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<blockquote data-quote="Rhenny" data-source="post: 6156467" data-attributes="member: 18333">You bet.&nbsp; Just now, after DMing the playtest for quite a while, I'm just starting to get the hang of challenging the players using proper numbers of attackers, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; For me, and I suspect, most of us who are used to previous editions of D&amp;D, this is the single most difficult adjustment to make.&nbsp; (Heck...it even took Mearls by surprise).&nbsp; The more I get used to it, the more I like it.&nbsp;&nbsp; I like the idea that a ghoul will still be frightening to a 12th level group too.&nbsp;&nbsp; In my last session, I used 4 greater ghouls (like ghasts in the Against the Slave lord bestiary but with 36 hp) against a party of 3 PCs, and it worked pretty well for an easy encounter.&nbsp;&nbsp; The ghoul's claws attack (note that the new version only gives 1 paralyzing claw attack) only hit one PC, and that PC was able to save vs. the DC 11 check (I think it was 11...I may have bumped it to 12 since they were Greater Ghouls).&nbsp; It still frightened the group, but it didn't derail anything.&nbsp;&nbsp; Certainly the new ghouls that make 2 attacks (one claws that can paralyze and a bite that can't paralyze) are much less deadly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rhenny, post: 6156467, member: 18333"] You bet. Just now, after DMing the playtest for quite a while, I'm just starting to get the hang of challenging the players using proper numbers of attackers, etc. For me, and I suspect, most of us who are used to previous editions of D&D, this is the single most difficult adjustment to make. (Heck...it even took Mearls by surprise). The more I get used to it, the more I like it. I like the idea that a ghoul will still be frightening to a 12th level group too. In my last session, I used 4 greater ghouls (like ghasts in the Against the Slave lord bestiary but with 36 hp) against a party of 3 PCs, and it worked pretty well for an easy encounter. The ghoul's claws attack (note that the new version only gives 1 paralyzing claw attack) only hit one PC, and that PC was able to save vs. the DC 11 check (I think it was 11...I may have bumped it to 12 since they were Greater Ghouls). It still frightened the group, but it didn't derail anything. Certainly the new ghouls that make 2 attacks (one claws that can paralyze and a bite that can't paralyze) are much less deadly. [/QUOTE]

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