So on Friday my group got into Vardak's fortress. They deal with the greater Barlgest(sp?) with some difficulty. The Beguiler finds the throne room and hears spell casting on the other side. The Warblade heads to take him out with Manfeller but is passed by the druid/wizard in wererat form (Bite of the Wererat spell). He runs right at Vardak and hits the first pit trap failing his same and shooting out the side of the mountain. The Dragonshaman goes next and hits the other pit trap shooting out the side of the mountain. Being two people down I start to get concerned that they may not survive. The Warblade swings and misses Vardak. Then it happens the Beguiler hits Vardak with a Hold Person. One Coup de gras with Manfeller and VArdak is down. DId I mention that the Beguiler almost single handedly killed a Flame Drake by casting Deep Slumber on it while it was flying causing it to fall 100ft.
Gotta love the Beguiler.
Did the PCs survive the fall off the mountain?
Gotta love the Beguiler.
Did the PCs survive the fall off the mountain?
Yeah they both did. The druid/wizard only survived because he had the Bite of the Wererat spell going which temporarily upped his Con. The Dragonshaman had 2 Hp left then switched on his vitality aura to heal again.
The funny thing is that a similar trap from one of the 3.0 modules (the spire one) is one of my favorite story from another group that I run. Then the Dwarven fighter had gotten fed up with the group and decided to look for traps himself only to find one the hard way. He was promtly shot out the side of the very tall spire.
I love these kinds of traps. Fun and simple and high damage.