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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Telperion" data-source="post: 1531013" data-attributes="member: 15711">As a DM I used to create dangerous encounters by playing with big, strong and very versatile monsters. Like a 12th level vampire monk, or something like that...Then I started to realize that the world can't really be heavily populated by such creatures, and started using weaker creatures. These days the greatest pleasure comes out of playing smart, but weak, antagonists. It's a real pleasure to set a 4th level wizard, and say four CR 1 - 2 aberrations, agaisnt my players. They are currently around level 8, so they can handle themselves without a great deal of problem, but after a good fight they usually don't believe me if I happen to let slip how low-power that wizard really was. There's some great utility in low-level NPC's and I enjoy using those much more than having to sit infront of my computer for 1 - 2 hours creating a lich with a boat load of spell casting and other abilities. Then the party cleric rolls a good Turn Undead check, and the lich is destroyed during the 1st round of combat  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> .So, I tend to create lower level antagonists and instead spend some time thinking about valid tactics and personalities. This hobby gets more enjoyable every year =).</blockquote>

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