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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 6809751" data-attributes="member: 1210">Nope! The hooks for the high level stuff is out there. A good example is the party of 6th level pcs (with one lower level character) who had the opportunity to engage a death knight. When I run a monster, I try hard to run it as it would behave in the world. The wolf pack attacked using pack tactics, moving out of the mist to engage the pcs that they could. The needletooth drake swarm went for the biggest concentration of meat, in other words the place where it could attack the most pcs at once. I believe that the warlock got a bit of focus from some wolves, but between her own attacks and the other pcs' assistance, she came out fine. And the rogue avoided concentrated focus most because the other pcs were bigger threats; specifically in melee, the fighter kicked a lot of ass. I can't reiterate or emphasize enough how much the 5e version of aid helps parties with a cleric in them, too, although that wasn't the cast with this specific group.For clarity, while I do use some canned modules, none of that stuff was published material. It has nothing to do with having time to tweak the adventure and everything to do with staying loyal to the setting. Basically, I ask, Would there be a spellcaster here? In my campaign setting, spellcasters are rare, and powerful spellcasters even more so. The answer is usually no. And I know who the high level npcs in the area are; there simply aren't dozens of guys capable of casting fireball out there in the world.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 6809751, member: 1210"] Nope! The hooks for the high level stuff is out there. A good example is the party of 6th level pcs (with one lower level character) who had the opportunity to engage a death knight. When I run a monster, I try hard to run it as it would behave in the world. The wolf pack attacked using pack tactics, moving out of the mist to engage the pcs that they could. The needletooth drake swarm went for the biggest concentration of meat, in other words the place where it could attack the most pcs at once. I believe that the warlock got a bit of focus from some wolves, but between her own attacks and the other pcs' assistance, she came out fine. And the rogue avoided concentrated focus most because the other pcs were bigger threats; specifically in melee, the fighter kicked a lot of ass. I can't reiterate or emphasize enough how much the 5e version of [i]aid[/i] helps parties with a cleric in them, too, although that wasn't the cast with this specific group. For clarity, while I do use some canned modules, none of that stuff was published material. It has nothing to do with having time to tweak the adventure and everything to do with staying loyal to the setting. Basically, I ask, Would there be a spellcaster here? In my campaign setting, spellcasters are rare, and powerful spellcasters even more so. The answer is usually no. And I know who the high level npcs in the area are; there simply aren't dozens of guys capable of casting [i]fireball[/i] out there in the world. [/QUOTE]

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