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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GQuail" data-source="post: 2906017" data-attributes="member: 30709">It's a matter of DM tastes, I guess.  I play with a large group (8 players) and in play I often find a single tough monster there to be far more swingy than a group of monsters: so I'd rather have a CR 21 beastie with six CR 18 bodyguards than a single CR 24 as a 20th level finale.For me, a big dude + backup is easy enough to convert into an appropriate final encounter: storming the throneroom of Orcus and having to carve your way through his elite guard while he stands on his throne hurling spells at you, or dealing with Pazuzu and his cronies divebombing you as you try to escape to the portal with your stolen artifact.But it's a matter of preference, of course: those who wish a single big nasty demon prince to go on a rampage vs their party could advance them to suit.</blockquote>