So in a little while, the party is going to do battle in the tomb of a long "dead" god. Depending on how things shake out, its possible that the god will be "reawakening" during the encounter (PCs are 19th level btw). I'm planning this as a capstone encounter in a rather lengthy adventure and the battle should be pretty huge in its own right.
That being said, I also think that dynamic terrain makes for the best encounters much of the time (as well as dangerous/hindering terrain, terrain powers, etc. So what, should be in place in the case of a god's tomb?
The first thought I had is sort of a giant sarcophagus (i.e. large enough to allow the encounter to start on top of it, with the lid slowly retracting during the battle.
That then opens the encounter up to a more 3D perspective as the fight starts to happen, in part, on the god. The god will not be a combatant per se, but I'm thinking sort of a "restless sleep" idea with his limbs flailing about, possibly crushing and/or pinning combatants. Gas clouds (sorta like a breath weapon) also come to mind, and then you have just the sheer verticle drops that can accompany something like this (after all, who knows just how big a god's true body really is?)
I'm also thinking that the god's "reawakening" could bring some beneficial effects with it to, i.e. creating things like energy nodes that allow a power to be recharged (i.e. recover an encounter power) or healing font, etc.
But I'm still looking for something to make this really memorable, so I come to you all for ideas (as well as advice on the above suggestions) for making this truly great. The main opponent btw will be a solo dragon (Calastryx) that has previously given the party fits, which is one of the reasons why I want to make the terrain particularly interesting.
That being said, I also think that dynamic terrain makes for the best encounters much of the time (as well as dangerous/hindering terrain, terrain powers, etc. So what, should be in place in the case of a god's tomb?
The first thought I had is sort of a giant sarcophagus (i.e. large enough to allow the encounter to start on top of it, with the lid slowly retracting during the battle.
That then opens the encounter up to a more 3D perspective as the fight starts to happen, in part, on the god. The god will not be a combatant per se, but I'm thinking sort of a "restless sleep" idea with his limbs flailing about, possibly crushing and/or pinning combatants. Gas clouds (sorta like a breath weapon) also come to mind, and then you have just the sheer verticle drops that can accompany something like this (after all, who knows just how big a god's true body really is?)
I'm also thinking that the god's "reawakening" could bring some beneficial effects with it to, i.e. creating things like energy nodes that allow a power to be recharged (i.e. recover an encounter power) or healing font, etc.
But I'm still looking for something to make this really memorable, so I come to you all for ideas (as well as advice on the above suggestions) for making this truly great. The main opponent btw will be a solo dragon (Calastryx) that has previously given the party fits, which is one of the reasons why I want to make the terrain particularly interesting.
) flailing limbs that can knock people prone and/or pin them and/or just bat them (slide) around the battlefield and possibly off the edge of his body. then there is also natural body movement from breathing so maybe bisect the battlefield down the middle of the chest area and anyone on one side, at the end of the round slides 3(? depends on how big your battlefield is) squares closer to that side's edge to an eventual fall (which gives a tactical reason to stay up near the head but subject to a breath attack every other round)
