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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9252170" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Assumes the group has all their resources, the troll doesn't get to a barbarian that isn't raging yet, the troll needs to double move to get to the group, the barbarians can surround the troll and/or everyone has sentinel feat and so on.&nbsp; There are other rulings that will affect it.&nbsp; For example I've been known to have a troll take someone to 0, which is possible for the troll to do in 1 round even if the barbarian is raging, pick up the PC and run away with lunch.&nbsp; Again, if a PC with the sentinel feat hits the troll is stopped of course, but I've only see 1 person take the feat over the years.So the easiest?&nbsp; Have a group of human fighters with the sentinel feat and polearms.&nbsp; Start the fight so that the troll has to double move to get to the PCs.&nbsp; As the PCs go in initiative order, have them form up with PCs that have an action falling back 75 feet away from the troll.&nbsp; When the troll gets within 10 feet, the fighters get an opportunity attack. If it hits the troll can't close to be adjacent to the fighter.&nbsp; If the opportunity attack misses and the troll is able to get to the PC but still can't attack.&nbsp; Any PC that ends up adjacent to the troll disengages and backs up 15 feet, if they can't disengage they will still survive a single blow from the troll if an opportunity attack hits.&nbsp; Basically repeat this maneuver, closing to attack if necessary but always ending the PC turn 15 feet away. Surround the troll as soon as possible. Therefore, the most common race and class, human fighter, is the most powerful combination for this scenario. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 9252170, member: 6801845"] Assumes the group has all their resources, the troll doesn't get to a barbarian that isn't raging yet, the troll needs to double move to get to the group, the barbarians can surround the troll and/or everyone has sentinel feat and so on. There are other rulings that will affect it. For example I've been known to have a troll take someone to 0, which is possible for the troll to do in 1 round even if the barbarian is raging, pick up the PC and run away with lunch. Again, if a PC with the sentinel feat hits the troll is stopped of course, but I've only see 1 person take the feat over the years. So the easiest? Have a group of human fighters with the sentinel feat and polearms. Start the fight so that the troll has to double move to get to the PCs. As the PCs go in initiative order, have them form up with PCs that have an action falling back 75 feet away from the troll. When the troll gets within 10 feet, the fighters get an opportunity attack. If it hits the troll can't close to be adjacent to the fighter. If the opportunity attack misses and the troll is able to get to the PC but still can't attack. Any PC that ends up adjacent to the troll disengages and backs up 15 feet, if they can't disengage they will still survive a single blow from the troll if an opportunity attack hits. Basically repeat this maneuver, closing to attack if necessary but always ending the PC turn 15 feet away. Surround the troll as soon as possible. Therefore, the most common race and class, human fighter, is the most powerful combination for this scenario. ;) [/QUOTE]

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