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<blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCT" data-source="post: 5693056" data-attributes="member: 10784">In my last campaign (3.5E), the players were like level 17 and having a climactic showdown with a drow war party that was supported by some powerful ogre barbarians that served as the muscle for the drow.&nbsp; One drow was a powerful duskblade that had been a party nemesis since they were level 3.&nbsp; The drow had two high level priestesses and two high level wizards in their group as well.So, it was 8 PCs and 2 key NPC allies against maybe a dozen drow and maybe 15-20 ogre barbarians.&nbsp; I think there was a hill giant barbarian in there as well as the leader of the muscle group.The battle was really a knock down drag out fight with everybody pulling out all the stops, PCs and drow flying all over the battlefield.&nbsp; Finally, after a session and a half of non-stop combat that included a divine and a psionic Revivify on the PC's side and a divine one on the drow side, both sides were down to nearly zero in terms of hit points.The party cleric got into position and cast Mass Heal.&nbsp; Everybody in the party went from near zero hit points to full, or near full, hit points after she got her spell off on time.&nbsp; Other than having burned off spells and power points and been mostly debuffed, the party was basically unscathed.&nbsp; The drow priestess was, luckily, in position to do the same for her side (which would have brought the combat into a third session).&nbsp; However, right before her turn in the round, one of the PCs charged the priestess and landed a critical hit on her, dropping her and stopping her from casting Mass Heal on her own side.&nbsp; The fully healed party then made short work of the remaining drow.I honestly said a silent &quot;thank goodness&quot; over that - it would have been frustrating to have played two entire sessions of a great combat, only to have everybody almost starting over from square 1 due to twin Mass Heals.That was 3.5E, though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NewJeffCT, post: 5693056, member: 10784"] In my last campaign (3.5E), the players were like level 17 and having a climactic showdown with a drow war party that was supported by some powerful ogre barbarians that served as the muscle for the drow. One drow was a powerful duskblade that had been a party nemesis since they were level 3. The drow had two high level priestesses and two high level wizards in their group as well. So, it was 8 PCs and 2 key NPC allies against maybe a dozen drow and maybe 15-20 ogre barbarians. I think there was a hill giant barbarian in there as well as the leader of the muscle group. The battle was really a knock down drag out fight with everybody pulling out all the stops, PCs and drow flying all over the battlefield. Finally, after a session and a half of non-stop combat that included a divine and a psionic Revivify on the PC's side and a divine one on the drow side, both sides were down to nearly zero in terms of hit points. The party cleric got into position and cast Mass Heal. Everybody in the party went from near zero hit points to full, or near full, hit points after she got her spell off on time. Other than having burned off spells and power points and been mostly debuffed, the party was basically unscathed. The drow priestess was, luckily, in position to do the same for her side (which would have brought the combat into a third session). However, right before her turn in the round, one of the PCs charged the priestess and landed a critical hit on her, dropping her and stopping her from casting Mass Heal on her own side. The fully healed party then made short work of the remaining drow. I honestly said a silent "thank goodness" over that - it would have been frustrating to have played two entire sessions of a great combat, only to have everybody almost starting over from square 1 due to twin Mass Heals. That was 3.5E, though. [/QUOTE]

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