Ramza00
2007-06-08, 11:01 PM
Interesting Encounters to do sometime.
This thread is meant to be a resource for ideas of encounters for DMs to do sometime. It can be a combination of types,
1)you find the encounter very interesting creative and want to share.
2)if you have a group of optimizers for PCs you have to throw optimized encounters at them else there may be little challenge
3)you just want to be helpful to your fellow DMs
Here is a starting example.
6 Ecl 9 characters, Encounter Level 14 (note when you are done reading you will probably agree the “real” CR is out of wack. Tone it down most likely or else you will do a party kill)
6 Silverbrow Humans with these info. (Silverbrow Humans gain Dragonblood Subtype but lose the bonus skillpoint per level)
Bard 2/Battle Sorcerer 1/Bard 1/ Crusader 5 or Warblade 5 (total ECL 9)
Feats
1 Song of the Heart
1 Human Dragonfire Inspiration
3 Draconic Heritage
6 Song of the White Raven
9 Words of Creation
4th lvl Manuevers, BAB of 8
Each bard has a different Draconic Heritage, giving access to fire, lighting, cold, acid, and sonic. Two bards doesn’t have the level of Battle Sorcerer and instead has another level of Bard, he also doesn’t have Draconic Heritage, one of these bards will be doing the traditional Inspire Courage, the other will be doing the Fire version of Dragonfire Inspiration.
Inspire Courage is +2 based,
+1 from Song of the Heart,
+1 from Badge of Valor (or Inspirational Boost),
+1 Masterwork Mandolin (which gives an additional +1 to attack but -1 to damage)
All this is doubled by words of creation (thus a total of 7 or 10 depending on when you do the doubling with Words of Creation, how you read and interpert the text.)
All bards use the first round to start singing (including boosting their inspire courage with badge of valor/inspirational boost with their swift action.) They then attack on the second round. With all the Inspire Courage of all 6 bards they get a total of:
+7 to attack/+ 5 to damage
+7d6 Fire Damage
+7d6 Cold Damage
+7d6 Lighting Damage
+7d6 Acid Damage
+7d6 Sonic Damage
Total bonus, +7 to attack and 127.5 additional average damage (all 5 elements plus the moral bonus to damage rolls)
or
+10 to attack/+6 to damage
+10d6 Fire Damage
+10d6 Cold Damage
+10d6 Lighting Damage
+10d6 Acid Damage
+10d6 Sonic Damage
Total bonus, +10 to attack and 181 additional average damage (all 5 elements plus the moral bonus to damage rolls)
Of course this will be a party kill most likely if you did all 6 bards and they survived long enough to do their inspire courage and attack. You can easily tone this encounter down by removing a few of the npcs.
Books Required,
Dragon Magic (Dragonfire Inspiration)
Races of the Dragon (Draconic Heritage, Draconic Heritage is also in Complete Arcane and Dragon Magic, the Races of the Dragon though has a chart of acceptable dragons that is 1 page long instead of the 10 or so listed in Dragon Magic and Complete Arcane)Tome of Battle (Song of White Raven),
Complete Adventurer (Mandolin Masterwork Instrument)
Eberron Campaign Setting (Song of the Heart)
Book of Exalted Deads (Words of Creation)
This thread is meant to be a resource for ideas of encounters for DMs to do sometime. It can be a combination of types,
1)you find the encounter very interesting creative and want to share.
2)if you have a group of optimizers for PCs you have to throw optimized encounters at them else there may be little challenge
3)you just want to be helpful to your fellow DMs
Here is a starting example.
6 Ecl 9 characters, Encounter Level 14 (note when you are done reading you will probably agree the “real” CR is out of wack. Tone it down most likely or else you will do a party kill)
6 Silverbrow Humans with these info. (Silverbrow Humans gain Dragonblood Subtype but lose the bonus skillpoint per level)
Bard 2/Battle Sorcerer 1/Bard 1/ Crusader 5 or Warblade 5 (total ECL 9)
Feats
1 Song of the Heart
1 Human Dragonfire Inspiration
3 Draconic Heritage
6 Song of the White Raven
9 Words of Creation
4th lvl Manuevers, BAB of 8
Each bard has a different Draconic Heritage, giving access to fire, lighting, cold, acid, and sonic. Two bards doesn’t have the level of Battle Sorcerer and instead has another level of Bard, he also doesn’t have Draconic Heritage, one of these bards will be doing the traditional Inspire Courage, the other will be doing the Fire version of Dragonfire Inspiration.
Inspire Courage is +2 based,
+1 from Song of the Heart,
+1 from Badge of Valor (or Inspirational Boost),
+1 Masterwork Mandolin (which gives an additional +1 to attack but -1 to damage)
All this is doubled by words of creation (thus a total of 7 or 10 depending on when you do the doubling with Words of Creation, how you read and interpert the text.)
All bards use the first round to start singing (including boosting their inspire courage with badge of valor/inspirational boost with their swift action.) They then attack on the second round. With all the Inspire Courage of all 6 bards they get a total of:
+7 to attack/+ 5 to damage
+7d6 Fire Damage
+7d6 Cold Damage
+7d6 Lighting Damage
+7d6 Acid Damage
+7d6 Sonic Damage
Total bonus, +7 to attack and 127.5 additional average damage (all 5 elements plus the moral bonus to damage rolls)
or
+10 to attack/+6 to damage
+10d6 Fire Damage
+10d6 Cold Damage
+10d6 Lighting Damage
+10d6 Acid Damage
+10d6 Sonic Damage
Total bonus, +10 to attack and 181 additional average damage (all 5 elements plus the moral bonus to damage rolls)
Of course this will be a party kill most likely if you did all 6 bards and they survived long enough to do their inspire courage and attack. You can easily tone this encounter down by removing a few of the npcs.
Books Required,
Dragon Magic (Dragonfire Inspiration)
Races of the Dragon (Draconic Heritage, Draconic Heritage is also in Complete Arcane and Dragon Magic, the Races of the Dragon though has a chart of acceptable dragons that is 1 page long instead of the 10 or so listed in Dragon Magic and Complete Arcane)Tome of Battle (Song of White Raven),
Complete Adventurer (Mandolin Masterwork Instrument)
Eberron Campaign Setting (Song of the Heart)
Book of Exalted Deads (Words of Creation)