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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ltclnlbrain" data-source="post: 1531017" data-attributes="member: 12882">While it is certainly easier to run a single powerful monster against a party, you run the risk of it actually not lasting very long at all.  Especially at higher levels with all those save or die spells flying back and forth, it only takes one poor roll for the monster to go down without much of a fight.  A solitary monster also gives the players the opportunity to gang up on it and bring it down quickly.For these reason, I usually prefer running several slightly less powerful monsters of differing abilities at once, usually about 3 or 4.  This tends to draw out the encounters so that they don't end within a round or two, and it also gives the players more tactical choices as they much decide which foes to concentrate on and allow the use of skills like Tumble and feats like Mobility to manuever around a more crowded battlefield.</blockquote>