Hello all,
I am starting a new mini campaign with some friends soon and im stuck at the moment for ideas. At this point in the campaign the players find themselves at a tower on a hill, this is a mages tower.
Upon entering they realise very quickly the appearance on the outside is very different to what they find themselves in, instead of a 3 story tall thing building it is a large multi room dungeon type setting. (obviously illusionary magics at work).
The problem i am having is what to put in front of the PCs for them to overcome?
I was thinking about running it totally as illusionary challenges etc.
had a quick google and couldnt find any decent magic based rpg challenges to put the PCs through.
Any ideas, or links to pages that might help are appreciated.
I think you're in the wrong forum. This is the forum for Paizo's Organized Play Campaign called Pathfinder Scoiety. You'll do much better in the advice forum.
One I enjoyed dropping on my party is a series of heavy blades over pits that swing back and forth down a long hallway. The blades, unbeknownst to the PCs, are illusions. In the space 5 feet in front of and behind the blades, however, the floor itself is an illusion covering a pit trap. Running or jumping through to blades causes them to tumble into the pit. This pattern keeps up until the last two axes, which are real, and the floor is also real.
The result should be that the PC's attempt to run through the axes or jump past them, falling into the pit and causing mild annoyance. As they climb out, they eventually discover that the blades are fake, and proceed to feel clever as they jump from blade to blade to avoid the pits. Until they hit the last few jumps.
I would just use one or more mage's magnificent mansion spells. See this thread for some excellent advice on how to make it awesome for just such an adventure.