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So 10,000 orcs vs 1 PC is like fighting a Level 27 monster thats 100 x 100 squares and has 1 attack?

A decently designed PC is already equivalent to an Elite monster already, and a strong defender is easily equivalent to a Solo monster durability wise. The only thing is action economy, which can be made by adding turns. Obviously you will need to use tactics...if you just want to waltz into a...

On the open battlefield, unless they have some deities to back them up, the goblins are toast. However in urban warfare they would dominate.

I'd love to see deities! Something that makes sense within the published guidelines instead of everyone and their mother being level 40 solo soldiers.

Vecna's aura to me is his greatest power; the 50 HP regen per round. You want to make it challenging, you don't have to pump up Vecna's statblock...just put one of his servants like Kyuss (Level 31 Solo) or Osterneth (Level 29 Solo) next to him. Hell even both if you think your party is strong...

I like the 1GP = $100, if only because in Dragon Age 1 SP = 100CP and 1GP = 100 SP. But one thing to consider is our own concept of the dollar is constantly changing due to inflation. Another issue of course is that the U.S. dollar didn't exist during the medieval era so buying power is skewed...

I think Mystra is an exception; all hell always breaks loose when the goddess of magic dies. When most other gods die the biggest effect is typically clerical spells sputtering.

The main confusion I have is the glossary definition of an aura which says: An aura does not affect the originating creature unless the text specifies otherwise. So the question is, does Vecna count as one of the undead in the aura, or would the description have to say, "all undead creatures...

Is this ongoing poison damage? I would say by RAW you would still take the damage even if you negated the attack damage.

Hmmm... Tarrasque, how about add: ♦ half damage from ranged and melee attacks ♦ add weakening to earthbinding aura 20 (creatures within the aura are weakened until the end of their next turn). ♦ Regeneration 50 ♦ add insubstantial to represent just how large the creature is, hitting it like...

As far as supersolos, wouldn't just using giving a solo allies make sense? Look at Draconomicon 1 (page 247): Level 30+ Encounter (XP 348,000) ♦ Tiamat (level 35 solo brute) ♦ 1 ancient red dragon (level 30 solo soldier, MM 83) ♦ 2 dragonborn champions (level 26 soldier, MM 87) This looks to...

I like the Lolth idea, it keeps it simple. By having two forms, her true bloodied value is closer to 25% of her hit points. So she has 25% more hit points than a typical solo deity of her level. On the other hand, Lolth's offensive capabilities are so horrid compared to Tiamat for example...

The D&D gods aren't monotheistic universal gods, for the most part their power is secluded to a very small region and have a fairly limited number of worshipers (just look at how many "gods" are in Faerun). A greater god in D&D has the worshipper base of maybe the city of San Francisco (if...

Based on D&D novels you would think 1 gp would worth a lot more than $1 of buying power. (Of course back in the 1970s $1 is closer to $5 - 7 today...)

As opposed to...making a duplicate topic?... I think multi-turn solos are even more screwed by zone powers, since everytime they start their turn within the zone they take damage, which means they need to continue backpeddling and doing ranged attacks, because engaging in melee and face...

I was just thinking, in 3E, Deities & Demigods, there was a clear connection between your deity rank and level. An overdeity (like Taiia) was DvR20, greater gods (Corellion and Moradin) were ~DvR17-19, Intermediates (like Lolth) were ~DvR 14-16, and Lesser Deities were ~DvR10-12. Shouldn't he...

Tiamat's statblock says "makes an immediate saving throw against effects that a save can end." In the nature of deities description right under Tiamat's statblock says "deities make a saving throw even when the effect doesn't normally end on a save." So it seems kind of obtuse, but it's saying...

Back on topic, do you think it's kind of odd Lolth (a greater deity) is Level 35, while both Vecna and Tiamat (also Level 35) are lesser deities? And Bahamut is either lesser or intermediate, yet he's Level 36. Is there only a limited relationship between combat capability and worshiper base?

Does Vecna benefit from this aura himself, or does being the origin point of the aura negate himself?

Amusingly wotc chose not to stat out Moradin or Bane (supposed to be around level 37-39) because they felt nobody could realistically beat anyone above level 35.