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You threw a slight curveball - in the original post you stated "5th level spellcaster", but your Archmage is actually at least a 9th...

Yeah, I forgot to update the Archmage in the encounter statement. Also the shield guardian protects the Archmage from attacks. There is...

As the question asks do you want/need more physical/digital products of Dungeons and Dragons?

Here is the updated encounter(s): [Outside the Tower] 2 Goblins man a ballista cannon that deals 3d12 + 9 piercing damage on a hit on...

The terrain ideas and what everyone has said really helps. Thank you all.

Will keep this stuff in mind for the future. Thanks for the calculations.

There are some simple tools to estimate how big a fight will be. The first is simply to add up the HP of the monsters and divide by an...

Ugh? Featureless room? Throw in some elements the players can use or have it used against them. Grells hiding in fog in the air...

My dice rolls could end up many the challenge a joke. As has been in my experience.

In my experience, they'd wipe the floor with this encounter... But I have very optimized and tactically-minded players. If they make all...

A party of 10th level PCs is way more powerful than it look. A 5th level caster going against them will die in the first round and not...

Understood. I will use an Archmage then.

The only other fight are the three Goblins that man the tower with ballista cannons that the players enter to encounter the Mind Flayer...

Is this the only fight of the day, or has the PCs battles some other things and are down on resources? Seems like the 5th level...