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All I can say then is the DM played the Balor like a little b**** then. 🤷‍♂️ A common mistake IME is for DM's to run boss fights like they have to stand toe-to-toe with the party. While it is possible for a group of PCs to dish out insane amounts of damage, such uneven encounters should not...

Yep, which is why resistance if good, of course, but not really much of a hurdle IME. Like I mentioned upthread, Vecna was defeated with an anti-magic field, grappling, and torches, (yes, Improved Divine Smite was ruled non-magical, is it sped up the process, but wasn't essential).

Then there is no point in bringing up creatures like Pit Fiends or Balors if you aren't talking at least tier 4 PCs. ;) Non-magical damage immunity IS (and was) the issue. Resistance is not really a big issue IME since PCs can deal so much damage really. YMMV, of course. 🤷‍♂️

Not true. If a party has decent equipment, you can grapple the lich and burn it to (un-)death with torches, a tactic employed during one of the Vecna battles. They burn nicely and without magic have a horrible time escaping the grapple. :D Yeah, that would be cool! Resistance is immaterial...

I don't doubt it, which is why I said upthread the Lich is the only one I know off immediately. Now, how many of those statblocks don't rely on magic or magical features as well? ;)

Yeah, since silver weapons work against them, I didn't even bother with them. Powerful creatures which even have resistance to non-magical weapons still typically rely on magic or magical features to make them actually powerful IME. There might be a few exceptions, but none I can think of...

Or swing a sword or fight with whatever when you have to when your magic is spent? I mean, at lower levels (especially) casters can attack just as well as martials really, dealing respectable damage and continuing to contribute to the game. Well, that was actually a GOOD thing IMO, because it...

Well, without knowing precisely what is happening, do they have to "hunt" the orcs or just drive them away, etc.? In other words, does "killing" have to be the only solution? There might be more orcs, but they only see the one. ;) If the ultimate goal is to take out the boss behind the orcs...

It then says "partially real" as well as making references to it being an illusion, more than once. So, as I said, it is a judgement call, either way.

Sure, I never said it wasn't possible to have such a scenario, more that it is strange (IMO) for player to always think that is the case and become bound and determined to kill everything for the fear something might come back to "get them" later on. But I am a bit confused by your scenario...

Yes, I mentioned that in my post. But "as a creature" and being a creature are not the same IMO, however I would not argue a DM who did rule it was sufficient. It is really a DM call.

So, I finally had the time to watch the video in the OP. Here's my take: First, combat is just one means to get past an encounter. The point of depleting resources is to encourage players to find other means of getting past it. Yes, combat is supposed to be exciting, but it isn't where the...

First, welcome to the forum! Interesting question. I'll quote the spells for reference: It would really depend on the DM since 5E is all about "rulings" instead of rules. I would not allow it since the Simulacrum is part creature/part illusion. While Simulacrum does say "otherwise be...

This is what I use in my homebrew: It is mainly for Wizards, but you could have known spell casters do it as well to increase their number of known spells if you wanted (I would limit it to an additional number of known spells equal to their spellcasting ability modifier, however, so it...

I've updated the OP with comments from group members.