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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Asisreo" data-source="post: 8268447" data-attributes="member: 7019027">Individual deaths but not really "alot." Its very important for my clerics/bards to recognize that they can't save everyone at all times, especially themselves. Though the key has always been action economy on my end in anything they do. The more actions a side has, the more likely they are to win. The more clustered and united those actions are, the game becomes even harder. Its easier to fight a Wraith than it is 4 Specters because the Wraith can easily be isolated and positioned in such a way to be less likely to break formation. 4 Specters, on the other hand, are difficult to keep pinned down because they can either gang up on one player or spread themselves to threaten multiple. Also, even though Wraiths have a higher XP budget, the Specters do more damage and are more likely to hit as well as actually drain HP. Also, as a DM, you must keep a close eye on the actual details of the state of the fight. Either fight, they have sunlight sensitivity but darkvision, they'll be inclined to fight at night. The save against the attack doesn't reduce the damage at all, it only resists the max HP drain. The enemies can crit, and the drain is equivalent to the crit as well. Most importantly, when its one Specter's turn, its all of the Specters' turn and a cleric cannot react to a single specter downing an ally before the other 3 get their turn to wreak havoc. So yeah, Action Economy is a helluva drug.</blockquote>

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