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<blockquote data-quote="AngryMojo" data-source="post: 5266140" data-attributes="member: 83096">All the mathcraft in the world doesn't trump actual play.&nbsp; I've run the encounter, Raven's run the encounter.&nbsp; Both wound up interesting and fun.&nbsp; I wound up with a nearly dead wizard in the worm's gullet, and the rogue on the way down before the rest took him down.It's not difficult to build a party to take down a specific solo.&nbsp; The Purple Worm can also be used effectively to challenge a party.&nbsp; It is not &quot;horribly broken and beyond repair.&quot;&nbsp; I'll agree, it needs a little love to be useful right out of the box, but it can still be used.&nbsp; Your statement was that it's worthless, and couldn't be used in a decent encounter.&nbsp; I made an encounter that was decent.&nbsp; Now you claim it has inferior damage output.&nbsp; That, my friend, is moving the goalpost.&nbsp; Brown dragons are great solos.&nbsp; They don't potentially remove a PC from the fight entirely.&nbsp; Different monsters for different circumstances.If MM1 solos are flawed and broken, then I must have been doing something wrong that first year, because I used them a lot, and they worked fine.&nbsp; You may have a problem with it, but that doesn't mean the entire monster, or the encounter is invalid.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AngryMojo, post: 5266140, member: 83096"] All the mathcraft in the world doesn't trump actual play. I've run the encounter, Raven's run the encounter. Both wound up interesting and fun. I wound up with a nearly dead wizard in the worm's gullet, and the rogue on the way down before the rest took him down. It's not difficult to build a party to take down a specific solo. The Purple Worm can also be used effectively to challenge a party. It is not "horribly broken and beyond repair." I'll agree, it needs a little love to be useful right out of the box, but it can still be used. Your statement was that it's worthless, and couldn't be used in a decent encounter. I made an encounter that was decent. Now you claim it has inferior damage output. That, my friend, is moving the goalpost. Brown dragons are great solos. They don't potentially remove a PC from the fight entirely. Different monsters for different circumstances. If MM1 solos are flawed and broken, then I must have been doing something wrong that first year, because I used them a lot, and they worked fine. You may have a problem with it, but that doesn't mean the entire monster, or the encounter is invalid. [/QUOTE]

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