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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Delgar" data-source="post: 5662167" data-attributes="member: 3195">Well I ran the encounter last night, so here is a brief update.The set up was that they had been hired by "The Dark Lanterns" to go to the princes birthday party and thwart the princes assasin. Basically undercover agents trying to find the assassin before he finds the prince.So, one of the players meets a girl that he saved when he was a teen at the party and started chatting with her and the prince. It was his job to stay close to the prince. While the others tried to root out the assassin. One of the players just manages to shout "CROSSBOW!" and then the encounter started with a Kill Shot. The player by the prince acts as a human shield and throws the baroness and prince to the ground taking the bolt to the back.There were several WTF moments as the assassin leaped from the balcony, tossing daggers and slowing the defender, grabbing a chandeler swinging and focusing his deadly attacks on the controller.See the assassin had actually been hired to kill them, and in the process ruin the princes party. So he had prior knowledge of what each of them was capable of.My players like to whine a lot when I'm kicking their asses, so lets just say they did a lot of whining. Phase 1 played out like I thought it would, my highly mobile enemy danced around the battlefield spreading the damage and poison around. Due to some really bad luck and really good luck on the players part Phase 1 didn't last long but I did punish them enough. I allowed the players to use one healing surge and regain an encounter power between Phase 1 and Phase 2.I didn't get a good feel of his abilities during phase 2 and 3 as my players critted him 4 times . In phase 3 he was critted 3 times in a row by three different players. I suppose that makes up for the fact that the warlord failed his poison save 3 times. I managed to seriously injure 4 of the characters, the defender however was mostly untouched.So, all in all, the level 10 Solo Boss Monster against my level 7 group was a solid fun encounter. Next time I'd definately add in more atmospheric and terrain elements, but I was literally prepping right up till game time last night.</blockquote>

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