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<blockquote data-quote="wedgeski" data-source="post: 5385378" data-attributes="member: 16212"><p>In the previous session, the party had travelled to the Feywild under the guidance of a mysterious benefactor, in order to save the best friend of one of the PC's. Said PC had recently refused the hand of an eladrin prince (for the second time) and his obsession with her has apparently now spilled into the kidnapping and potential murder of those she holds most dear.</p><p></p><p>Upon arriving at a fomorian prison enclave, the dwarven fighter lost all control at the prospect of rampaging unchecked through a giantish stronghold and stormed the stockade. This led to a an extremely tense fight with a formorian slave driver (who was pretty much a match for the party on his own), which then turned very dangerous indeed when a giant fey crocodile and two quicklings jumped the party's squishy rear quarter.</p><p></p><p>By the end of that session, two deaths looked certain, and a TPK was on the cards. The group spent a fortnight chewing on a strategy to extricate themselves from their predicament, while their DM -- me -- who knew the numbers involved and was pretty certain the party was done for, frantically put into action his TPK-contingency plan whereby the PC's would return to the world, somewhat altered, after their enemies had succeeded in their plans to bring about an apocalypse.</p><p></p><p>As it turned out this stuff pretty much wrote itself. By the time the next session rolled around (this Sunday just gone) I was as excited for the prospect of a TPK as I was for the campaign to continue on its course, a very strange sensation indeed.</p><p></p><p>In any case, as it happened, the party prevailed with only one death, with a brilliant team effort and solid tactics especially from the party's paladin, who used his recently-acquired Justicar powers to awesome effect. The party regrouped, stormed the priosn tower, and now stand poised to take on the venerable fomorian warden, who might have some interesting revelations about their supposed allies if they play against precedent and actually take a few moments to listen to what he has to say!</p><p></p><p>All in all, most excellent super-happy fun time D&D, with the added bonus that if the party dies, I can segue into a new campaign without missing a single beat. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I've also discovered that planning in detail what will happen if your PC's fail is great inspiration for adventures to give them before they've actually done so.</p><p></p><p>Very entertaining thread. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wedgeski, post: 5385378, member: 16212"] In the previous session, the party had travelled to the Feywild under the guidance of a mysterious benefactor, in order to save the best friend of one of the PC's. Said PC had recently refused the hand of an eladrin prince (for the second time) and his obsession with her has apparently now spilled into the kidnapping and potential murder of those she holds most dear. Upon arriving at a fomorian prison enclave, the dwarven fighter lost all control at the prospect of rampaging unchecked through a giantish stronghold and stormed the stockade. This led to a an extremely tense fight with a formorian slave driver (who was pretty much a match for the party on his own), which then turned very dangerous indeed when a giant fey crocodile and two quicklings jumped the party's squishy rear quarter. By the end of that session, two deaths looked certain, and a TPK was on the cards. The group spent a fortnight chewing on a strategy to extricate themselves from their predicament, while their DM -- me -- who knew the numbers involved and was pretty certain the party was done for, frantically put into action his TPK-contingency plan whereby the PC's would return to the world, somewhat altered, after their enemies had succeeded in their plans to bring about an apocalypse. As it turned out this stuff pretty much wrote itself. By the time the next session rolled around (this Sunday just gone) I was as excited for the prospect of a TPK as I was for the campaign to continue on its course, a very strange sensation indeed. In any case, as it happened, the party prevailed with only one death, with a brilliant team effort and solid tactics especially from the party's paladin, who used his recently-acquired Justicar powers to awesome effect. The party regrouped, stormed the priosn tower, and now stand poised to take on the venerable fomorian warden, who might have some interesting revelations about their supposed allies if they play against precedent and actually take a few moments to listen to what he has to say! All in all, most excellent super-happy fun time D&D, with the added bonus that if the party dies, I can segue into a new campaign without missing a single beat. :) I've also discovered that planning in detail what will happen if your PC's fail is great inspiration for adventures to give them before they've actually done so. Very entertaining thread. :) [/QUOTE]
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