After another lengthy hiatus, my long running Kingmaker group was ready, sort of maybe, to assault the thistle palace of Queen Rhoswen from Realm of the Fellnight Queen. The module has been incorporated as the next major event after Varnhold Vanishing.
After hastily raising a small army from the kingdom, and raising/hiring/bribing a force of Nomen centaurs, the party assaulted to breach between worlds. Driving the invaders back, the party sprinted forth to take the fight directly to the queen while the army held the portal.
After the druid scouted the palace in air elemental form, the party rigged a system of ropes to get everyone, centaur fighter and tiger animal companion included, to the room. Using ropes to leap over the side and swing onto the third floor balcony, our heroes scattered the few guards and charged into the throne room. The fight perhaps a minute, but left three of the party members, the human bard king of our realm, halfling druid, and centaur fighter, dead and the druid's animal companion a tiger trapped in a canary's body. The mountain lion monk took five shadow evocation fireballs and a baleful polymorph without a scratch. That cat has saves for days.
Situation now. The queen is dead, but so is most of the party. The palace has not been cleared, and the portal to golarion, about ten feet diameter, is being contested by two armies of many hundreds. What should our monk do? He can't take the bodies or gear with him. We're not sure how intact some of the bodies are anyway. The druid took between 40-81 fire damage after dying. Bard took 41 after dying. Fighter is pretty intact.
Also, what state is the throne room in? Most of it took 50d6 fire damage, equivalent of 7.5 seconds of full immersion in lava.
Umm... switch scenes. Maybe have a small group from the PC's army break away from the main army when the place starts to rumble after the defeat of Rhoswen. Cue new temporary PCs who fight their way into the palace to save their King and companions. Any former PCs laying around from character switches? Bring them back... once the players finish the module and clear the way to their former PCs the monk can take control of his living character again... everyone can carry out bodies... and once you are safely back home... Resurrection.
The scene switch, temporary pcs, sounds like it might be a good idea. Thanks. There are a couple ex-pcs lying around the kingdom from players who have moved away. Human alchemist, troll transmuter, and there are a few npcs who might be able to step up.
Had a discussion with the monk player, and his thoughts are to take a piece of everyone back for reincarnate/Resurrection. We have a couple sources that could/would cast it, but I'm not sure how far away the closest 13+ level cleric is.
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(Staveon wishes he had the chance against the "Fell Knight Quuen"or whatever, ifyanowatImean.)
Also, hi, GM! We starting up the Gray Knight's Door again any time soon? :D
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Le gasp! Ze lion has found me once again! I must hide!
^_^ Congratulations friend.
I'm sure kingmaker will be fine. I've been lucky enough to have great friends who are also great gamers. I just make the funny voices.