Hi, everyone,
I seem to have put myself in a bit of an odd corner: One of the PCs has the ability to detect trillith and detected one near the entrance to Castle Korstull. The detection ability is pretty limited -- it only lets you know if there is a trillith within 60 feet -- but it wouldn't be that hard to trilaterate the position of the trillith. Said PC also had the clever idea of beating up all the skeletons lying out front of the castle. That leaves me in an awkward position -- if they do identify the trillith in their midst and decide to attack it, it's not going to have anything to use the gem it's carrying. Aside from making things "too easy", it likely will deprive the heroes of the exciting battle with Syana. On the other hand, I hate to do some sort of deus ex in order to force them into an encounter, especially if they're taking advantage of their abilities to identify and deal with threats on their own terms.
So, any suggestions? It seems like a toned-down Syana or something similar would be an appropriate encounter if they go this route, but I'm still stuck with the fact that Syana's on the top floor and the heroes are, er, not.
Thanks,
Bill
I seem to have put myself in a bit of an odd corner: One of the PCs has the ability to detect trillith and detected one near the entrance to Castle Korstull. The detection ability is pretty limited -- it only lets you know if there is a trillith within 60 feet -- but it wouldn't be that hard to trilaterate the position of the trillith. Said PC also had the clever idea of beating up all the skeletons lying out front of the castle. That leaves me in an awkward position -- if they do identify the trillith in their midst and decide to attack it, it's not going to have anything to use the gem it's carrying. Aside from making things "too easy", it likely will deprive the heroes of the exciting battle with Syana. On the other hand, I hate to do some sort of deus ex in order to force them into an encounter, especially if they're taking advantage of their abilities to identify and deal with threats on their own terms.
So, any suggestions? It seems like a toned-down Syana or something similar would be an appropriate encounter if they go this route, but I'm still stuck with the fact that Syana's on the top floor and the heroes are, er, not.
Thanks,
Bill