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<blockquote data-quote="Jon Potter" data-source="post: 2945368" data-attributes="member: 2323"><p>As I mentioned before the board wipe, this whole exchange was "inspired" by this bit from The Tomb of Horrors:</p><p></p><p><strong>PCs are discouraged from bypassing the material walls of the world via the Ethereal Plane by a host of demonic guardians. PCs become aware of the demonic host only if they attempt an ethereal jaunt while within the hill or tomb. One or more demons arrive and attack, according to the following table (roll randomly) every 1d4 rounds that the characters maintain a presence on the Ethereal Plane while within the tomb. </strong></p><p></p><p>It wasn't much later, after the unexpected appearance of a Vrock, that Huzair's player realized it was his Blinking that was prompting the demaonic attacks. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not yet! The average party level at this point was 6 (I think) so adding class levels would have spelled disaster in three little letters: TPK. I wasn't quite into that.</p><p></p><p>Hidden by Spoiler tags below is a glimpse of things to come, though.</p><p></p><p>[spoiler]One of the PCs does die in the Elemental Earth Node later on.[/spoiler]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon Potter, post: 2945368, member: 2323"] As I mentioned before the board wipe, this whole exchange was "inspired" by this bit from The Tomb of Horrors: [b]PCs are discouraged from bypassing the material walls of the world via the Ethereal Plane by a host of demonic guardians. PCs become aware of the demonic host only if they attempt an ethereal jaunt while within the hill or tomb. One or more demons arrive and attack, according to the following table (roll randomly) every 1d4 rounds that the characters maintain a presence on the Ethereal Plane while within the tomb. [/b] It wasn't much later, after the unexpected appearance of a Vrock, that Huzair's player realized it was his Blinking that was prompting the demaonic attacks. Not yet! The average party level at this point was 6 (I think) so adding class levels would have spelled disaster in three little letters: TPK. I wasn't quite into that. Hidden by Spoiler tags below is a glimpse of things to come, though. [spoiler]One of the PCs does die in the Elemental Earth Node later on.[/spoiler] [/QUOTE]
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