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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sanzuo" data-source="post: 5051283" data-attributes="member: 66180">Don't give up!Your players should be able to play the party they want.Let them use their abilitiesGive them critters to wail on with their cool mark abilities.  Low-level lurkers are best since they can dish out some damage but don't last very long, and they do it in melee.  Alternatively give them a high level brute who will be able to consistently hit and do damage but also be easy to hit himself.  You know what their defenses and attack bonuses are.Combat should be FAST and DANGEROUS<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lay down a lot of environmental dangers; fire pits, spike traps, piranha pools.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pepper the area with artillery minions along with whatever else your using.  Ranged minions are handy because they can pick away at a party and are dangerous if ignored.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Have your monsters fight recklessly.  Have them take risks if it means getting in an extra hit.  If you're designing your own monsters give them abilities like; lowering their defenses for extra hit/damage and stuff like that.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Avoid status effects like stun and daze on the players.  Anything that takes away their actions can be a drag and make combat drag.  Instead consider things that grant combat advantage and movement around the battlefield.  Push the players into that piranha pool!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No fight should merely be a slug-fest.  Have some kind of sub-objective in the encounter, such as shutting down portals that are spewing out endless amounts of demons, or activating a magical shield to stop the deadly plague cloud from enveloping the town.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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