Things I Learned Running a High-Level Drow GameFriday, April 23, 2010
Wednesday night we finished session #3 of Exiles of Zirnakaynin, my high-level, all-evil, all-drow-noble campaign. This session started with getting James Jacobs and Rob McCreary caught up to the rest of the group, as they missed session #2 due to bad cases of the sicky sickies. Once sisters Alivorah (James) and Ylvirixna (Rob) reached the pleasure-haven drow city of Far Parathra, they were attacked by mysterious creatures that crawled out of the angles formed by the walls and floors of their hotel rooms. Similar creatures attacked the rest of the PCs at the end of session #2, and most of Wednesday's game involved six individual, simultaneous battles against these creatures, as all the PCs had split up for the night.
Things I learned in last night's session include:
- Even a creature of the Mythos can succumb to a baleful polymorph if you try enough times (ook ook!).
- Remembering you have Combat Casting can be the difference between successfully casting a ground-zero flame strike and eye-rolling failure.
- 14th-level fighters and inquisitors can deal a horrendous amount of damage in one round.
- Fast zombies make fine litter-bearers but poor obstacles against CR 9 opponents.
- Letting a demon possess a PC sometimes means the PC goes crazy and destroys her sister's undead lackeys.
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Sean K Reynolds
Developer, Pathfinder Chronicles