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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 9235676" data-attributes="member: 52734"><p>I was going to suggest pulling a few cues from DL10 - Dragons of Dreams. As they get close to the foundation stone, reality begins to warp, melding with the Abyss to create visions and landscapes. When they get to the stone, Takahisis hits them not physically, but mentally. She promises gifts of treasure, power or to fulfill the character's deepest desires. She doesn't just voice an offer, she immerses the characters in their desires - she makes the offer real to make refusing it that more difficult, and the demons within the offers are there (in disguise) to make sure the characters are dealt with if they refuse. </p><p></p><p>And even if the characters work their way through the offers, they arrive at the foundation stone where the Gemstone Man sacrifices himself - only for it to go horrendously, terribly wrong as the Gemstone Man is flayed for his sacrifice - and it looks like the PCs are next as demons tear from the poor man's screaming body. Of course, this is the last "illusion" the Queen of Darkness can put forward to try and dissuade the PCs, by playing on the PCs being willing to sacrifice someone else instead of themselves. If the PCs can prove they are brave and willing enough to make the sacrifice in the Gemstone Man's place, they can defeat the illusion and seal the rift. Until someone steps forward to sacrifice themselves, the flood of (illusionary) demons won't stop and will eventually overwhelm them and/or hunt them down if they attempt to retreat. If the players succeed and the illusion is thus dispelled, that might be when Takahisis herself decides to (partly) step in to ensure the group doesn't complete their plan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 9235676, member: 52734"] I was going to suggest pulling a few cues from DL10 - Dragons of Dreams. As they get close to the foundation stone, reality begins to warp, melding with the Abyss to create visions and landscapes. When they get to the stone, Takahisis hits them not physically, but mentally. She promises gifts of treasure, power or to fulfill the character's deepest desires. She doesn't just voice an offer, she immerses the characters in their desires - she makes the offer real to make refusing it that more difficult, and the demons within the offers are there (in disguise) to make sure the characters are dealt with if they refuse. And even if the characters work their way through the offers, they arrive at the foundation stone where the Gemstone Man sacrifices himself - only for it to go horrendously, terribly wrong as the Gemstone Man is flayed for his sacrifice - and it looks like the PCs are next as demons tear from the poor man's screaming body. Of course, this is the last "illusion" the Queen of Darkness can put forward to try and dissuade the PCs, by playing on the PCs being willing to sacrifice someone else instead of themselves. If the PCs can prove they are brave and willing enough to make the sacrifice in the Gemstone Man's place, they can defeat the illusion and seal the rift. Until someone steps forward to sacrifice themselves, the flood of (illusionary) demons won't stop and will eventually overwhelm them and/or hunt them down if they attempt to retreat. If the players succeed and the illusion is thus dispelled, that might be when Takahisis herself decides to (partly) step in to ensure the group doesn't complete their plan. [/QUOTE]
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