Irreverent Fool
2010-05-13, 10:31 PM
I need suggestions for a band of airborne water and fire elemental types (ideally a group of three or more) to act as a prelude encounter to a boss fight.
My players are currently preparing to fight a red dragon that has been causing them trouble for the majority of the campaign. The dragon himself is an agent of certain elemental forces. The encounter is going to take place above a port city during a strong storm.
I plan to have water and fire elemental/themed servants accost the players first, as sort of a prelude encounter to soften them up. I originally had planned to have some of the dragon's Exarchs mounted on elemental drakes (Draconomicon p.154), but I wanted to make the elemental affinity a little more apparent. The party is ECL 11-12 and the encounter is meant to be CR-appropriate so as to leave them with enough resources to face the dragon afterward should they choose to fight (some information may lead to a negotiation).
I considered half-water elemental fire elementals and half-fire elemental water elementals, but this seems rather drab and I'd need some contrived way to keep them in the air. Not to mention that the half-elemental templates seem rather lackluster in representing such an affinity.
The dragon is a CR 13 with a few alternate features and abilities. The party consists of a Seeker of the Song, an Occult Slayer (cohort), a Warblade, a Radiant Servant of Pelor, and a Warlock. (There was a wizard who buffed them at the end of last session, but he's no longer in the group). They all have methods of flight and have had some time to prepare for the encounter via spells.
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My players are currently preparing to fight a red dragon that has been causing them trouble for the majority of the campaign. The dragon himself is an agent of certain elemental forces. The encounter is going to take place above a port city during a strong storm.
I plan to have water and fire elemental/themed servants accost the players first, as sort of a prelude encounter to soften them up. I originally had planned to have some of the dragon's Exarchs mounted on elemental drakes (Draconomicon p.154), but I wanted to make the elemental affinity a little more apparent. The party is ECL 11-12 and the encounter is meant to be CR-appropriate so as to leave them with enough resources to face the dragon afterward should they choose to fight (some information may lead to a negotiation).
I considered half-water elemental fire elementals and half-fire elemental water elementals, but this seems rather drab and I'd need some contrived way to keep them in the air. Not to mention that the half-elemental templates seem rather lackluster in representing such an affinity.
The dragon is a CR 13 with a few alternate features and abilities. The party consists of a Seeker of the Song, an Occult Slayer (cohort), a Warblade, a Radiant Servant of Pelor, and a Warlock. (There was a wizard who buffed them at the end of last session, but he's no longer in the group). They all have methods of flight and have had some time to prepare for the encounter via spells.
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