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<blockquote data-quote="Harzel" data-source="post: 7285246" data-attributes="member: 6857506"><p>I don't know about others, but I can't be much help without more details. I don't know what a coffelock is. What level is the coffelock? (In order to have the wings, it must be at least Sorcerer 14 / Warlock X. ) What is the terrain like where the battle is taking place? (Cover seems like it would be really useful.) You said 6 PCs, but only listed 5; who is the 6th? Since many of the PCs are casters, your question is really hard to answer without knowing what spells the PCs have available.</p><p></p><p>The villain's actions that you have listed seem to cover at least two rounds; what were the PCs doing during that time? It sounds like at least two PCs (bard and evocation wizard) were way down on HP; seems like a bad time to accept a challenge, but maybe you had no choice?</p><p></p><p>All that said, if you have no way to close the range on your opponents, and no way to take cover, I see no obvious way for you to win at this point. Maybe one of you has a spell that could create cover (e.g., Wall of Stone)? Probably the Paladin should rez whoever has the most useful spells. If the Barbarian is a Berserker, he could choose to rage and you might be able to convince the DM that that would suspend the effect of Enemies Abound (because it makes him immune to fright).</p><p></p><p>(Aside: I get a bit of a feeling that the DM has pulled a jerk move here, but I don't really have enough info to judge. He certainly has exploited material from Xanathar's, which I assume was not available to the PCs.)</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Some of this now redundant with good suggestions from [MENTION=77498]phoffman[/MENTION].</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harzel, post: 7285246, member: 6857506"] I don't know about others, but I can't be much help without more details. I don't know what a coffelock is. What level is the coffelock? (In order to have the wings, it must be at least Sorcerer 14 / Warlock X. ) What is the terrain like where the battle is taking place? (Cover seems like it would be really useful.) You said 6 PCs, but only listed 5; who is the 6th? Since many of the PCs are casters, your question is really hard to answer without knowing what spells the PCs have available. The villain's actions that you have listed seem to cover at least two rounds; what were the PCs doing during that time? It sounds like at least two PCs (bard and evocation wizard) were way down on HP; seems like a bad time to accept a challenge, but maybe you had no choice? All that said, if you have no way to close the range on your opponents, and no way to take cover, I see no obvious way for you to win at this point. Maybe one of you has a spell that could create cover (e.g., Wall of Stone)? Probably the Paladin should rez whoever has the most useful spells. If the Barbarian is a Berserker, he could choose to rage and you might be able to convince the DM that that would suspend the effect of Enemies Abound (because it makes him immune to fright). (Aside: I get a bit of a feeling that the DM has pulled a jerk move here, but I don't really have enough info to judge. He certainly has exploited material from Xanathar's, which I assume was not available to the PCs.) EDIT: Some of this now redundant with good suggestions from [MENTION=77498]phoffman[/MENTION]. [/QUOTE]
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