Douche
2017-03-06, 11:34 AM
Party is level 10. The Beholders lair was the stereotypical series of tunnels, but interweaved through a large underground chasm where there was a bunch of rope bridges. If you ever played Bloodborne, I imagined it like the chalice dungeons with the huge rope bridges... Ailing Loran?
Anyway, the Beholder has created a cult where he is the object of worship. We arrive under the pretense that we are there to join the cult, but are wary of submitting to a mind control ritual. We reach their chamber where we are to shed our previous lives, when our monk gets tired of the charade & starts attacking, at which point we start slaughering cultists.
One combat later, the voice of the Beholder we're hunting booms from the rope-bridge chasm. He wants us to come out there to face his judgment. I start thinking of ways to set up a trap for him inside the tunnels, as I thought that'd be safer than fighting over a huge open chasm of unstable bridges. Our druid is not so patient. He sticks his head out & casts Call Lightning to start pestering the Beholder.
A few rounds later, we give up on luring the Beholder into the tunnels (which was probably the more dangerous environment anyway). The rest of the party moves into the chasm, I arrive (as the cleric) and manage to cast Banishment with a success. Now we have 1 minute to set ourselves up. The Beholder is 50 feet above us, by the way.
So our druid wildshapes into a Giant Eagle. He flies the Paladin & myself to a bridge above where the Beholder was banished. All the while, the cult leader is pestering us with Eldritch blast, and there are archers firing at us with Longbows as well. The party wizard, with his Boots of Spider Climbing, follows us up the wall as well.
Now we're set up. Wizard uses Haste on the Paladin. I end my concentration on Banishment, and we both leap off the bridge at the Beholder. Wizard uses Feather Fall on us. Paladin grapples the Beholder in midair. I only meant to use a Bestow Curse on the Beholder, but fail (rather, the Beholder succeeds on his save), but I safely Feather Fall back to another bridge.
For the next few rounds, our Hasted Paladin pounds the Beholder in midair as his weight exceeds it's carrying capacity, causing it to slowly descend towards the rest of the party, far below. I'm casting Guided Bolt to give advantage on attacks. The Paladin crits, max level smites, three attacks per turn. The Beholder desperately uses all it's eyebeams, legendary & lair actions to try & get the Paladin off him.
Within maybe 2 rounds, the Beholder was dead. Wizard uses Web to catch the corpse of the Beholder (we need it's central eye) along with the Paladin. Session ended there. We still need to get the cultists to leave us alone now, no need to slay them all.
In essence, I felt it was a really cinematic moment. Jumping off the bridge & stabbing a Beholder to death in midair, with the support of the rest of the team. Fun stuff. Immense success.
Anyway, the Beholder has created a cult where he is the object of worship. We arrive under the pretense that we are there to join the cult, but are wary of submitting to a mind control ritual. We reach their chamber where we are to shed our previous lives, when our monk gets tired of the charade & starts attacking, at which point we start slaughering cultists.
One combat later, the voice of the Beholder we're hunting booms from the rope-bridge chasm. He wants us to come out there to face his judgment. I start thinking of ways to set up a trap for him inside the tunnels, as I thought that'd be safer than fighting over a huge open chasm of unstable bridges. Our druid is not so patient. He sticks his head out & casts Call Lightning to start pestering the Beholder.
A few rounds later, we give up on luring the Beholder into the tunnels (which was probably the more dangerous environment anyway). The rest of the party moves into the chasm, I arrive (as the cleric) and manage to cast Banishment with a success. Now we have 1 minute to set ourselves up. The Beholder is 50 feet above us, by the way.
So our druid wildshapes into a Giant Eagle. He flies the Paladin & myself to a bridge above where the Beholder was banished. All the while, the cult leader is pestering us with Eldritch blast, and there are archers firing at us with Longbows as well. The party wizard, with his Boots of Spider Climbing, follows us up the wall as well.
Now we're set up. Wizard uses Haste on the Paladin. I end my concentration on Banishment, and we both leap off the bridge at the Beholder. Wizard uses Feather Fall on us. Paladin grapples the Beholder in midair. I only meant to use a Bestow Curse on the Beholder, but fail (rather, the Beholder succeeds on his save), but I safely Feather Fall back to another bridge.
For the next few rounds, our Hasted Paladin pounds the Beholder in midair as his weight exceeds it's carrying capacity, causing it to slowly descend towards the rest of the party, far below. I'm casting Guided Bolt to give advantage on attacks. The Paladin crits, max level smites, three attacks per turn. The Beholder desperately uses all it's eyebeams, legendary & lair actions to try & get the Paladin off him.
Within maybe 2 rounds, the Beholder was dead. Wizard uses Web to catch the corpse of the Beholder (we need it's central eye) along with the Paladin. Session ended there. We still need to get the cultists to leave us alone now, no need to slay them all.
In essence, I felt it was a really cinematic moment. Jumping off the bridge & stabbing a Beholder to death in midair, with the support of the rest of the team. Fun stuff. Immense success.