Hello there you fantastic forum folk you!
I would like to share with you what happened with poor old Hannis Drelev in my campaign.
For starters, I had expanded the Drelev Demense quite a bit by the time of book 4 and was more than ready to get going with a protracted war.
That would not happen at all.
Long story short, a few battles here, a dead boggard tribe there and bam, a kidnapped Hannis.
After losing Tatzlford and reclaiming it, they teleport into Fort Drelev, speak to the insurrection and find a hidden passage into the Castle.
In the middle of the night, invisible, they sneak into the castle. Get to the top floor where Hannis, his mistress Quintessa, his wife Pavetta and the wizard Imeckus Stroon is sleeping.
They smash down the doors to Hannis, Quintessa and Pavetta.
They quickly and easily subdue Pavetta, and kill her poor dog.
Quintessa wakes up before they break down her door, dimension doors into Hannis room and together they dimension door away.
Imeckus then very nearly proceeds to kill the entire party, but due to the action balance being in the partys favour and thus manage to score a few good hits, they force him to flee.
They do kidnap Pavetta, and later realizes why Hannis hardly ever spends time with her.
A few days later, they decide to do it again.
They scry on Hannis, find him sleeping in another room. Party Wizard summons succubi, teleports in, charms person and teleports back out with a nude Hannis into the middle of the castle courtyard surrounded by the best Knights the city of Shrikewall has to offer.
And that is the story of how my players passed everything in book 4 by without as much as a glance. (Just like they did book 3, though that BBEG nearly killed them, 3hp to spare.)
