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<blockquote data-quote="WalterKovacs" data-source="post: 4551253" data-attributes="member: 63763">So far I've been running the WOTC H series, just finished book 2. The solo's aren't as hard encounter wise. They've only had a couple, and in one case, the solo wasn't really solo ... there was a whole encounter area around him. That meant traps and terrain features and hazards that could seperate the party. The other aspect was the monsters ability to move and attack, and thus make some of the party have fewer options (they were often delaying or readying actions to get the monster back ... and the warlord was out of most of the fight because he got tied up). &nbsp;The biggest problems the party went up against were actually elites, in part because the solos didn't tend to have the roles that some of the elites have. If the solos defense isn't hitable, the thing is going to be boring, at least with an elite, you have the rest of the monsters that you can kill off even if the elite is harder to hit.&nbsp;There are two solutions. One is to go with the BBEG as an elite, so you can add other things to the fight to make it more challenging. Our first player death came in a fight with a BBEG as a higher level elite, with some other monsters... it actually included a couple other elites.&nbsp;However, if you do want to stick with a solo, I'd suggest using the terrain to stack the odds a bit more in his favor. The dragon solo I had was able to target will and slide an opposing character each turn (only once) as a minor action ... there was also a deep pit. Creating &quot;unsafe&quot; places for the characters can translate into safe areas for the solo [or a way to hurt PCs that get to close to the solo], either way it gives the solo a bit more power. Dragons, who are often solos, also have an advantage when they can fly high, and keep some distance while they recharge their powers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WalterKovacs, post: 4551253, member: 63763"] So far I've been running the WOTC H series, just finished book 2. The solo's aren't as hard encounter wise. They've only had a couple, and in one case, the solo wasn't really solo ... there was a whole encounter area around him. That meant traps and terrain features and hazards that could seperate the party. The other aspect was the monsters ability to move and attack, and thus make some of the party have fewer options (they were often delaying or readying actions to get the monster back ... and the warlord was out of most of the fight because he got tied up). The biggest problems the party went up against were actually elites, in part because the solos didn't tend to have the roles that some of the elites have. If the solos defense isn't hitable, the thing is going to be boring, at least with an elite, you have the rest of the monsters that you can kill off even if the elite is harder to hit. There are two solutions. One is to go with the BBEG as an elite, so you can add other things to the fight to make it more challenging. Our first player death came in a fight with a BBEG as a higher level elite, with some other monsters... it actually included a couple other elites. However, if you do want to stick with a solo, I'd suggest using the terrain to stack the odds a bit more in his favor. The dragon solo I had was able to target will and slide an opposing character each turn (only once) as a minor action ... there was also a deep pit. Creating "unsafe" places for the characters can translate into safe areas for the solo [or a way to hurt PCs that get to close to the solo], either way it gives the solo a bit more power. Dragons, who are often solos, also have an advantage when they can fly high, and keep some distance while they recharge their powers. [/QUOTE]

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