Orsen
2011-08-01, 12:27 AM
A party of five tenth level. Wildshape Ranger, Swordsage, TWF Barbarian, Psychich Warrior, Cleric Archer.
Long story short:
I just fiinshed playing with a group and we are continuing in the morning. I'm DM. My party was sent to investigate a cavern where a Drow army is building up but they don't know it. They were supposed to get in, fight through the advance guard see the army then report back. Instead they triggered a trap a bunch of times and the Swordsage went to a strength of 0. This caused them to run from a Beholder and hide in town for 11 days for the Swordsage to get his full strength back.
I had already planned in my notes for the Drow army to start leaving in 7 days and be completly out in 9. Now the party are traveling further into the cave chasing after an escaped Drow who was a guard for the underdark Drow city the army massed in. Basically the party is walking into a Drow city also full of Mind flayers (both are attacking the surface) and since they are underground, the players have no idea that the countryside is being attacked by a Drow army.
How do I get them to not walk into the city and be utterly overwhelmed by numbers or how do I make them not all die and remain true to what's going on outside the players knowledge?
Thanks in advance to anyone who has a suggestion!
Long story short:
I just fiinshed playing with a group and we are continuing in the morning. I'm DM. My party was sent to investigate a cavern where a Drow army is building up but they don't know it. They were supposed to get in, fight through the advance guard see the army then report back. Instead they triggered a trap a bunch of times and the Swordsage went to a strength of 0. This caused them to run from a Beholder and hide in town for 11 days for the Swordsage to get his full strength back.
I had already planned in my notes for the Drow army to start leaving in 7 days and be completly out in 9. Now the party are traveling further into the cave chasing after an escaped Drow who was a guard for the underdark Drow city the army massed in. Basically the party is walking into a Drow city also full of Mind flayers (both are attacking the surface) and since they are underground, the players have no idea that the countryside is being attacked by a Drow army.
How do I get them to not walk into the city and be utterly overwhelmed by numbers or how do I make them not all die and remain true to what's going on outside the players knowledge?
Thanks in advance to anyone who has a suggestion!