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<blockquote data-quote="feartheminotaur" data-source="post: 6824172" data-attributes="member: 6801354"><p>I always consider 'monster' abilities this way: The expectation is 1 'big bad' versus multiple PCs (with minions sprinkled in to offset level/number of PCs). So, not a big surprise Dracula is more powerful than a single PC? </p><p></p><p>The question mark is because, I guess, that's actually a debate for some - asking how is it that a 10k XP foe (so, a deadly encounter for 4 9th level PCs who can cast <em>dominate person</em> or deadly encounter for single 19th level PC who can cast <em>wish</em>) is somehow more powerful than the individual PCs. Or to be more specific - asking how one feature of a 10k XP foe is more powerful than a single, similar-ish spell among the dozens of spells and features available to multiple PCs </p><p></p><p>I'm sorry, but if that's the underlying premise, you're never going to get the answer you want. I mean, you are free to craft your own, just don't get upset if we don't all fall all over ourselves agreeing with you. Other posters will confirm your bias, but, no everyone is going to agree that one of Dracula (or Strahd, or whoever) should be on par with a single 9th level PC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="feartheminotaur, post: 6824172, member: 6801354"] I always consider 'monster' abilities this way: The expectation is 1 'big bad' versus multiple PCs (with minions sprinkled in to offset level/number of PCs). So, not a big surprise Dracula is more powerful than a single PC? The question mark is because, I guess, that's actually a debate for some - asking how is it that a 10k XP foe (so, a deadly encounter for 4 9th level PCs who can cast [I]dominate person[/I] or deadly encounter for single 19th level PC who can cast [I]wish[/I]) is somehow more powerful than the individual PCs. Or to be more specific - asking how one feature of a 10k XP foe is more powerful than a single, similar-ish spell among the dozens of spells and features available to multiple PCs I'm sorry, but if that's the underlying premise, you're never going to get the answer you want. I mean, you are free to craft your own, just don't get upset if we don't all fall all over ourselves agreeing with you. Other posters will confirm your bias, but, no everyone is going to agree that one of Dracula (or Strahd, or whoever) should be on par with a single 9th level PC. [/QUOTE]
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