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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neverfate" data-source="post: 5572532" data-attributes="member: 93685">Good questions. I think everyone will have slightly different answers depending on their DMing style.The way I set up my maps is that I always have a scale version in my graph paper note book so that I can get a frame of reference for unseen traps/hazards or to mark off creatures that have hidden or other unexposed features of the battlefield. This allows me to check off where the creature is hidden on particular large or complex maps (or if I just forget). If it is a map from an adventure/book you don't want to write in, a photocopy should work.Also, aside from being hidden, it's important to stock an encounter effectively so that a Lurker's presence makes sense, it isn't the focal point of combat, but leaves just enough incentive to be found and defeated.Lurker's should be doing a huge nova attack, then spend a round or 2 hiding and waiting/recharging. So you have to balance them around that feature. Too few other creatures on the map for your PCs to get distracted by and they'll hunt down the Lurker all too easily. Too many adversaries to distract them and the Lurker very well may go Friday the 13th style on them, killing them one by one.One thing I like to do is have a deadly Lurker not necessarily be on the villains team, but have it live in the encounter's map. Attacking indiscriminately/determined via die rolls. This may allow you more time to position and hide the Lurker as your party discovers it's not necessary to defeat. This allows your players to avoid it by pushing through their enemies faster and leaving the encounter (perhaps even using it to their advantage while they push through/escape). It's an interesting dynamic, but not necessary to effectively (and honestly) run a Lurker.Hope this gives you some insights!</blockquote>

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