I'm going to play Drakthar's way. I see Drakthar will be a hard opponent to PC as they don't have any magical weapon yet and not enught money to afford them. Looking at Drakthar characteristics we see his is a "lowered" vampire with some vampire powers. But has he vampire weaknesses? I'm preaty sure that when PC realice that they are facing a vampire they will try to use vampire killing methods but in the SCAP HC doesn't state any vampire weakness. Do I have to count on them or not?
He has all the weaknesses of a regular vampire. You could read the thread titled 'disappointed' for some tips on running the encounter. The key is to give your players enough clues that they're up against a vampire. After that, Jenya should be able to help them. A decent wepon the pc's can use against Drakthar might be the double silver sword that was in the Malachite hold, enchanted with a magic weapon spell.
There's always alchemical silver they may be able to afford?
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He has all the weaknesses of a regular vampire.
OK. Thanks. That easy things a little.
You could read the thread titled 'disappointed' for some tips on running the encounter.
I had already done it. In fact, I read it before posting this new threat, but there wasn't any clue about vampire weaknesses there. Thanks.
A decent wepon the pc's can use against Drakthar might be the double silver sword that was in the Malachite hold
Unfortunatelly they missed this one :/
I hope they will prepare propertly before a frontal attack to Drakthar, specially after the first hit-a-run attack he will deliver to them: I'm planning to do the blood drain tactic in order to show PC who are facing.
you could go with the dominate tactic. It's especially fun if you do it in a sneaky fashion: one of the PC's gets dominated during the initial attack. After the encounter is over, pass a note to the PC telling him he's dominated. Then, at night, during that PC's guard duty, Drakthar approaches him and orders the PC to lead the party away from his layer. You could even have some markings or sigils to denote what part of the complex his layer comprises. I would sugest the part of the part directly surrounding his throne room.
Instead, Drakthar directs the PC's towards Chorlyndryn and Kalev. Drakthar isn't too pleased with those two in his domain, so this is a win-win situation for him: either the PC's kill them and Drakthar's rid of them, or they kill the PC's. either way, problem solved.
allong that vein, you could have Kalev hide a silver weapon, in case they need to face Drakthar at some point in the future. That shoudl solve your weapon problem quite nicely.
you could go with the dominate tactic.
allong that vein, you could have Kalev hide a silver weapon, in case they need to face Drakthar at some point in the future. That shoudl solve your weapon problem quite nicely.
Yeah. Thanks, both are very good ideas. Although I'm not sure to start with de domination tactic because I think players in my group aren't totally aware of vampire full powers, and maybe domination won't bring them not enough hints there's a vampire involved. But for de domination scene, I'll proceed as you suggest as I like very much the idea. Thanks again.
Yeah. Thanks, both are very good ideas. Although I'm not sure to start with de domination tactic because I think players in my group aren't totally aware of vampire full powers, and maybe domination won't bring them not enough hints there's a vampire involved. But for de domination scene, I'll proceed as you suggest as I like very much the idea. Thanks again.
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