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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 20827" data-attributes="member: 707">At first glance, I thought that this encounter was far too strong for your group, but upon checking the SRD, I discovered that our friend the Kraken is only a CR12.&nbsp; Granted, it has 290hp average, but you do have a fighting chance.To begin: buff everyone with everything you've got.&nbsp; Everyone should be hasted and the fighters should have Improved Invisibility cast on them as well.When the battle starts, keep your melee-types away.&nbsp; The Kraken has a tentacle rake that does a massive amount of damage, plus 6 tentacle attacks.&nbsp; As the fight begins do not let your fighters (or anyone) get within melee range of the Kraken.You're going to want to go with your spellcasters as your first assault.&nbsp; Have the Abjurer memorize a slew of lightning bolts, and give the wand of lightning bolt to the sorceress.Open up your attack with four lightning bolts in the first round, 2 from the abjurer and 2 from the sorceress.&nbsp; Then continue pounding the kraken with lightning bolts for as long as you can.&nbsp; The kraken's smart, and will probably cast Resist Elements: Electricity on its next turn, but -12 points of damage isn't going to do much if it's getting hit with 4 lightning bolts per round.Once you've softened the thing up with the lightning bolts send in your fighters.&nbsp; The Improved Invisibility should help you to avoid some of the kraken's attacks.&nbsp; It has blind-fight, so you're look at a 25% chance to avoid its attacks.&nbsp; If you have line-of-sight, have the spellcasters keep pounding it with lightning bolts, if not, switch to magic missiles. If it's been hit hard enough by the lightning bolts, you should be able to finish it off before it finishes off the fighters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Pendragon, post: 20827, member: 707"] At first glance, I thought that this encounter was far too strong for your group, but upon checking the SRD, I discovered that our friend the Kraken is only a CR12. Granted, it has 290hp average, but you do have a fighting chance. To begin: [color=yellow]buff everyone with everything you've got[/color]. Everyone should be [i]hasted[/i] and the fighters should have [i]Improved Invisibility[/i] cast on them as well. When the battle starts, keep your melee-types away. The Kraken has a tentacle rake that does a massive amount of damage, plus 6 tentacle attacks. As the fight begins [color=yellow]do not let your fighters (or anyone) get within melee range of the Kraken.[/color] You're going to want to go with your spellcasters as your first assault. Have the Abjurer memorize a slew of [i]lightning bolts[/i], and give the [i]wand of lightning bolt[/i] to the sorceress. Open up your attack with four [i]lightning bolts[/i] in the first round, 2 from the abjurer and 2 from the sorceress. Then continue pounding the kraken with lightning bolts for as long as you can. The kraken's smart, and will probably cast [i]Resist Elements: Electricity[/i] on its next turn, but -12 points of damage isn't going to do much if it's getting hit with 4 [i]lightning bolts[/i] per round. Once you've softened the thing up with the [i]lightning bolts[/i] send in your fighters. The [i]Improved Invisibility[/i] should help you to avoid some of the kraken's attacks. It has blind-fight, so you're look at a 25% chance to avoid its attacks. If you have line-of-sight, have the spellcasters keep pounding it with [i]lightning bolts[/i], if not, switch to [i]magic missiles[/i]. If it's been hit hard enough by the [i]lightning bolts[/i], you should be able to finish it off before it finishes off the fighters. [/QUOTE]

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