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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MortalPlague" data-source="post: 4996002" data-attributes="member: 62721">I've updated Boggorok's stat block with a slight adjustment to the shifting power.So I ran the encounter, and the whole combat went beautifully.  It was a running battle that took about 3 and a half hours in real time, drawing the PCs back and forth to multiple fronts as new and interesting threats emerged.  Finally, only Uggrit (Ogre Savage, Level 8 brute) and his keeper (Goliath Guardian, Level 9 soldier) stood, both bloodied, while Boggorok and his guards made their appearance.Boggorok wound up on the back of the paladin on his first turn, dealing some damage with his knife, but the paladin threw him off immediately, acting right after the goblin vampire.  Poor Boggorok was then immobilized, so in the spirit of that condition, I didn't allow him to use his piggyback power.  He whittled down the paladin with his knife over the course of two rounds, though he only hit about a third of the time.  The rest of the group managed to down the goliath, and Uggrit the Ogre was in bad shape, so the heavy hitters shifted focus to Boggorok, managing to bloody him.And then the goblin vampire had his day.  He sprang up onto the paladin's back once more and sank his fangs into him, draining him to -3 health!  He had healed out of bloodied and taken down the defender in the process!  A glorious, devilish turn for our fearsome foe!He was, once again, unable to use his piggyback power to his defense (since the paladin was on the ground), so Boggorok took three massive hits (two crits from strikers) and promptly died.  He exploded into a cloud of spiders, and the adventurers tracked him to his coffin where they put an end to his menace for good.Overall, I call it a success.  The goblin vampire took everyone by surprise, and was pleasantly dangerous in combat.  And in the end, with all the dailies in effect, and some radiant damage from the paladin, he went down in a satisfying way.  Fun for everyone!</blockquote>

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