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<blockquote data-quote="jamesmanhattan" data-source="post: 6116688" data-attributes="member: 75838">A big warning!! A Solo Lurker that Weakens and drops a Globe of Darkness causing everyone to take -5 to attacks is going to frustrate the HELL out of your players!That's one big reason they got rid of the Globe of Darkness for the Black Dragon in the Monster Vault. I'd start with the Black Dragon from Monster Vault and try to change that to be more Shadowy. (Drain Surges, teleport etc, Vulnerable Radiant)Also a big thing to remember. All Solos, regardless of &quot;Role&quot; use d8's for Hit Dice. Lurkers do not use d6's! Brutes do not use d10's etc!! They have the HP of 4 monsters.I'd get rid of the Combat Advantage thing.Get rid of Draconic Frenzy, its attacks should be &quot;one bite&quot; or &quot;two claws&quot; don't combine them. Level 8 Bite should do 2*16=32 damage on avg, so 3d10+16. --- note: most times they let the bite do damage on a miss and reduce the hit damage to 32/1.5 =21---- Bite: 2d10+10, and half (10 dmg) on a missClaw should do 16 each, and always get to attack twice, so each claw 2d8+7Breath Weapon target 24 damage+half on miss= 3d8+11Tail Swipe is all extra, half a standard monster so 1d8+3Most importantly, just simply check out the damage from either Young Red Dragon lvl 7 or the Young Blue Dragon lvl 6, in the Monster Vault. Simply add 1 or 2 damage to each of the attacks for each level up you give them, and use that as the target damage. Also, add 8X4 HP per level up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jamesmanhattan, post: 6116688, member: 75838"] A big warning!! A Solo Lurker that Weakens and drops a Globe of Darkness causing everyone to take -5 to attacks is going to frustrate the HELL out of your players! That's one big reason they got rid of the Globe of Darkness for the Black Dragon in the Monster Vault. I'd start with the Black Dragon from Monster Vault and try to change that to be more Shadowy. (Drain Surges, teleport etc, Vulnerable Radiant) Also a big thing to remember. All Solos, regardless of "Role" use d8's for Hit Dice. Lurkers do [U]not [/U]use d6's! Brutes do [U]not [/U]use d10's etc!! They have the HP of 4 monsters. I'd get rid of the Combat Advantage thing. Get rid of Draconic Frenzy, its attacks should be "one bite" or "two claws" don't combine them. Level 8 Bite should do 2*16=32 damage on avg, so 3d10+16. --- note: most times they let the bite do damage on a miss and reduce the hit damage to 32/1.5 =21 ---- Bite: 2d10+10, and half (10 dmg) on a miss Claw should do 16 each, and always get to attack twice, so each claw 2d8+7 Breath Weapon target 24 damage+half on miss= 3d8+11 Tail Swipe is all extra, half a standard monster so 1d8+3 Most importantly, just simply check out the damage from either Young Red Dragon lvl 7 or the Young Blue Dragon lvl 6, in the Monster Vault. Simply add 1 or 2 damage to each of the attacks for each level up you give them, and use that as the target damage. Also, add 8X4 HP per level up. [/QUOTE]

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