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<blockquote data-quote="Ancalagon" data-source="post: 8440141" data-attributes="member: 23">Some of you may be interested in this play report.The group (still level 7, the psi warrior, the ranger, the monk and the rogue-sorcerer) faced off against 6 urthgart barbarian leaders (CR2), 1 veteran (CR 2), 1 uthgart shaman (CR 2) and one young white adult dragon (CR 6).&nbsp; We did not have time to buff, but both the ranger (summon beast spirit) and the fighter (bag of tricks) had one ally on the field.&nbsp;&nbsp; It was a debacle.&nbsp; We had a (fairly ineffective) clerical support, which revivified twice during the battle.&nbsp; Despite this, both the ranger and the fighter died (as in failed death saves, no more 3rd level slots left).&nbsp; A key factor was that our mage was completely outplayed by the enemy mage.&nbsp; He started, winning initiative, by fireballing the gang of barbarian...&nbsp; to have his spell counter-spelled.&nbsp; The barbarians then surged forth, and, attacking recklessly twice a round, surrounded the monk (who was in front for some reason) and reduced him to 14 hp.&nbsp; Then the shaman cast hypnotic pattern, with only the monk (not in the area) and the rogue sorcerer not being affected.&nbsp; THe shaman then moved out of sight so the concentration could not easily be broken.Our sorcerer then hypnotic patterned the barbarian&nbsp; horde, thinking that the elven monk would make his save (he did).&nbsp; All but one barbarian failed their save... and said barbarian was then ordered by the dragon (who was staying back for now) to attack the sorcerer.&nbsp; Because the sorcerer's first level was in rogue, he wasn't proficient in con save, and with reckless attack, took a hit, failed his save... At this point the monk punched both the ranger and the fighter to wake them up (ouch) and pulled back.&nbsp; The sorcerer tried fireballing again, but got countered again....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ancalagon, post: 8440141, member: 23"] Some of you may be interested in this play report. The group (still level 7, the psi warrior, the ranger, the monk and the rogue-sorcerer) faced off against 6 urthgart barbarian leaders (CR2), 1 veteran (CR 2), 1 uthgart shaman (CR 2) and one young white adult dragon (CR 6). We did not have time to buff, but both the ranger (summon beast spirit) and the fighter (bag of tricks) had one ally on the field. It was a debacle. We had a (fairly ineffective) clerical support, which revivified twice during the battle. Despite this, both the ranger and the fighter died (as in failed death saves, no more 3rd level slots left). A key factor was that our mage was [I]completely outplayed[/I] by the enemy mage. He started, winning initiative, by fireballing the gang of barbarian... to have his spell counter-spelled. The barbarians then surged forth, and, attacking recklessly twice a round, surrounded the monk (who was in front for some reason) and reduced him to 14 hp. Then the shaman cast hypnotic pattern, with only the monk (not in the area) and the rogue sorcerer not being affected. THe shaman then moved out of sight so the concentration could not easily be broken. Our sorcerer then hypnotic patterned the barbarian horde, thinking that the elven monk would make his save (he did). All but one barbarian failed their save... and said barbarian was then ordered by the dragon (who was staying back for now) to attack the sorcerer. Because the sorcerer's first level was in rogue, he wasn't proficient in con save, and with reckless attack, took a hit, failed his save... At this point the monk punched both the ranger and the fighter to wake them up (ouch) and pulled back. The sorcerer tried fireballing again, but got countered again.... [/QUOTE]

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