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<blockquote data-quote="Korgoth" data-source="post: 3823416" data-attributes="member: 49613">I think this is more of a problem with the CR system than anything else.&nbsp; The Gurps sniper I mentioned can probably be designed on a fairly low number of points, if he's basically Rain Man at everything else besides blasting PCs.The Bodak is a bit of a &quot;sniper monster&quot;.&nbsp; It's the best there is at what it does, and what it does isn't balanced.&nbsp; I would hope that as a DM I wouldn't throw that monster at PCs of that level if by &quot;throw at&quot; is meant that it jumps out of a bowl of rice and Death Stares the PCs.&nbsp; If by &quot;throw at&quot; we mean that he shows up in The Death Tombs of Impossible Survival or can be found wandering around in La Plaza del Bodak, then fine.The point is, the DM should generally give the party a chance.&nbsp; I'm not going to have the party attacked in their sleep by an Arch-Lich while all the spell casters are asleep no matter what level they are, unless they've messed up so epically that they should really know it's coming.&nbsp; As the DM, it's my responsibility to allow a TPK, not specifically to engineer one.&nbsp; But if they have a fair chance of circumventing or blitzing the bodak, then the bodak is fair.&nbsp; If they don't, it probably isn't.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Korgoth, post: 3823416, member: 49613"] I think this is more of a problem with the CR system than anything else. The Gurps sniper I mentioned can probably be designed on a fairly low number of points, if he's basically Rain Man at everything else besides blasting PCs. The Bodak is a bit of a "sniper monster". It's the best there is at what it does, and what it does isn't balanced. I would hope that as a DM I wouldn't throw that monster at PCs of that level if by "throw at" is meant that it jumps out of a bowl of rice and Death Stares the PCs. If by "throw at" we mean that he shows up in The Death Tombs of Impossible Survival or can be found wandering around in La Plaza del Bodak, then fine. The point is, the DM should generally give the party a chance. I'm not going to have the party attacked in their sleep by an Arch-Lich while all the spell casters are asleep no matter what level they are, unless they've messed up so epically that they should really know it's coming. As the DM, it's my responsibility to allow a TPK, not specifically to engineer one. But if they have a fair chance of circumventing or blitzing the bodak, then the bodak is fair. If they don't, it probably isn't. [/QUOTE]

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