Your Move, Giant!

[Sir_Wulf]

Spoiler:

In one of my games, the party fought Mokmurian to a standstill: He teleported out, but they were on their last legs. Afterward, the PCs evaded stone giant search parties, grabbed the freed townsfolk, and headed for Sandpoint.

I'm looking for suggestions for the giants' next moves. Mokmurian's a smart cookie and they've given him the chance to resume tactical initiative. I'm brainstorming up unexpected ways he may try to eliminate these dangerous humans before a better-prepared expedition returns to again challenge his power.

Rather than sending a group of giants to pummel them, how about some lamia matriarchs to trick them into battling other forces that would normally ally with the PCs. Perhaps some Hellknights might be manipulated into a violent confrontation witth the PCs?

[Lord Fyre]

Spoiler:

That is a good idea.

If for some reason that doesn't work, a good "plan b" would be to try to split up the party (again, Lamias with Enchantment & Illusion Spells would be the ideal tools here) and defeat them in detail. You know "kidnap/kill and replace."

Finally, keep in mind that he also now knows something of the PC's tactics and capabilities. He should be more able to adapt his defences to counter them when/if they come back.

[Joey Virtue]

Why dont the PCs just teleport back to the Fortress and attack the giants over and over again till they are dead

[Demiurge 1138]

Joey Virtue wrote:

Why dont the PCs just teleport back to the Fortress and attack the giants over and over again till they are dead

Because by the time the PCs teleport back, they (or at least their vital personnel) could easily been long gone.

[Joey Virtue]

Demiurge 1138 wrote:

Joey Virtue wrote:

Why dont the PCs just teleport back to the Fortress and attack the giants over and over again till they are dead

Because by the time the PCs teleport back, they (or at least their vital personnel) could easily been long gone.

Then they get the important part of the Fortress the Library and they win with out fighting then they could hunt him down if they wanted to

[Sir_Wulf]

Joey Virtue wrote:

Why dont the PCs just teleport back to the Fortress and attack the giants over and over again till they are dead

This party didn't discover the library, so they don't know what they're missing.

They're also very reluctant to face Mokmurian again, as they barely managed to beat him. They were fully rested when they faced the giant leader and he still took them apart. They also don't expect him to actively hunt them, either.

[Charles Evans 25]

Sir Wulf:

Spoiler:

Does Mokmurian have any clues as to where they [the PCs] came from? If they didn't say anything or leave any corpses behind of their number for interrogation, then the best he can probably guess is that these may be affiliated to whomever took out Barl, and that the attacks are being most likely organised (as the biggest and most obvious target from that direction) from Magnimar?

[Charles Evans 25]

Okay, question answered in Chatroom,

Spoiler:

(Mokumiran has matched the PC's description to that of a group who fought at Sandpoint, and assumes they came to Jorgenfist to rescue the Sandpoint prisoners)

thank-you.

[tbug]

The frost giants should be there soon. Maybe Mokmurian will be irritated by the PCs, but not enough to put off his conquest. Assuming his army is still mostly intact, perhaps he'll just invade Varisia and save revenge for a time that's more strategically sound.