is that its the party's choice to do this. The battle is still doable without using the lighthouse, but is a lot more difficult. As for other ideas, I also am planning to have a battle on a raging river (probably of lava given the party is now paragon level). To make matters more interesting, the river is swiftly moving the party toward a water/lavafall which would be not-so-good for the party were they to tumble over. [/QUOTE]

Verification