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<blockquote data-quote="Novem5er" data-source="post: 4174187" data-attributes="member: 57859"><p>Thanks for the replies again. I'm glad that a few posters have also expressed their interest in putting higher level monsters against their PCs and I think this combat shows that it can work. Of course, the encounter can be deadly (RIP Kethra!) and the monsters need to have a low AC (thank you, savage gnolls!). I should have used dailies in this encounter, but each of the daily abilities feel a little too "swingy" for a good test. If a group of 4 PCs all successfully hit with their dailies, then they'd be putting out a dramatic amount of damage versus if all 4 missed. Of course, not using them at all was like all 4 missing (yes, I know the fighter's is Reliable and wouldn't be wasted).</p><p></p><p>I'm glad I ran the test, though, as it brought up some rules minutia that I hadn't considered before. Must the Ranger's Fox's Cunning be activated as soon as an attack is declared, but before it's rolled to hit? Does a Gnoll's follow up attack against Bloodied targets activate if the initial attack knocks the target into Bloodied condition?</p><p></p><p>Thasmodius asked if there was just one attack roll applied to all targets of an AoE or if we're supposed to roll separately (like I did). I believe we've seen it clarified that it's a separate attack roll for each target in the AoE, so casters avoid rolling low and "missing" everyone or rolling a 20 and critting everyone. But I could be wrong.</p><p></p><p>@ LowSpine, you are correct. I meant against monsters that are 5 levels higher, which doesn't necessarily mean that the "encounter" was 5 levels higher. This was 100 xp over the normal encounter, or 25% more difficult... which made it a tough fight, but not unfair.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Novem5er, post: 4174187, member: 57859"] Thanks for the replies again. I'm glad that a few posters have also expressed their interest in putting higher level monsters against their PCs and I think this combat shows that it can work. Of course, the encounter can be deadly (RIP Kethra!) and the monsters need to have a low AC (thank you, savage gnolls!). I should have used dailies in this encounter, but each of the daily abilities feel a little too "swingy" for a good test. If a group of 4 PCs all successfully hit with their dailies, then they'd be putting out a dramatic amount of damage versus if all 4 missed. Of course, not using them at all was like all 4 missing (yes, I know the fighter's is Reliable and wouldn't be wasted). I'm glad I ran the test, though, as it brought up some rules minutia that I hadn't considered before. Must the Ranger's Fox's Cunning be activated as soon as an attack is declared, but before it's rolled to hit? Does a Gnoll's follow up attack against Bloodied targets activate if the initial attack knocks the target into Bloodied condition? Thasmodius asked if there was just one attack roll applied to all targets of an AoE or if we're supposed to roll separately (like I did). I believe we've seen it clarified that it's a separate attack roll for each target in the AoE, so casters avoid rolling low and "missing" everyone or rolling a 20 and critting everyone. But I could be wrong. @ LowSpine, you are correct. I meant against monsters that are 5 levels higher, which doesn't necessarily mean that the "encounter" was 5 levels higher. This was 100 xp over the normal encounter, or 25% more difficult... which made it a tough fight, but not unfair. [/QUOTE]
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