Night of the Living Ghouls

With the Bodaks dead, the ghouls no longer feared entering the temple. I had recently read an article in Dungeon magazine where a siege had been setup so that monsters would enter the area and some players would engage them and others would barricade the opening they had made. I had intended for this to work that way, it didn’t.

The first skill challenge involved the party performing the initial barricading of the entrances. They handled this well and then settled in. I denied them an extended rest as they still had plenty of dailies. As the night progressed, a group of ghouls broke in and the second skill challenge was invoked. This one being the one I described above. Unfortunately, it just didn’t play well. I’m not sure if the challenge wasn’t good, it wasn’t played well, or it was just late and people were getting tired. There was supposed to be a third encounter tied to this, but I passed on it and morning arrived and the ghouls retreated, letting the party escape.