Tactical Challenge #4

[MaxWilson]

Unorigional - The Animated Armor will attack anyone in melee range, and stand in front of the door where no PC's can pass through his space to access the door. It has a INT of 9 and understands "guard the door" better than all the 8 INT PC's would due to it's superior Int. It will act just as tactically as they would.

Val: The only time limit is 10 rounds to complete the ritual, but the party has no knowledge of this time limit. The BBEG must maintain the ritual every round, but there is nothing RAW that requires them to stay in the room (but RAI - I'd assume they would).

Any word on the spells? Because if Vrocks + conjured wolves (or whatever) are indeed an option, they're going to kill that BBEG long before 10 rounds is up.

BTW, easiest way to deal with the armor is to probably just to have the barbarian shove it off the end of the stairs. Repeat if necessary every time it climbs up. Use Readied Action: Shove for extra hilarity.