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<blockquote data-quote="MerakSpielman" data-source="post: 1160935" data-attributes="member: 7464">You could also optimize NPCs to do just one thing, and that thing really well: &nbsp;A fighter/monk optimized for Whirlwind attack. A spellcaster min-maxed for Necromancy and who only casts necromatic spells.A rogue with min-maxed hide and move silently scores (annoying when True Seeing can't even tell you where those damn arrows are coming from). You should be able to get them into the 40's easy.&nbsp;PC, your players seem to feel challanged pretty often, but recently you've been having a bit of trouble getting them to bleed properly. They seem to finish exciting and complicated battles with few serious injuries (like the fight with the dragon). You're generally avoiding the high-powered monsters in the MM in favor of really complicated-to-run NPCs, supported by hordes of inconsiquential 1CR followers. It might be more effective to use a handful of powerful (CR 15+) monsters, all of the same kind so you don't have to worry about complicated strategies. For example, you might try something simple but nasty- like a whole troop (5 to 10 individuals) of stone golems (if you need a twist, disguise them via the mundane skill (to avoid detection) to look like stone giants) (if you want to be a rat-bastard, in an anti-magic field).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MerakSpielman, post: 1160935, member: 7464"] You could also optimize NPCs to do just one thing, and that thing [i]really[/i] well: A fighter/monk optimized for Whirlwind attack. A spellcaster min-maxed for Necromancy and who only casts necromatic spells. A rogue with min-maxed hide and move silently scores (annoying when True Seeing can't even tell you where those damn arrows are coming from). You should be able to get them into the 40's easy. PC, your players seem to [i]feel[/i] challanged pretty often, but recently you've been having a bit of trouble getting them to [i]bleed[/i] properly. They seem to finish exciting and complicated battles with few serious injuries (like the fight with the dragon). You're generally avoiding the high-powered monsters in the MM in favor of really complicated-to-run NPCs, supported by hordes of inconsiquential 1CR followers. It might be more effective to use a handful of powerful (CR 15+) monsters, all of the same kind so you don't have to worry about complicated strategies. For example, you might try something simple but nasty- like a whole troop (5 to 10 individuals) of stone golems (if you need a twist, disguise them via the mundane skill (to avoid detection) to look like stone giants) (if you want to be a [i]rat[/i]-bastard, in an anti-magic field). [/QUOTE]

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