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<blockquote data-quote="Tormyr" data-source="post: 6471968" data-attributes="member: 6776887"><p>It did fine with action economy, partially because it didn't fight head on. I could have given it legendary actions so that it did more, but then I would have had to drop the hp.</p><p></p><p>The way things unfolded:</p><p></p><p>Setup:</p><p>The adventure says that the naga is the inhabitant of a cave complex inhabited by the actual bad guy. The naga is annoyed at being intruded upon and demands an apology and a gift of 1000gp. Well this party doesn't part with their money willingly and tends to shoot first. The halfling rogue /monk stealthed up while the rest of the party was further back and saw the naga. As she was getting ready to head back and report, the high elf eldritch knight stumbled forward and was noticed by the naga. As the fighter turned to get away, the naga used <em>hold person</em> and talked with the fighter. The human war cleric came up behind the fighter and tried to defend her, but the naga was having none of it and told the cleric to bring money. The tiefling wizard and cleric don't part with their money, and organized an ambush.</p><p></p><p>Ambush:</p><p>The wizard was behind some of the others and said, "Here's your money!" and shot <em>Melf's acid arrow</em>. The cleric was also ready for the ambush, so they got to act in the surprised round. The wizard got to go again at the top of the initiative order. Then the naga went and used <em>dimension door</em> to teleport far behind the party. The party thought it was gone and started exploring further forward in the caverns. They stumbled into a group of drow with a priestess of Lolth. The cleric cast daylight to impose disadvantage on their attacks.</p><p></p><p>Revenge (or not):</p><p>While the group started attacking the drow, the naga snuck up behind them and let loose a lightning bolt that hit 5 of the 7 party members. 1 problem. In the center of the group was the half-gnoll oath of the ancients paladin. At 8th level he confers a 10' aura that adds 1 to saving throws and confers resistance against magic. Almost everyone made their saving throws each time and had resistance, so damage was typically ~7 per PC (and the rogue had 0 damage from evasion). Frustrated, the naga turned around and dealt with the human monk that was behind him, dealing a bit more damage with blight. In the end, he promised that he could not be dealt with permanently and would be back as the monk finished him off.</p><p></p><p>All of this took about 7 to 9 rounds. If the party had focused on the naga, I think it would have taken about 3-4 rounds of actual combat which seems to be the magic number when dealing with a single enemy. With 7 attacking it, it would have fallen in the first round if it only had the normal 75 hp. The 225 hp allowed it to last long enough to get several attacks out. It would have been pretty devastating without the Paladin protecting everyone.</p><p></p><p>All in all, I was happy with how the adjustment turned out. The frustrating thing was the darn paladin (and this from someone whose favorite class is the paladin).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tormyr, post: 6471968, member: 6776887"] It did fine with action economy, partially because it didn't fight head on. I could have given it legendary actions so that it did more, but then I would have had to drop the hp. The way things unfolded: Setup: The adventure says that the naga is the inhabitant of a cave complex inhabited by the actual bad guy. The naga is annoyed at being intruded upon and demands an apology and a gift of 1000gp. Well this party doesn't part with their money willingly and tends to shoot first. The halfling rogue /monk stealthed up while the rest of the party was further back and saw the naga. As she was getting ready to head back and report, the high elf eldritch knight stumbled forward and was noticed by the naga. As the fighter turned to get away, the naga used [I]hold person[/I] and talked with the fighter. The human war cleric came up behind the fighter and tried to defend her, but the naga was having none of it and told the cleric to bring money. The tiefling wizard and cleric don't part with their money, and organized an ambush. Ambush: The wizard was behind some of the others and said, "Here's your money!" and shot [I]Melf's acid arrow[/I]. The cleric was also ready for the ambush, so they got to act in the surprised round. The wizard got to go again at the top of the initiative order. Then the naga went and used [I]dimension door[/I] to teleport far behind the party. The party thought it was gone and started exploring further forward in the caverns. They stumbled into a group of drow with a priestess of Lolth. The cleric cast daylight to impose disadvantage on their attacks. Revenge (or not): While the group started attacking the drow, the naga snuck up behind them and let loose a lightning bolt that hit 5 of the 7 party members. 1 problem. In the center of the group was the half-gnoll oath of the ancients paladin. At 8th level he confers a 10' aura that adds 1 to saving throws and confers resistance against magic. Almost everyone made their saving throws each time and had resistance, so damage was typically ~7 per PC (and the rogue had 0 damage from evasion). Frustrated, the naga turned around and dealt with the human monk that was behind him, dealing a bit more damage with blight. In the end, he promised that he could not be dealt with permanently and would be back as the monk finished him off. All of this took about 7 to 9 rounds. If the party had focused on the naga, I think it would have taken about 3-4 rounds of actual combat which seems to be the magic number when dealing with a single enemy. With 7 attacking it, it would have fallen in the first round if it only had the normal 75 hp. The 225 hp allowed it to last long enough to get several attacks out. It would have been pretty devastating without the Paladin protecting everyone. All in all, I was happy with how the adjustment turned out. The frustrating thing was the darn paladin (and this from someone whose favorite class is the paladin). [/QUOTE]
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