Champions Belt Diaster?

[jjust4me]

One thing I noticed in this adventure is, what happens if the player choose to leave the big worm trapped in the forcefield-as my players likely will. In the final confrontation in the arena, they have a nasty fight, then this big ol worm burst forth and let's face it, he is very likely to swallow a fighter type without much difficulty. Now he gets tougher, and all hell brakes loose in the arena from the negative backlash of energy released. I am running FR, so I am sure Lords of Waterdeep would get a handle on the situation, but not after hundreds or even thousands are killed in what follows (according to the adventure).

Has anyone had to deal with this situation?

[Peruhain of Brithondy]

There was an earlier thread on this very topic with many different ideas on how to handle this. Suggest you check the archives.

[ZDM]

I'm running in FR, too, and made the Free City Waterdeep. My players didnt find the big worm in time and it killed hundreds of spectators. But I put some powerful clerics, and other adventurers, in the audience and they were able to contain the damage. After all, this is supposed to be THE event to attend.

[Russell Jones]

Oh-ho, imagine it in SHARN with its 200,000+ tax-paying population. With such a tournament going on, I'll bet the full population at any given time breaks a cool million easy. I told my players what WOULD have happened should the Apostle have broken out, and they turned white. For a full session I had a player just sputter "50-thousand wights?!!?" at random intervals.

I, too, posted on the previous thread, and highly recommend looking for it. Doomsday scenarios always make me feel like an ice cream.

[jjust4me]

So what's the CR for 18,000 wights? ;-)

[Brian Guevara]

I had no trouble getting my players to survive the arena battle by doing my job as a DM, i gave them the info they needed to locate the Ulgustasa before the final match, which still made for an epic battle seeing as how the Ranger was swallowed and turned into a spawn of Kyuss and the paladin ended the battle with 3HP and 1Con left...Remember it is not railroading if they do not know it is for the better turn about, and therefore a better roleplaying session.