New Posts For Thread: Infiltrating a dragon culthttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29495003/Infiltrating_a_dragon_cultNext adventure, it's possible (if not likely) the PCs will go after the dragon cult which just used the Orb of Red Dragonkind to send a red dragon to assault the King's castle. We are almost done with the fight with the dragon, and then it's up to thThe key there is "interesting." Starting off a heist and getting noticed at the front door is not interesting. Walking through each step of what you've already planned might be interesting, but planning it was probably the most interesting part of thhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29495003/Infiltrating_a_dragon_cult?post_id=526115815#526115815The key there is "interesting." Starting off a heist and getting noticed at the front door is not interesting. Walking through each step of what you've already planned might be interesting, but planning it was probably the most interesting part of thFri, 16 Nov 2012 08:52:57 -0600But isn't the point of a heist (usually) to steal something successfully? To hand the PCs victory on a silver platter here would be a disservice to them, and it would miss out on a great opportunity for an interesting challenge.Anyhow, I'm trying tohttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29495003/Infiltrating_a_dragon_cult?post_id=526108987#526108987But isn't the point of a heist (usually) to steal something successfully? To hand the PCs victory on a silver platter here would be a disservice to them, and it would miss out on a great opportunity for an interesting challenge.Anyhow, I'm trying toFri, 16 Nov 2012 01:38:53 -0600There's a couple different skill challenges IIRC; check out Amazon, you can find it pretty cheap.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29495003/Infiltrating_a_dragon_cult?post_id=526096523#526096523There's a couple different skill challenges IIRC; check out Amazon, you can find it pretty cheap.Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:14:43 -0600Yes, I'd probably use a skill challenges structure, just to help me pace things. For exactly how the heist would work, I'd turn it around to the players, and ask them about their expectations and what they think would be cool.Consider this, though: whttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29495003/Infiltrating_a_dragon_cult?post_id=526093967#526093967Yes, I'd probably use a skill challenges structure, just to help me pace things. For exactly how the heist would work, I'd turn it around to the players, and ask them about their expectations and what they think would be cool.Consider this, though: wThu, 15 Nov 2012 12:59:25 -0600Yep, I'm a seasoned enough DM to know better than to prepare only one solution to a problem. ;) Ive got a bunch of enemy stats, maps, and an understanding of their tactics - that has been the easy part.It's the multi-pronged infiltration possibilityhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29495003/Infiltrating_a_dragon_cult?post_id=526081407#526081407Yep, I'm a seasoned enough DM to know better than to prepare only one solution to a problem. ;) Ive got a bunch of enemy stats, maps, and an understanding of their tactics - that has been the easy part.It's the multi-pronged infiltration possibilityThu, 15 Nov 2012 00:46:51 -0600