I’m looking to get this NPC to CR 12. She’s pretty heavily based on a battle smith artificer, but with some different spells to better fit the vibe I want her to have. What can I change to make her a little more powerful without making her too OP or too complicated?
My players are exploring the Maze Level and have killed Maku and all the other minotaurs (save for three who escaped). They talked their way into Spiderwatch Keep by being/disguising themselves as drow and showing off Maku’s horn that they took as a trophy.
In Muiral’s Gauntlet, they sided with Xarann A’Daragon and helped him to kill Vlonwelv. Xarann died as well, so the party really doesn’t have any allies in House Freth.
I also had House Auvryndar make use of chitines and choldriths from Volo’s Guide to Monsters to add variety, so by now House Auvryndar is completely destroyed and Muiral’s Gauntlet is overrun by these creatures.
How would Erelal and Drivvin react to this news? I guess Drivvin would probably be relieved he doesn’t have to become Halaster’s apprentice after all, but I’m not sure how to play Erelal. Would she be angry that their plan to use the minotaurs is ruined? Relieved to know that House Auvryndar has fallen? Upset that she didn’t get to destroy her enemies herself, or that the PCs stole her thunder? Should she reward them? Chastise them?
My players have gotten used to this campaign having quests where one side just wants them to kill the other, and I’m just not sure how to handle this one where the situation is so different, as I really want it to be an interesting change of pace for the players