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Message: <blockquote data-quote="D'karr" data-source="post: 4755653" data-attributes="member: 336">You're welcome.  DDI does not allow creation at that level yet.  However, I did use DDI extensively to research, and pick and choose the stuff that I needed.  I copied and pasted that to a template I use for creatures and then I modified as necessary.So for example, most of the "troll" abilities, and basics are all from the regular 9th level troll that appears in the MM.  I then used the DMG explanation for advancing it to a solo.  The number of hit points in parentheses are what I would use in my game, instead of the regular amount that a solo would have.  That's a "feel" based on experience, not a hard & fast rule.For the other things, I had decided to give it some additional "features" like the noxious breath.  So I used DDI to look up a trogolodyte and copied and pasted their aura.  The rest of the powers, like Don't stand so close and Have a drink, I just made up using the basic damage that the troll would do and modifiying it until it "felt" right.  I did that because a solo should have more interesting things to do than just the regular "boring" attacks.</blockquote>