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<blockquote data-quote="Infiniti2000" data-source="post: 5305341" data-attributes="member: 31734"><p>The problems here are:</p><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Poor encounter design<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">5 of one monster type rather than varied</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">All monsters have a very devastating power - be careful of stun/daze/dominate</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Top of a very high tower and making it very easy to knock PCs off - two methods to do it.&nbsp; When every PC ended up off the ledge, you know it was a terribly designed encounter - actually worse than terrible.</li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Incorrect &quot;rules&quot; usage - these could be double checked<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">10d6 is not correct falling damage.&nbsp; If it was 100ft, it should be 10d10</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">5 monsters vs. 4 PCs, are you sure you have the right XP level?</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Regenerate, but you mentioned that.&nbsp; How'd you make it up to her since you already knew this one?&nbsp; Surely you didn't just say, &quot;My bad, too bad.&quot;</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Intentional killing (twice) - although not a true violation of the rules, the guidelines recommend against this, and now you know why.&nbsp; Is it more important to play monsters &quot;correctly&quot; or have fun?&nbsp; Of course, this assumes that in this case playing &quot;correctly&quot; != having fun (though it might for some people and that's fine for them, but it obviously doesn't for this player)</li>
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[QUOTE="Infiniti2000, post: 5305341, member: 31734"] The problems here are: [LIST] [*]Poor encounter design [LIST=1] [*]5 of one monster type rather than varied [*]All monsters have a very devastating power - be careful of stun/daze/dominate [*]Top of a very high tower and making it very easy to knock PCs off - two methods to do it. When every PC ended up off the ledge, you know it was a terribly designed encounter - actually worse than terrible. [/LIST] [*]Incorrect "rules" usage - these could be double checked [LIST=1] [*]10d6 is not correct falling damage. If it was 100ft, it should be 10d10 [*]5 monsters vs. 4 PCs, are you sure you have the right XP level? [*]Regenerate, but you mentioned that. How'd you make it up to her since you already knew this one? Surely you didn't just say, "My bad, too bad." [*]Intentional killing (twice) - although not a true violation of the rules, the guidelines recommend against this, and now you know why. Is it more important to play monsters "correctly" or have fun? Of course, this assumes that in this case playing "correctly" != having fun (though it might for some people and that's fine for them, but it obviously doesn't for this player) [/LIST] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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