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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ashrum the Black" data-source="post: 3947788" data-attributes="member: 1585">My favorite was when my PC's assualted a giant stronghold. They cleared out the first level pretty handedly, but used a lot of resources breaking into the keep and clearing things out. So they retreated when they scouted ahead and saw the second level was crawling with more giants to rest.The giants on the second level were led by a shaman. He heard the screams of his fellows below followed by the eerie silence. He decided to fortify the stairway and passage way into the second level and used some scrolls and such to keep an eye on the PC's. They came down the hallway torwards the room as the giants unleashed their ballista sized crossbows from behind a barricade. The shaman cast some summon spells to tie up the PCs, and he had cast delayed enchantments that went off as they came down the hallway to the barricade.At one point the shaman through up a wall of ice to seperate the party and let the archers concentrate their fire. Man it was bloody. I actually had one PC leave the fortress and fly up to the windows behind the giants to get into the fight. The PC's were bottle necked that well. The spellcaster actually burned through his entire spell allotment for the day and then had to enter into hth himself. This kind of set up could be used by anything, even some lowly orcs. Simply give them a smart leader and think about what you'd do with some time to prepare for the murderous Pc's coming to kill you and take your stuff. Makes for a great fight if the PC's win, and a humbling experience  if they have to flee.-Ashrum</blockquote>

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