Consider the Ideal Climax; Adventure Climax

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  "page": 75,
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    [
      "1",
      "The adventurers confront the main villain and a group of minions in a bloody battle to the finish."
    ],
    [
      "2",
      "The adventurers chase the villain while dodging obstacles designed to thwart them, leading to a final confrontation in or outside the villain's refuge."
    ],
    [
      "3",
      "The actions of the adventurers or the villain result in a cataclysmic event that the adventurers must escape."
    ],
    [
      "4",
      "The adventurers race to the site where the villain is bringing a master plan to its conclusion, arriving just as that plan is about to be completed."
    ],
    [
      "5",
      "The villain and two or three lieutenants perform separate rites in a large room. The adventurers must disrupt all the rites at the same time."
    ],
    [
      "6",
      "An ally betrays the adventurers as they're about to achieve their goal. (Use this climax carefully, and don't overuse it.)"
    ],
    [
      "7",
      "A portal opens to another plane of existence. Creatures on the other side spill out, forcing the adventurers to close the portal and deal with the villain at the same time."
    ],
    [
      "8",
      "Traps, hazards, or animated objects turn against the adventurers while the main villain attacks."
    ],
    [
      "9",
      "The dungeon begins to collapse while the adventurers face the main villain, who attempts to escape in the chaos."
    ],
    [
      "10",
      "A threat more powerful than the adventurers appears, destroys the main villain, and then turns its attention on the characters."
    ],
    [
      "11",
      "The adventurers must choose whether to pursue the fleeing main villain or save an NPC they care about or a group of innocents."
    ],
    [
      "12",
      "The adventurers must discover the main villain's secret weakness before they can hope to defeat that villain."
    ]
  ],
  "__prop": "table",
  "source": "DMG",
  "caption": "Adventure Climax",
  "chapter": {
    "name": "Creating Adventures",
    "index": 3,
    "ordinal": {
      "type": "chapter",
      "identifier": 3
    }
  },
  "colLabels": [
    "d12",
    "Climax"
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    "Bring It to an End; Adventure Climax|XDMG"
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