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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 6840337" data-attributes="member: 413">I do think this fight is within the ability of a 2nd level party.  Read on if you want a bit of a meta explanation for this fight...[sblock] The lower threshold for a deadly encounter is 800 (and 'deadly' is not the word they should have used...'difficult' is more appropriate) and your daily XP budget is 2400.  This fight is 1350...so it'll be tough but IMXP 2X deadly is where a well rested party starts to get into real trouble.  Besides, you overcome the trait that makes them tough...maybe you aren't using your ideal weapons but you can hurt them.  They really don't do much damage (as you can see by my rolls) and they only have a +4 to attack.  I'm being a bit on the 'nice' side here and having them forget their most dangerous deep gnomish traits during their first transformation.  If they get away and you have to fight them again, I probably won't be so nice...They are immune to non-silvered weapons but can be hurt by all manner of other damage (poison, fire, lightning, radiant, etc).  I think the designers assume a 1st or 2nd level party would have access to a cantrip or two that could hurt them while the rest of the party holds them off.Personally, if i were to design lycanthropes for 5e, rather than their limited damage immunity, I'd have made them resistant to ALL damage from non-silvered sources (except maybe radiant) and give them regeneration that can only be prevented with silver weapons or radiant damage.  If you drop them to 0 hp they are incapacitated for a bit (maybe an hour or more) but you simply should not be able to kill them...were-creatures should be relentless and nearly indestructible without the right tools...that's what makes them fun and frightening.  But it doesn't matter for your party as you have silver anyway.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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