For the Record

[Cadfan]

56 zombies killed in one attack.

Turns out that a hundred zombie rotters do not, in fact, constitute a difficult challenge for a level 11 party.

 

[Intrope]

Out of curiousity, how did they nail 56 in one shot? At that level Fireball is about the largest AoE I can think of (burst 3) and that's not big enough (49 squares).

 

[Nymrohd]

A lightning attack that critted?

 

[Dice4Hire]

That is not a surprise at all. 4e, even more than previous editions, makes monsters below the party a cakewalk and those above a real challenge, full of lots of missed attacks, at least in levels like that (+10 or -10) Put the characters up against a level 21 creature and it will not be pretty.

 

[Jhaelen]

56 zombies killed in one attack.

Turns out that a hundred zombie rotters do not, in fact, constitute a difficult challenge for a level 11 party.

Well, did the party encounter them all at once? Or did they come in waves?

 

[Leatherhead]

Out of curiousity, how did they nail 56 in one shot? At that level Fireball is about the largest AoE I can think of (burst 3) and that's not big enough (49 squares).

Enlarge spell feat, from Arcane Power, it can add 1 to the area of most area spells.

 

[Piratecat]

Well, did the party encounter them all at once? Or did they come in waves?

It was all one attack. Minion city!

 

[Daniel D. Fox]

56 zombies killed in one attack.

Turns out that a hundred zombie rotters do not, in fact, constitute a difficult challenge for a level 11 party.

You know how to get around these sort of absurdities? Fluff-as-crunch.

Zombies are the undead. They cannot be killed by conventional means. Players have to deal coupe de grace to each zombie to make certain it doesn't ressurect itself on a 5-6 recharge roll per round.

Problem solved.

 

[Rechan]

Zombie rotters? Those are, among other things, poorly designed (compare to say, goblin cutters).

But no, I wouldn't throw a level 1-3 minion at level 11 party. Maybe 100 level 11 mnions, sure.

Of course, I'd drop the PCs in the middle of those hundred minions, instead of staggering/waving them.

 

[Victim]

Cleric PPs have some Close Burst 8 attacks too, which could hit a lot more than 50 guys if the party is surrounded.