Oh yes i remember an i will gladly tell you the tale of this bunch of fools as you ask ! ^^ (i also find its a strong part of the fun for a creator ! )
This was a classic group of heroes : a barbarian (woman), a dwarf, an elf (woman) and a wizzard. We decided to not bring equipement. It is quite a cooperative team on paper but the raid divided them in two distinct groups. The barbarian found herself traped in the crypt and the wizzard go to the rescue without a second thought using "pass through rock".
At the exact same time, the two others, accompagnied by the group of orcs prisoners openend the gate to the main room and started the boss fight. Both or them were infected by the mind venom and the elf lost her healing spell. They were severly wounded when they killed the two gobos ladies and the abomination. I decided it was the perfect time of the orcs betrayal. They started panicking ! With a devastasting turn of tides, the orcs attacked the two heroes. Both were reduced to one BP ! They flied with a twelve for movement. It was hilarious. ^^
In the same time, barbarian and wizzard had done to kill the undead and find there were no way out by themself. Elf and dwarf decided to ambush the orcs by exploiting the movement limitation. Two were killed but the two last killed (or incapacited) the two heroes.
So the party was done with a disaster. It was a raid, a brutal and unlucky one. : ) I 'm lucky to have a group with good mentality so i gave them a fair chance to save their heroes in the near future. Perhaps in assaulting the fortress of the orcs and in sending an emergency team with the warlock and the druid to dig up the barbarian and the wizzard (if they haven't started to eat themselves XD).
So, your quest is pretty good exemple of a certain simplicity in design weach leads to stories that build themselves. : )
Thanks for writing a short fantasy book for my evil amusement ;-) and sorry I took so long to reply. Was almost choking to death with laughter when I read that the wizard walked through the wall for the rescue.
Also I’m very sorry that I killed your group 😭. No, now I lied. I’m actually quite happy that they just almost made it. Mohahaha 😆. At first I thought the mission was a little too easy. But it seems like it was quite well balanced.
Wanted a quest with some hard choices that really mattered. The heroes do not need to free the orcs nor is it necessary to enter the crypt and maybe just maybe they should try to reunite before opening the doors to the middle room. I mean who would ever guess that there might be a boss battle in the middle room? 😁
