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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Victim" data-source="post: 4435760" data-attributes="member: 78">I'm involved in an online game where we try to challenge each other with tough and fun encounters. My contribution is to be a set of three encounters for level 13 characters.Here's the first one:[sblock]Encounter Level Difficulty: Standard (6100)8 PCsParty Level 13SetupChoker is off to the side and rearDryads are disguisedEverything except one Dryad is at least trying to hideThis encounter includes the following: 2 Shambling Mound2 Dryad1 Stormrage Shambler1 Feywood Choker1 Briar Witch Dryad1 Warthorn Battlebriar2 Shambling Mound Level 9 BruteLarge natural animate (plant) XP 400 each2 Dryad Level 9 SkirmisherMedium fey humanoid XP 400 each1 Stormrage Shambler Level 11 Elite ControllerLarge natural animate (plant) XP 12001 Feywood Choker Level 12 LurkerMedium fey humanoid XP 7001 Briar Witch Dryad Level 13 Elite ControllerMedium fey humanoid XP 16001 Warthorn Battlebriar Level 14 ControllerLarge natural animate (plant) XP 1000TacticsShamblers and Battlebriar tie up melee threats, keeping them within auras. Stormrage will try to catch other shamblers as well as foes in Lightning Blast.. Choker sneaks behind to engage rear PCDryads use Tree Stride to set up charges, hopefully against isolated target near tree for repeat performanceBriar Witch tries to assist main melee force with auras and use Briar Cage. [/sblock]Any comments or concerns about the difficulty or playability of this set up? I need to adjust the map a bit before it's ready to post.-----------------------------------Here's the rough plan for #2: a solo fight with some enemy filler to prevent the PCs from focusing all their attention on the solo.[sblock]Encounter Level Difficulty: Standard (7200)8 PCsParty Level 13SetupDragon flies inShambling Mounds arrive 1 round later at map edge?This encounter includes the following: 5 Shambling Mound1 Stormrage Shambler1 Adult Blue Dragon5 Shambling Mound Level 9 BruteLarge natural animate (plant) XP 400 each1 Stormrage Shambler Level 11 Elite ControllerLarge natural animate (plant) XP 12001 Adult Blue Dragon Level 13 Solo ArtilleryLarge natural magical beast (dragon) XP 4000TacticsDragon uses Breath weapon when available, otherwise fires lighting burst attack at PCs in melee with mounds for damage+healing. Overexposed PCs can be engaged in melee if the mounds are holding people up.The mounds are to open a second front, threatening and hopefully surrounding ranged PCs if the melee characters chase after the dragon, or tying down melee characters. With a potential heal of 15 per round, the mounds shouldn't go down easy. [/sblock]The combination of an at will Lightning Burst 3 with the healing ability on the Mounds was too good to pass up - in some ways, it inspired everything else. The monsters here are in it for the long haul. Apparently, the Stormrage Shamblers are the result of sustained lightning attacks. This is supposed to be a harder fight, at 20% over the normal standard encounter amount. It still falls into the standard band of difficulty, but I feel the synergy between the dragon and the plants should produce a tough fight anyway, somewhat out of proportion with the XP total.I'm not entirely sure how I want the mounds to be deployed. They're sort of slow, and I don't want the PCs blitzing the dragon down and then turning their attention to the mounds. On the other hand, I do want the monsters to basically be arriving from off board as a sort of counter attack.</blockquote>

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