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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 5881668" data-attributes="member: 1210">Wow, 2 pcs in 3 sessions!We played yesterday during the day- the pcs fought a death tyrant beholder with math updates to MM3 standards.The party was doing all right- the wizard kept pushing or sliding it back so that the whole party wasn't within its aura- but the warden and rogue got all up in its face and were pounding it pretty darn well.The warden was under the effect of both the beholder's entombing ray and had failed one save, so was immobilized and far enough away that he couldn't make a melee attack (his ranged attacks are pretty crappy), and the beholder's death ray (he was bloodied and, again, had failed one save; so he was dazed and weakened and one more failed save = death). He hemmed and hawed at the start of his turn; what to take his extra save against? Try to throw off the immobilization and therefore be able to land an extra attack, or try to save against against the death ray so he'd have two chances to avoid &quot;You're dead!&quot; (I told him when he failed his first save and went from dazed to dazed + weakened that the next one would kill him, so he was not in the dark on this...)He chose to save against the entombing ray so he could charge (he has all kinds of charge-related items, feats and effects.) MADE IT! He rushed forward and smote the death tyrant. Then he failed his save against the death ray and died.The beholder died 2 rounds later.I have to admit, a fight with a beholder is a FINE way for a pc to die. But damn, that player is one of those guys who loses characters like old ladies lose hairs, and his warden had stayed alive from somewhere around 5th level all the way to 14th (nigh 15th!). Here's to PHUQ 69, also occasionally known as Fissure Uppercrust, shardmind warden!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 5881668, member: 1210"] Wow, 2 pcs in 3 sessions! We played yesterday during the day- the pcs fought a death tyrant beholder with math updates to MM3 standards. The party was doing all right- the wizard kept pushing or sliding it back so that the whole party wasn't within its aura- but the warden and rogue got all up in its face and were pounding it pretty darn well. The warden was under the effect of both the beholder's [i]entombing ray[/i] and had failed one save, so was immobilized and far enough away that he couldn't make a melee attack (his ranged attacks are pretty crappy), and the beholder's [i]death ray[/i] (he was bloodied and, again, had failed one save; so he was dazed and weakened and one more failed save = death). He hemmed and hawed at the start of his turn; what to take his extra save against? Try to throw off the immobilization and therefore be able to land an extra attack, or try to save against against the death ray so he'd have two chances to avoid "You're dead!" (I told him when he failed his first save and went from dazed to dazed + weakened that the next one would kill him, so he was not in the dark on this...) He chose to save against the entombing ray so he could charge (he has all kinds of charge-related items, feats and effects.) MADE IT! He rushed forward and smote the death tyrant. Then he failed his save against the death ray and died. The beholder died 2 rounds later. I have to admit, a fight with a beholder is a FINE way for a pc to die. But damn, that player is one of those guys who loses characters like old ladies lose hairs, and his warden had stayed alive from somewhere around 5th level all the way to 14th (nigh 15th!). Here's to PHUQ 69, also occasionally known as Fissure Uppercrust, shardmind warden! [/QUOTE]

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