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<blockquote data-quote="covaithe" data-source="post: 4656525" data-attributes="member: 46559">Once the adventure was approved -- which didn't take long; thanks judges! -- I made a couple of threads and let the players know where to look, and sat back to watch the carnage.&nbsp; I'd planned to take 8 players, and when the dust settled, there were 9.&nbsp; Okay, no problem, I'd just add some more minions, or another guard, or....During the meantime, I'd started to worry that Hoofchew himself, as I'd decided to call my bounty target, wasn't tough enough, that he'd fall apart too quickly.&nbsp; So I started to look around for ways to beef him up.&nbsp; Naturally I looked in the DMG in the &quot;Customizing monsters&quot; section, starting at p.174.&nbsp; Most of it seemed to deal with adjusting the monsters' level by changing their attack and defense numbers across the board.&nbsp; I really just wanted to add a bunch more HP.&nbsp; Then I found the section with the elite monster templates.&nbsp; Jackpot!&nbsp; Instead of adding minions, I applied the Demonic Acolyte template to Hoofchew, giving him better saves, defenses, an AP, a couple of neat powers like a fire resistance aura, and, most of all, a big HP boost, without really changing his role in the encounter.&nbsp; He's still going to be hanging back directing his buddies instead of in the front lines.&nbsp; Next:&nbsp; the skill challenge, and taking notes</blockquote>

[QUOTE="covaithe, post: 4656525, member: 46559"] Once the adventure was approved -- which didn't take long; thanks judges! -- I made a couple of threads and let the players know where to look, and sat back to watch the carnage. I'd planned to take 8 players, and when the dust settled, there were 9. Okay, no problem, I'd just add some more minions, or another guard, or.... During the meantime, I'd started to worry that Hoofchew himself, as I'd decided to call my bounty target, wasn't tough enough, that he'd fall apart too quickly. So I started to look around for ways to beef him up. Naturally I looked in the DMG in the "Customizing monsters" section, starting at p.174. Most of it seemed to deal with adjusting the monsters' level by changing their attack and defense numbers across the board. I really just wanted to add a bunch more HP. Then I found the section with the elite monster templates. Jackpot! Instead of adding minions, I applied the Demonic Acolyte template to Hoofchew, giving him better saves, defenses, an AP, a couple of neat powers like a fire resistance aura, and, most of all, a big HP boost, without really changing his role in the encounter. He's still going to be hanging back directing his buddies instead of in the front lines. Next: the skill challenge, and taking notes [/QUOTE]

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