kco_501
2011-05-13, 04:53 AM
Hello!
I am trying to challenge my party and would like to have some ideas from the playground. :)
My party is a relatively well optimized, mostly caster group of friends who plan to take over the world/ end it/ just have fun. Yes, they are (mostly) evil but verging on neutral very often. Also, they are lawful, and quite pragmatic.
They are level 7-8:
Dread Necromancer 8
Necromancer 5 Incantatrix 2 or 3
Sorcerer 5 Academy of Arcane Studies Student 2
Cleric ? Crusader ? RKV ? I am not sure about the individual levels but the total is 7
Conjurer Focused Specialist 5/ Alienist 1 (Also, Half-vampire, long story)
The last session ended with them along with one other NPC porting to the Abyss to retrieve the Incantatrix and another NPC (sister to the first). The plot will involve them having to work together with the NPC (who will be taken over by the player whose character they are saving) to overcome some challenges and in the end steal the soul of the Incantatrix back from a Demon Prince. The sister NPC has already been found and will most likely suffer a terrible accident/death in combat along the way. (I am evil towards my DMPCs an the rarely make it through an evening.)
Now.. enough introduction. The plot is pretty clear and well defined in what comes afterward, this trip through the abyss is more or less a detour. I need some interesting and fitting encounters (combat or otherwise) for
1) The journey to the fortress of the Demon Prince
2) Rooms/ Encounters/ Interesting Characters in the fortress.
The demon prince has been deliberately left vague so I can have freedom of choice.
All ideas are welcome, and all sources are allowed. Fitting puzzles and interesting NPCs I welcome all :), combat ideas should pose a challenge. [My players tend to play ball hard.]
I hope you can help out a DM who has inspiration issues today:)
Thank you!
I am trying to challenge my party and would like to have some ideas from the playground. :)
My party is a relatively well optimized, mostly caster group of friends who plan to take over the world/ end it/ just have fun. Yes, they are (mostly) evil but verging on neutral very often. Also, they are lawful, and quite pragmatic.
They are level 7-8:
Dread Necromancer 8
Necromancer 5 Incantatrix 2 or 3
Sorcerer 5 Academy of Arcane Studies Student 2
Cleric ? Crusader ? RKV ? I am not sure about the individual levels but the total is 7
Conjurer Focused Specialist 5/ Alienist 1 (Also, Half-vampire, long story)
The last session ended with them along with one other NPC porting to the Abyss to retrieve the Incantatrix and another NPC (sister to the first). The plot will involve them having to work together with the NPC (who will be taken over by the player whose character they are saving) to overcome some challenges and in the end steal the soul of the Incantatrix back from a Demon Prince. The sister NPC has already been found and will most likely suffer a terrible accident/death in combat along the way. (I am evil towards my DMPCs an the rarely make it through an evening.)
Now.. enough introduction. The plot is pretty clear and well defined in what comes afterward, this trip through the abyss is more or less a detour. I need some interesting and fitting encounters (combat or otherwise) for
1) The journey to the fortress of the Demon Prince
2) Rooms/ Encounters/ Interesting Characters in the fortress.
The demon prince has been deliberately left vague so I can have freedom of choice.
All ideas are welcome, and all sources are allowed. Fitting puzzles and interesting NPCs I welcome all :), combat ideas should pose a challenge. [My players tend to play ball hard.]
I hope you can help out a DM who has inspiration issues today:)
Thank you!