![]() ![]() But none of the PCs thought to follow-up on that seemingly unimportant piece of information, even though the portal was the very first thing the DM described when we arrived. A fact that we knew about since almost every NPC told us of its existence as we got closer and closer to the lair. He reminded us that there was a magical portal in the creature’s lair. We asked the DM what he expected us to do when we finally found the super-monster. No one ever assumes that an encounter is out of reach. We all admitted that it’s simply D&D mentality to assume that everything can be defeated. After all, we’re PCs and assume that what was impossible for everyone else is surely possible for us.Īs we continued discussing the situation the DM asked if he was wrong to introduce such a powerful foe into the game at all? No one felt that the DM was out of line. He tried to build the legend of the dangerous and undefeatable monster and all we could think of was killing it. We finally had to admit that there was probably nothing the DM could have done differently. The DM flat out asked us what he could have done differently to dissuade us from fighting his super-monster. But the PCs being PC didn’t hear this as a cautionary tale, we heard it as a challenge. He tried and tried to explain in-game that the monster was too tough for the PCs at their current level. ![]() The DM explained that he didn’t think the PCs would actually fight the monster right away. We decided to stop playing for the night but we had an interesting discussion with the DM afterwards. If the monster wasn’t anywhere near dead, then we were in big trouble. The players looked around the table with shock. And then one of my companions said to the DM, “Since we’re down to just our at-will powers, are you willing to call the fight, otherwise this could drag out for a long time?” to which the DM replied, “This monster is no where near dead. In fact, we thought we were doing a pretty good job of killing the monster. After two grueling hours of combat we still had no clue that we were in way over our heads. ![]()
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