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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pbartender" data-source="post: 5474010" data-attributes="member: 7533">Recently, we finished up the Heroic Tier of Scales of War.  For the climactic fight between the PCs and the general of the enemy army -- which marked the transition to Paragon Tier -- I changed things up a bit from the published adventure.The fight took place in the midst of a city that was on fire and being bombarded by siege engines.The general was a Level 14 Elite Soldier.  His undead dragon "mount" was a Level 13 Elite Brute.  I modified both of them according the guidelines and suggestions put forth in the Angry DM blog with regards to <a href="http://angrydm.com/2010/04/the-dd-boss-fight-part-1/" target="_blank">D&D Boss Fights</a>.In addition, there were oodles of low-level minions running around (and continually being reinforced) -- orcs, ogres, drow, spiderlings, and such.  The PCs each also had control over a half dozen to a dozen of their own allied minions -- dwarven crossbowmen, elven hunters, prototype warforged, town militia, etc.It was great...   A huge, sprawling, epic fight, that didn't devolve into drudgery thanks to the evolving nature of the two Boss' powers and tactics.  The opposing minions more or less canceled each other out, but brought an interesting twist to the combat.  The two modified elites were just tough enough to make the PCs worried (with his dying breath, the general tried to coup de gras and kill an unconscious hero, but failed), but good tactics and teamwork allowed them to succeed heroically.Certainly, one of our best and most memorable 4E combats.</blockquote>

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