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<blockquote data-quote="Dualazi" data-source="post: 7042148" data-attributes="member: 6855537"><p>CR is sadly an almost entirely useless metric in 5e so this isn't a huge surprise, and obviously just about everyone has commented on the fact that you have 8 players which makes it even *more* useless. Even going by XP a marilith split 8 ways isn't overwhelming from an encounter planning standpoint, helped further by the fact that it was summoned into such a heavily prepped area, which would decrease its effective CR substantially. That this was only allowable due to two areas of handwavium (them planning in secret and being able to summon well before they're normally able) is, unfortunately, your fault as a DM. </p><p></p><p>If you want to run bosses/solos in 5e, I'd recommend reading up on some 4th edition mechanics as such to make them viable. Give them multiple turns, prodigious HP, legendary resistance, all that jazz. If you're using what is otherwise a non-boss creature (like the marilith) you're going to have to make a custom version of it, or give it a large number of minions to help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dualazi, post: 7042148, member: 6855537"] CR is sadly an almost entirely useless metric in 5e so this isn't a huge surprise, and obviously just about everyone has commented on the fact that you have 8 players which makes it even *more* useless. Even going by XP a marilith split 8 ways isn't overwhelming from an encounter planning standpoint, helped further by the fact that it was summoned into such a heavily prepped area, which would decrease its effective CR substantially. That this was only allowable due to two areas of handwavium (them planning in secret and being able to summon well before they're normally able) is, unfortunately, your fault as a DM. If you want to run bosses/solos in 5e, I'd recommend reading up on some 4th edition mechanics as such to make them viable. Give them multiple turns, prodigious HP, legendary resistance, all that jazz. If you're using what is otherwise a non-boss creature (like the marilith) you're going to have to make a custom version of it, or give it a large number of minions to help. [/QUOTE]
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