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<blockquote data-quote="rounser" data-source="post: 1842154" data-attributes="member: 1106">HD is a bit of a blunt tool in that respect.&nbsp; Especially with demons and devils, which have been flagged specifically as having a lot of their CR tied up in their special abilities......and special abilities have been flagged as being a lot more powerful in PC hands. (i.e. An NPC pit fiend might be lucky to use half of his abilities once before he gets clobbered.&nbsp; Not so a PC-as-pit fiend, who can use them over many, many encounters, which is why ECL isn't CR.&nbsp; But we know that...)Having him &quot;scout ahead&quot; by 20ft is an option.&nbsp; Only problems are that (in a typical cramped dungeon) the other PCs can't come to his aid without risking the fear aura, nor can he retreat past them without exposing them to it...unless he spends the time to change into something less scary, of course.&nbsp; Having the sorceror doing the kicking-in-doors on his own is a bit fraught, even whilst shapechanged.It's beginning to look a bit more like a two-edged sword.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rounser, post: 1842154, member: 1106"] HD is a bit of a blunt tool in that respect. Especially with demons and devils, which have been flagged specifically as having a lot of their CR tied up in their special abilities... ...and special abilities have been flagged as being a lot more powerful in PC hands. (i.e. An NPC pit fiend might be lucky to use half of his abilities once before he gets clobbered. Not so a PC-as-pit fiend, who can use them over many, many encounters, which is why ECL isn't CR. But we know that...) Having him "scout ahead" by 20ft is an option. Only problems are that (in a typical cramped dungeon) the other PCs can't come to his aid without risking the fear aura, nor can he retreat past them without exposing them to it...unless he spends the time to change into something less scary, of course. Having the sorceror doing the kicking-in-doors on his own is a bit fraught, even whilst shapechanged. It's beginning to look a bit more like a two-edged sword. [/QUOTE]

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