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Message: <blockquote data-quote="p_johnston" data-source="post: 9413530" data-attributes="member: 7016849">So you'll notice that monsters only ever have 3 LR and thats not just because they like to keep things consistent. At a guess they found that 3 LR is the equilibrium point between "This doesn't do anything to keep the boss alive" and "players feel like save spells aren't worth anything at all because they can never burn through the LR before the boss is dead."As to the original post there are a few reasons not to.1) the point of LR is to make it so that a boss monster might actually be able to survive more then a round against a party as the increase in level. If you make LR only trigger on certain debilitating effects (Stun but not paralyze for example) then any party that actually knows that is just going to bypass it and use the effect that doesn't trigger the LR.1.1) Even as it stands having a single monster be challenging to a party without either immediately dieing or murdering the party is really tough. Taking a dial away from the GM to try and walk that line is not going to help make boss monsters better.2) Your now making more overhead for the GM to keep track of with what is probably an already complex monster. Instead of just making a judgment call now the DM has to remember which specific list of conditions trigger the LR, what the possible HP threshold is etc.3) any fight is going to be dictated by the GM making judgment calls about what the NPC's are doing. Does the lich start out with lower level spells or do a ninth out of the gate? Does the dragon use it's turn to kill a downed PC or breath on the remaining party? Does the Mage keep a spell slot in reserve to teleport to safety if things turn against them or go all out to try and win? If the particulars of when the GM is using LR is causing friction at the table then most likely it's because there is a problem between the player(s) and the GM not a problem with the rules.</blockquote>

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