Winces at the HD:cr ratio...
Still, good fight overall. Guess this both highlights the thrills and drawbacks of high lv 3e gameplay. Extremely taxing to plan, but potentially rewarding if you manage to pull it off.
I've been able to come up with some good challenges for the group overall in terms of encounters - however, it's often so complex that afterward I'm always saying that I forgot this feat's power or that magic item's effect or similar. I'm sure some in the group say that as well, but they've been playing their characters for 17 levels now and know them pretty well - and, if there are 7 of them, somebody will remind a person that forgot.
In 1E/2E days, most campaigns I was involved with would go from level 1 to level 8/9/10 or so. So, it was a lot easier to prep for overall.
