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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jamesmanhattan" data-source="post: 6225362" data-attributes="member: 75838">I did more Solo testing, Sorry this is somewhat messy notes, and I will try to clean it up later.lvl 18 Solo Black Dragon, vs lvl 12 D&D Next party of 4 playersFighter, Bard, Monk, Druid(Oops I realized at the end the dragon should have had reduced HP because only 4 person party maybe 306 instead of 338 HP )This was testing if I say a lvl 12 party should be able to handle a level 16 4E adventure they have a good chance of facing Solos 2 levels higher than 16. Could they handle it?round 1 dragon wins initiative by long margin with Dex 25(+7) modifiercharges instinctivelythen goes again and does Shroud of GloomBard casts faerie fire, dragon fails save (even with +7!)fighter 2 misses w/advantagemonk 4 hits -1 ki Druid - casts insect plagueround 2dragon instinct misses, still does 20 from acid vulnerability to fighterregular turn, breathes, hits two of them, half on miss still damages rest except monk - uncanny dodgeaction point, hits fighter, uses defy death to remain at 1HP, he was only at -2faerie fire is pretty much making attack rolls a jokeBard, attacks twice, still heals with Swift action Cure Woundsmoves out of breath wpn rangeFighter, action surges, and even with that misses like 4 times.sees that all his maneuvers are useless, prone would hurt his ranged allies, doesnt care about Reactions, doesnt need to move itDoes drive the Dragon back 10 feet to assist allies from getting breathed onmonk circles around back to make breath weapon harderBloodies dragon, dragon chooses to breath on fighter and druidfighter again goes to 0, but makes Defy Death saving throwDruid thinks about healing Fighter but thinks Defy Death is working greatBlinds Dragon with Sunbeam and 25 damageround 3Blind Dragon instinct turn, misses fighter, still does 10 acid damage on miss, Fighter makes Defy Death savemisses two claw attacksAction points even though blind, and bites at monk, misses, still does 20 acid damage due to vulnerabilityBard swift Heals Fighter 3rd lvl Cure Wounds, misses twiceFighter hits, bloodied dragon  starts bleeding 10 acid damage on monk and fighter who are vulnerable so 20Monk sees if he hits will kill himself, so does Wholeness of BodyDruid does Blight for 25 damageFighter takes acid damage from dragon bleeding, fails Defy Deathround 4Instinct Dragon misses Monk, still does 20 dmg from vulnerabilityno recharge breathMisses Bard, but still does 20 dmg from vulnerability, drops BardDragon still has 91HP left from 338 starting 2 men downMonk gives fighter potion, hoping for future good Defy Death rollsDruid uses 4th lvl Cure Wounds on Monk, for 29HPDragon bites Fighter, imposes Disadvantage, misses still does acid damage, fighter makes Defy saveStill no breath recharge, this is round 42 Claw, hits fighter who makes save, misses MonkBard unconsciousFighter hits, acid splashes and fighter fails save is down.Monk hits with 4 hits, still not dead, has 39 HP leftDruid Blight again fails save and does 33 Dmg, (I had to rule that dragon only bleeds once per round because it got ridiculousDragon bit Monk, and monk goes down,Dragon recharged breath, breathed on Druid, who was vulnerable, who actually stayed standing amazingly. only one left.dragon closes in on druid and left insect cloudDruid knows that his spells do half even on a miss, and DM gives away how hurt dragon is, so uses one more Blight at level 5 dragon fails and dies, but would have died if it had made saveThis dragon was bleeding acid all over the place, and it caused a lot of trouble. I had to rule that it only bled once per turn. I also completely ignored its Immediate Reaction Tail Strike the entire fight, since everyone was making multiple attacks, there were going to be many more misses, I deemed it not fair.</blockquote>

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