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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 4775507" data-attributes="member: 58197">This monster is awesome and I wholeheartedly approve, for the following reasons:1. Better math. I crunched the numbers on this, and (after adjusting for solo status) it meets the damage guidelines in the DMG, which a lot of the high-level MM1 monsters did not. In fact, it exceeds them a bit... even after you allow for its hit points being reduced 20% and its damage being cranked up to match.2. Lower hit points, higher damage. 4E monsters generally need this, and solos really need it.3. Gets more dangerous as its hit points drop. Every 194 hit points, it cranks up the threat level, increasing the pressure on the PCs. This will help keep the fight tense and exciting.4. Not (much) susceptible to fighter lockdown. The fighter can still do her &quot;you no move&quot; thing if she really wants to, but in general she can't keep the hydra frozen in place the way fighters usually do with solos. Whether to mark is now a tactical decision instead of a no-brainer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 4775507, member: 58197"] This monster is awesome and I wholeheartedly approve, for the following reasons: [b]1. Better math.[/b] I crunched the numbers on this, and (after adjusting for solo status) it meets the damage guidelines in the DMG, which a lot of the high-level MM1 monsters did not. In fact, it exceeds them a bit... even after you allow for its hit points being reduced 20% and its damage being cranked up to match. [b]2. Lower hit points, higher damage.[/b] 4E monsters generally need this, and solos [i]really[/i] need it. [b]3. Gets more dangerous as its hit points drop.[/b] Every 194 hit points, it cranks up the threat level, increasing the pressure on the PCs. This will help keep the fight tense and exciting. [b]4. Not (much) susceptible to fighter lockdown.[/b] The fighter can still do her "you no move" thing if she [i]really[/i] wants to, but in general she can't keep the hydra frozen in place the way fighters usually do with solos. Whether to mark is now a tactical decision instead of a no-brainer. [/QUOTE]

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