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<blockquote data-quote="DragonBelow" data-source="post: 4012438" data-attributes="member: 40407"><p>I introduced this subplot into a Eberron adaptation of The Red Hand of Doom.</p><p></p><p>The party encounters a group of servants of the DragonBelow led by a Mind</p><p>Flayer, In the first round of combat the MF fires away his mind blast but </p><p>everyone saves, things get sour fast for the bad guys and the MF is forced to </p><p>escape not before vowing to return (there was kalashtar with a tasty brain in</p><p>the group).</p><p></p><p>As an aside, there was a Dwarf of House Kundarak in the party, the player had</p><p>mentioned he wanted to take the Aberrant Dragonmark PrC, so the following</p><p>encounter was meant to be a prelude to that.</p><p></p><p>The mind flayer has been scrying on the party and prepares an ambush, this time</p><p>with the support of a few dolgrim snipers and dolgaunt monks.</p><p></p><p>The mindblast is very effective this time around and the PCs are captured with</p><p>relative ease (but lots of resistance)</p><p></p><p>The kalashtar wakes up in a cold granite table, fastened to the table by the </p><p>wrists and ankles, while the rest of the party is being held in some sort of cell.</p><p></p><p>The kalashtar begins to use his powers to break the bonds, ibut just when he's about</p><p>to break free the mind flayer enters, there is a quick mindscape/physical combat, but</p><p>the kalashtar had never participated in a psionic combat and is really freaked</p><p>out by it, so he focuses in breaking free, which he does. At the same time the party</p><p>is escaping from their cell with no equipment, fighting a couple of dolgaunts</p><p>monks.</p><p></p><p>The terrified kalashtar runs away screaming from the lab into a hallway, with</p><p>the mind flayer on his heels, the kalashtar bends a corner and runs past the</p><p>dwarf. The mind flayer comes around the corner and the dwarf steps in between</p><p>the MF and his kalashtar friend (which is what I was waiting to happen)</p><p>at this point I describe the manifestation of the aberrant dragonmark</p><p>on the dwarf which produces a prismatic wall (or ray don't remember) that</p><p>quickly killed the MF, it was a very exciting moment for the group.</p><p></p><p>Of course the dwarf was still a couple of levels short of being able to take</p><p>teh PrC, but dragonmarks are supposed to manifest during stressful</p><p>circumstances and i didn't want to hand wave it. I told the PC that he needed</p><p>to take the PrC to be able to use it afterwards.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DragonBelow, post: 4012438, member: 40407"] I introduced this subplot into a Eberron adaptation of The Red Hand of Doom. The party encounters a group of servants of the DragonBelow led by a Mind Flayer, In the first round of combat the MF fires away his mind blast but everyone saves, things get sour fast for the bad guys and the MF is forced to escape not before vowing to return (there was kalashtar with a tasty brain in the group). As an aside, there was a Dwarf of House Kundarak in the party, the player had mentioned he wanted to take the Aberrant Dragonmark PrC, so the following encounter was meant to be a prelude to that. The mind flayer has been scrying on the party and prepares an ambush, this time with the support of a few dolgrim snipers and dolgaunt monks. The mindblast is very effective this time around and the PCs are captured with relative ease (but lots of resistance) The kalashtar wakes up in a cold granite table, fastened to the table by the wrists and ankles, while the rest of the party is being held in some sort of cell. The kalashtar begins to use his powers to break the bonds, ibut just when he's about to break free the mind flayer enters, there is a quick mindscape/physical combat, but the kalashtar had never participated in a psionic combat and is really freaked out by it, so he focuses in breaking free, which he does. At the same time the party is escaping from their cell with no equipment, fighting a couple of dolgaunts monks. The terrified kalashtar runs away screaming from the lab into a hallway, with the mind flayer on his heels, the kalashtar bends a corner and runs past the dwarf. The mind flayer comes around the corner and the dwarf steps in between the MF and his kalashtar friend (which is what I was waiting to happen) at this point I describe the manifestation of the aberrant dragonmark on the dwarf which produces a prismatic wall (or ray don't remember) that quickly killed the MF, it was a very exciting moment for the group. Of course the dwarf was still a couple of levels short of being able to take teh PrC, but dragonmarks are supposed to manifest during stressful circumstances and i didn't want to hand wave it. I told the PC that he needed to take the PrC to be able to use it afterwards. :) [/QUOTE]
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