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Familiars rock! They just look like so much fun. I really like the concept of the familiar being destroyed, then after the encounter walking out from underneath the wizard's cloak like nothing ever happened. Cool & magical in my book!

Too bad, I wish I could take that bet. Like I said the party had almost all of their daily powers ready to go. A lot of the powers they used against the dragon would have been better applied to a group of monsters anyway (Wall of Fire, Burning Sphere, several paladin AoEs). The rogue could have...

I think the dragon has the option of focusing his claws on one or several targets and he just has to bite someone other than a claw target. I agree with hong that he doesn't take the mark penalty. As long as he puts one attack on the mark-er he's safe.

Yeah, I noticed the hit point thing. The 17th lvl white dragon I ran had like 850 hp! Granted, it's a brute, but those 4 levels should have made up the difference. Jack99's right. We'll have to see some other MM2 solos to be sure, I think. I do remember someone from WotC posting that...

Ummmmm. Wow. That seems nastier than any dragon in the MM1, or the Draconomicon for that matter. I'm really looking forward to seeing what the other dragons look like!

Agreed. From the preview it seems to have the attack bonus of a 4th level monster yet the defenses of something like an 8th.

Well, it was one of their toughest fights yet, but yeah, since they made the dragon flee I guess they did well enough! One of the most helpful parts was the warlord hit the dragon with Lead The Attack when he touched down. Add in combat advantage from all the flanking/dazing that was going...

Simple house rule to make it work better until we get some errata: just switch the two opening phrases of Phylactery & Mastery over Death. Now Phylactery reads "Once per day, when you die..." and Mastery over Death reads "Once per day when you drop to 0 hit points..."

Wow, what a cool article! I love the flavor, especially the bit about the faculty's quarters being hidden and only accessible to them and their guests, found behind doors that otherwise lead to closets or laboratories. I'll be including the White Lotus in my next homebrew world for sure...

@ Rechan: I kinda like the idea that most arcane schools are fated for destruction, more so than martial training centers. After all, it's much easier to blow up a school with spells! [/SIZE][/FONT]

OK, so my 5 13th lvl PCs faced off with the 17th lvl elder white from the MM. First they fought the white's blaspheme guards, and only used 1 daily attack power and a daily utility in the process. The battle drained quite a few healing surges (those dudes are nasty, thanks Open Grave!) but...

I'm throwing the 17th lvl elder white against my PCs tonight. I'll let you all know how it turns out. :devil:

This. Of the 1 DM (me) and 5 players in our group only 2 of us have purchased a PHB2 - that's all we need, really.

From 1st to 13th I can count the amount of grinds on both hands, and those encounters were ones where I pretty much just threw monsters at the PCs without anything else interesting going on. After several rounds the monsters weren't capable of surprising the PCs so things got predictable...

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4e - The PCs fought some trolls and ran out of fire attacks before they could kill the last one. The fighter broke out the Portable Campsite™ in the middle of the day just so they could roll the bugger into the campfire.

Morgan, your method of development for your solo is awesome! She seems to have turned out quite nice, with quite a few interesting abilities to keep the battle fresh. I especially like her various immediate abilities. Great work!

Look at the defenses on the green slime: Fortitude 23, Reflex 17, Will 20. Like, whoa. Quite high for a 4th lvl lurker, don't you think?! The DMG suggests that a monster's non-AC defenses be level + 12, and although most monsters in the MM don't follow that advice I don't think I've ever seen...

Thanks again thalmin! Those are some amazing covers! I absolutely love the E3 and Plane Below covers! Know what else I love?! EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!

Yeah, that feat will go a loooooong way toward making hybrid characters more robust. This way your hybrid fighter can be nice and sticky (lol).