My players are ruthless, which is why when they defeated Vanthus, they captured him and chained him up. The party assassin cut off Vanthus's wings and stinger. Vanthus waited until the party let their guard down and eventually used suggestion on the Warforged Guard and tricked him to let him out.
The rogue Vanderboren then escaped, dominating several town guards and sailing the Hellfish out. The fiend then left for the Isle of Dread. He then set about taking control of several of the Olman tribes. He eventually solidified his control by challenging Camazotz (who was not an avatar, but the actual representation of the deity) for his divinity. Vanthus won the duel, so now he has minor powers of a god of Destruction behind him.
As a final act, Vanthus summoned a squad of Bar-lguras and abducted Lavinia.
Now, I'm planning on having them meet Vanthus in Into the Maw. He will have fought Saureya and stolen his wings. My image of Vanthus in the final fight is a whirling fury of fiery destruction. I'm definitely thinking of increasing the damage that the flaming swords deal.
I'm removing the death knight template and giving him a few more levels and several of the powers of Camazotz. I'm also going to give him the power to smite evil from Saureya, as a few of my players are evil.
What do you guys think?
Bad ass, dude. It will make the final fight more memorable. Although I don't know who this god is that he is channeling.
Plus how did an 18thish level character beat a god?
Zotzilla, Camazotz? No?
Well in my campaign setting the bat god was a weak deity. The players had the opportunity to kill Camazotz, but they missed out.
Zotzilla, Camazotz? No?
Well in my campaign setting the bat god was a weak deity. The players had the opportunity to kill Camazotz, but they missed out.
You know, I just read through Tides of Dread last night and noticed that Camazotz=Zotzilla. :)
Cool that you have Vanthus finish the character's missed opportunities in a manner that comes back to bite them.