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<blockquote data-quote="Kelleris" data-source="post: 3309976" data-attributes="member: 19130">Since this encounter is supposed to take place around 6th level, you can't exactly get upset at the PC cleric for not preparing death ward since, y'know, he can't.&nbsp; That's sort of the whole reason the OP is wondering about the value of this encounter.&nbsp; Likewise, the room set-up makes it extremely hard to stop the cleric from the reading the scroll - there's only one wide-open entrance, he's all the way across the room, and he has cover from the altar he's hiding behind.&nbsp; And if I remember correctly, the whole place is strewn with rubble as well, making charging effectively impossible.&nbsp; Even if the PCs win initiative, there's precious little they can do to stop this guy from casting the circle of death.On top of that, the cleric, as written, can't use the scroll unless you make some kind of hand-waving allowance for its admittedly unusual origin.&nbsp; So this isn't even a matter of what's good for the goose is good for the gander either.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kelleris, post: 3309976, member: 19130"] Since this encounter is supposed to take place around 6th level, you can't exactly get upset at the PC cleric for not preparing [i]death ward[/i] since, y'know, he [i]can't[/i]. That's sort of the whole reason the OP is wondering about the value of this encounter. Likewise, the room set-up makes it extremely hard to stop the cleric from the reading the scroll - there's only one wide-open entrance, he's all the way across the room, and he has cover from the altar he's hiding behind. And if I remember correctly, the whole place is strewn with rubble as well, making charging effectively impossible. Even if the PCs win initiative, there's precious little they can do to stop this guy from casting the [i]circle of death[/i]. On top of that, the cleric, as written, can't use the scroll unless you make some kind of hand-waving allowance for its admittedly unusual origin. So this isn't even a matter of what's good for the goose is good for the gander either. [/QUOTE]

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