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<blockquote data-quote="Shadeus" data-source="post: 3139921" data-attributes="member: 1795"><p>How do you beat a balor?</p><p></p><p>1. Surprise</p><p>2. Win Initiative.</p><p></p><p>The balor has unholy aura so your melee guys will make to be making saves every attack. It also has implosion. At DC 27, even a 15th-level fighter might have trouble with that one and your wizard is in trouble. That's save or die every round.</p><p></p><p>So don't let him get off implosion because there really isn't an effective defense against it, save anti-magic.</p><p></p><p>You might try Banishment. Try to get at least three things to enhance the banishment spell to make the save more difficult and more likely to get through spell resistance. This would be a good time to use Assay Spell Resistance as well. Unfortunately it's a Will save and it's not exactly a bad save for a balor.</p><p></p><p>Celestial Brilliance will do damage every round to the balor as well, assuming you get through spell resistance.</p><p></p><p>I thought there was a demon blight cleric spell in SC that also might have been of some use as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadeus, post: 3139921, member: 1795"] How do you beat a balor? 1. Surprise 2. Win Initiative. The balor has unholy aura so your melee guys will make to be making saves every attack. It also has implosion. At DC 27, even a 15th-level fighter might have trouble with that one and your wizard is in trouble. That's save or die every round. So don't let him get off implosion because there really isn't an effective defense against it, save anti-magic. You might try Banishment. Try to get at least three things to enhance the banishment spell to make the save more difficult and more likely to get through spell resistance. This would be a good time to use Assay Spell Resistance as well. Unfortunately it's a Will save and it's not exactly a bad save for a balor. Celestial Brilliance will do damage every round to the balor as well, assuming you get through spell resistance. I thought there was a demon blight cleric spell in SC that also might have been of some use as well. [/QUOTE]
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