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#1 chaosfang Feb 11, 2010 17:55:58

I guess I brought this upon myself, after *somehow* being able to manage 2 encounters simultaneously (in Baldurs 1-2). One player suggested we try out a one-shot game where two adventuring groups in our locale teamed up against something seriously epic. As in Epic tier boss, on a non-Epic tier adventuring group. At first I thought it'd be way too unfair to have them go at epic tier bosses without them being epic tier themselves, even if that's 10 adventurers in total.  Then somebody points out page 49 of Draconomicon 2 (Subdual Encounters), where all the players have to do is "kill" it (setting its HP by half). I realize that the defenses of an Elder Dragon would be way too high for anyone that's less than lvl 18, but I was thinking: what if I do a modified version of the Subdual Encounter: instead of just halving the HP and XP then have the players go until it "dies" (is subdued), I half the HP and XP, and limit the combat until it is bloodied -- essentially the players need to have it drop it by 1/4th of its original HP. And even if this is a complete "wipe-out", the dragon would be doing subdual damage, since fighting it would be merely a "test" if the players could handle a deadlier fight. Here's the breakdown of what I'm planning: Show 10 characters (lvl 14), 4 encounters. EASY: 3500-4000 XP smaller groups STANDARD: 10 000-12 000 XP, 5000-6000 smaller groups HARD: 20 000 XP Encounter 1A (easy) * Pod Demon, MM2 p.58, 2400 XP * 4x Pod Demon, MM2 p.59, 0 XP * Immolith, MM p.56, 1200 XP Encounter 1B (easy) * Beholder Eye of Frost, MM2 p.24, 2000 XP * 2x Bearded Devil (Barbazu), MM p.64, 1600 XP Encounter 2A (standard) * Minotaur Cabalist, MM p.190, 800 XP * 3x Arctide Runespiral Demon, MM2 p.60, 2100 XP * 2x Minotaur Warrior, MM p. 190, 1000 XP Encounter 2B (standard) * Beholder Eye of Flame, MM p.32, 1600 XP * 4x Cambion Hellsword, MM p.39, 1400 XP * Minotaur Cabalist, MM p.190, 800 XP Encounter 3 (standard**) * Elder Red Dragon, MM p.83. 525 HP (262 bloodied), 10375 XP Encounter 4 (hard) * Baphomet Statue. Minion, 40 all defenses, 0 XP * 2x Goristro, MM p.59, 9600 XP * 6x Abyssal Eviscerator, MM2 p.51, 6000 XP * 4x Immolith, MM p.56, 4800 XP ** Encounter ends when dragon is bloodied. - - - - - Story: Team A. You were hired by Clerics of Erathis to help deal with a demonic threat in the mountain ruins of an ancient temple to Baphomet. Team B. One lord requested aid to clear his lands of a beholder threat.