>>96903441
I mean I pulled this shit because I swapped systems after getting tired to D&D. Party goes to fight an impossible foe, get beaten into the dirt, can't really retreat because the thing is literally on the doorstep of an allied base containing friends and family.

Record scratch, system swap, the new system has a much higher baseline powerelevel, the party is impowered by divine intervention. Boom, they're now a match for the challenge and the grueling TPK turns into a tutorial fight for the fresh divine champions.