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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Churchill" data-source="post: 385537" data-attributes="member: 5733">Balancing CombatThe group I currently GM for has between 8 and 12 players - typically 9 show up on any given week, though which 9 varies. I understand your pain.You need to fudge about with your critters a bit. There aren't too terribly many things balanced for the party's level that will work straight out of the book. You already mentioned the fact that monsters that can stand up to the damage the party can dish out can really lay the smack down on the PC...The secret to handling this (or, at least, what's worked for me) is to modify the opposition: Give your creatures token DR. If each PC attack is doing 2 to 3 (just as an example) fewer points of damage per hit, the creatures stick around long enough to be a problem, but don't become overwhelming.Adding fast healing or regeneration might help, but if your PCs use tactics and gang up on things, the bad guys probably won't last long enough for that to be an issue.You really want to make sure you don't do something that nullifies the abilities of the characters (high SR, or DR that makes damaging something nearly impossible), because that will just frustrate them. (I have one PC who has a 50% chance of making a Will save of 10 - and the party is 10th level - and exploiting this weakness causes major havoc; he's the toughest combatant, but he's easily taken out of the fight, which irks him and puts the party in danger.)Adding "utility" class-levels does some wonderful things as well. Bless and Doom give the baddies an edge that isn't insurmountable. There are a host of other lower level spells that fill the same role, too.Hope that helps.</blockquote>

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