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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Valdier" data-source="post: 7050809" data-attributes="member: 4556">Of COURSE the DM is supposed to interpret how the NPC's react and fight back. This isn't a pre-programmed video game... players could roll the dice against themselves if every monster is just an unthinking blob of hit points. If that is how you are running your games, no wonder the Demon Lords and so many encounters are so easy. I run mine based on the writeup of the monster... Kobolds don't just run at you in waves, they use traps and are tricky. Demon Lords don't just stand in an empty cavern and swing basic attacks all day... they use their intelligence to fight on their terms.Jubilex can climb on ceilings and poison everything within 10' of him. Why would he fight within melee reach of anyone? He has contagion and should be striking on his first hit with it against whoever he wishes to attack from the ceiling of a tunnel with a curve in it. Not allowing long range for archers and casters. He has MR, Legendary Resists, Regenerates and has a 10' reach. He could attack out of a hole in the ceiling using gaseous form to move in and out when he needs to, engaging on his terms.Pretty much every attack against him is at disadvantage (Corrupting Touch + Foul + contagion). He can hit for up to 6 attacks in a round for 126 damage in a turn (fairly reliably). Every three turns he spits 55 acid and ruins weapons and armor + 63 more damage in physical attacks... or 42 + everyone is poisoned automatically within 10' of his target.You are just running monsters badly. He has a 20 Intelligence, try running him like it's higher than 3.What it comes down to... is you run/play a different style of game from many of us. I don't run or play it like a board game with dumb monsters, it sounds like that might be your preferred style, and are disappointed with it.</blockquote>

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