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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 3480410" data-attributes="member: 2011">I was being facetious, but if you really want an answer:It depends. What if the BBEG is a fighter type? Do you give him a Cloak of Major Displacement knowing that the PCs will probably acquire said item? There are not that many items that significantly protect against Orbs and which a DM might want fall into the PC's hands.Or do you give him a Wizard cohort with instructions: "I know that Bob likes to use Orb of Force, so cast Displacement on me first round."? Sounds kind of railroady (wish I had a better non-existent word for that <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ).If Orb spells are not broken, why would the DM have to craft BBEGs with specific defenses against it?Nobody talks about crafting BBEGs with specific defenses against Fireball because Fireball already has at least one defense that all NPCs already have (i.e. a saving throw). The BBEG does not need a specific defense against Fireball. General defenses (e.g. high hit points and a decent Reflex save) might suffice (situation depending).But Orbs have so few significant defenses that the DM would have to purposely alter his BBEG and/or scenario, just to take them into account. He doesn't have to do that for Fireball.</blockquote>