DM: A desperate Bolt Storm crashes onto the field. Hitting… everpony.
Pinkie Pie: Holy moly! I don't think I have enough Majestic Words for this!
Fluttershy: Bloodied… That means half HP, right? I'm almost there too…
Rainbow Dash: Geez, how many phases does this guy have?
Twilight Sparkle: Even after a bunch of minions and elites…
Applejack: Okay, the royal guards HAD to have noticed that, right?
Rarity: What is he doing…? A rational thief would have retreated to the shadows by now!
DM: Whatever Blueblood has become, it is far from rational. It is almost as if, in his moment of pure anger and fear, the Amulet itself has taken over. And instead of running to the shadows, it has decided to bring the shadows to you. Unrelated: How high is everyone's Will defense?
In a one-shot I literally did last night (SWRPG), our party of level-one bounty hunters, scoundrels, and “Jedi” apprentices ran into a level-seven Sith apprentice that we weren't really supposed to fight at all, let alone after going through two separate encounters with guards. Then we ran into more guards, split the party, ran into more guards, and half the party died.
But what about the Sith apprentice? The one who should easily have swept the floor with us, especially since in character none of us knew that she could deflect bolts back at her? She went out like a chump after one of our rogue-types hit her with a lucky stun bolt. She had Force lightning that probably would have killed half of us in just one more round, not to mention insane saving throws and presumably at least decent lightsaber skills. But I guess we'll never know for sure.
Dude, ending this last panel on a humorous bit about Will defense is *PERFECT* :D That is a line I know I use now and then to tell my players it's time to cash in those paranoia chips.
...I had a character named Zuul, but I couldn't convince the other player to name his character 'Dana'...
Still, it was an awesome character (and the reason I am banned from playing other characters smaller than small). Gestalt Cryptic 3/Evolutionist 2/Monk 1 Kval. I had 32 Stealth at 3rd level.
Oh no, if you want to be truly evil, you can do so much more than that. Make seemingly random rolls without any comment, ask them to make perception/detection/will rolls just out of the blue, pass notes that are cryptic, innocent, blank, or only make sense after several notes are out.
Do it as a slow burn, start in a populated area that slows to an eventual stop when they get to their dungeon, get to a place where they're alone...then, start the rolling again.
Okay, quick question. WHICH mummy is he doing an impersonation of? The Imhotep that Brenden Frasier fought? The female from the remake? Tom Cruise's character from the remake? Or are we going to more classic renditions, and something that Abbot and Costellou would be interacting with?
They can't get to the battle, because it's on a balcony that's walled off by fire. Plus, there's the Grand Galloping Gala Guarding to see after, AND civilians to herd away from the fighting, not to mention that they're also cleaning up from the mess of tracker animals stampeding through the ballroom, and Celestia needing to manage PR.
Plus, the Royal Guards might also be busy rounding up random ninja minions, and securing any valuables/vaults/etc.
And, you know, not much time has passed (as you said/suggested), with a heaping side of "I'm not getting in the middle of that!"
I almost hate trying to end on a joke here when Blueblood's doing a dang Mummy impression. Holy crap is this better than I ever imagined.