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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Joshua Randall" data-source="post: 5246692" data-attributes="member: 7737">Come to think of it, the fight right before the battle against Erebus was pretty epic too.The PCs realized they needed to travel back in space-time to The Beginning, so they sought out and entered the Plane of Time.Physically, the Plane of Time took the form of a giant whirldwind of swirling sand -- yes, the sands of time, and no, I didn't specifically steal it from Prince of Persia. (Of course metaphysically the Plane of Time has neither matter nor dimension, but the PCs being limited mortals were only able to conceive of it as something physical.)While being buffeted by the sands of time -- which the PCs were only able to survive thanks to their previous bargain with a goddess for whom they did a favor -- they were attacked by some old nemeses: a 20th level cleric of Erebus and a 20th level sorcerer, along with numerous lackeys / meatshields.Yes, I pitted my 16th level PCs against two 20th level NPC spellcasters.It was a brutal fight, especially when the sorcerer began spamming time stop. (Do you know how many 9th level spells a 20th level sorcerer with 30 Int gets? Answer: 7.)However... the enemies were not protected from the ravages of the sands of time. As the battle raged, and the individuals PCs and NPCs were swept down towards the bottom of the hourglass (so to speak), they travelled backwards in time. So after a round, the NPC enemies had turned from middle-aged men into twenty-somethings. After another round, teenagers. Until, eventually, the formerly fearsome NPC enemies were reduced to howling infants who were ultimately erased from existence.(Which is a good thing because that fight was really unfair.)So... two timed battles in a row might have been repetitive, but the players seemed to enjoy it.</blockquote>

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