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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Souljourner" data-source="post: 1147593" data-attributes="member: 1622">Here's the thing - it was 4 CR over your APL.  That's a really tough fight.  I personally don't think those nose rings probably made much of a difference.  They're neat, but if they were in place of other treasure, it's perfectly within their CR.One thing - what is that 5th level guy doing there?  He's way too low to be in that party... he won't be of much use and will be very likely to die.5 crits out of 6 attacks is a lot of luck, even with extended threat ranges (the imp. crit is perfectly in keeping with their CR... they have fighter levels and just took the feat, I'm sure) and confirming them all is even more luck, given that at least one of those was comfirming with a mere +2 attack mod.It sounds like a.) it started out as a fight that would be really tough and b.) they got lucky.It actually should be a lot of XP for you guys, because you are pretty far below them... In my opinion, the DM should have poofed some of those crits into normal hits, because he had to know it was going to kill your big fighter guy.It wasn't a ridiculous outcome, given the odds, but it was a little quicker than it should have been.-The Souljourner</blockquote>