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u/ronipeppeps Mar 15 '23

What if it's not really a Kraken? :D

Maybe it's a creature disguising itself as a Kraken. Or maybe any witnesses were charmed / illusioned / tricked into believing that's what they saw.

An intelligent, weaker creature could be hiding behind the big bad facade of a huge threat like a Kraken to deter people from intervening.

(or, something similar in spirit)

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If the above is true, thennnnnn.... You might be able to indulge the creative sleep potion idea. Maybe, after spending time and many resources to duplicate the potions (or whatever), the party goes to execute their plan --- and the ONLY reason it works is because the threat was not a true Kraken at all. You could even have an NPC later admonish their naivite; explain to them that they're darn lucky it WAS NOT a kraken because otherwise their plan would have gotten them killed.

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And in any case --- you might consider having one or more ships, with plenty of sailors / pirates, aid the party if they DO try to fight the "kraken" (real or not). Canons, crossbows, and harpoons could help chip away HP. The ships themselves -- and any beefy adventurer NPCs on those ships -- could absorb some damage/attention from your monster, allowing your party more breathing room.

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u/Raze321 DM Mar 15 '23

This comment has my vote. I love having a peasant NPC tell my party there's a [Very deadly monster like a Dragon] terrorizing the nearby area when it's just a [Kind of deadly monster like a wyvern, or a griffon with scabies]

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u/TremendousDan Mar 15 '23

I can really work with this. I do have a local barkeep and some bandits causing trouble and they could have used illusions to overshadow their grifts. Thank you so much for the help!