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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 6455644" data-attributes="member: 15700"><p>No, it didn't. This was a one-off "just for fun" type of game that was basically arena combat.</p><p></p><p>Re: the solo CR issue I mentioned, it wasn't just this one time, but in an actual campaign it came up too. I think the best solution is minions, rather than beefing up or legendary actions. LA sure helps, sure, but minions spread the save or suck spells around a bit, and draws the attention of the party away from just being able to blow their load in one or two rounds right at the big baddie.</p><p></p><p>For example, with minions, PCs would have disadvantage shooting the big baddie from range if the minions were up in their face, so just a handful of minions could have a dramatic affect.</p><p></p><p>And in my campaigns all the way from the beginning, a creature like a dragon would have lots of minions around. Not to mention several challenges the PCs would have to fact just getting there. That's one reason why I am not too worried about a 7th level party beating a CR13 solo creature. I'd be really interested to hear how a 4th level party beat an adult blue dragon (mentioned earlier), because that I can't get my head around <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> We were set up perfectly in our scenario: full resources, magic items, unescapable lair, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 6455644, member: 15700"] No, it didn't. This was a one-off "just for fun" type of game that was basically arena combat. Re: the solo CR issue I mentioned, it wasn't just this one time, but in an actual campaign it came up too. I think the best solution is minions, rather than beefing up or legendary actions. LA sure helps, sure, but minions spread the save or suck spells around a bit, and draws the attention of the party away from just being able to blow their load in one or two rounds right at the big baddie. For example, with minions, PCs would have disadvantage shooting the big baddie from range if the minions were up in their face, so just a handful of minions could have a dramatic affect. And in my campaigns all the way from the beginning, a creature like a dragon would have lots of minions around. Not to mention several challenges the PCs would have to fact just getting there. That's one reason why I am not too worried about a 7th level party beating a CR13 solo creature. I'd be really interested to hear how a 4th level party beat an adult blue dragon (mentioned earlier), because that I can't get my head around ;) We were set up perfectly in our scenario: full resources, magic items, unescapable lair, etc. [/QUOTE]
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