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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BASHMAN" data-source="post: 3441860" data-attributes="member: 8277">It should be single-handed,  but if he like, fights an ogre single-handed for 8 rounds, then Big-Jerk-Spotlight-Stealer McGee comes around and kills it by doing 1 point of damage after the monk did 50 dmg to it, you should not hold that against the monk.  (i.e. if he did most of the work, it should count-- and you should give 0xp to the "helper" that session for spotlight theft)  [note I am so bitter on this topic because my character was engaged in an ARENA combat, 1 on 1, where my paladin had made various vows of honor before hand stating what would happen if he won/lost the fight with a powerful general.  Que the spotlight hog of the group who flies into the combat and starts attacking my opponent from behind while I am supposed to be fighting him one on one or else the terms of my deal are violated AND I lose my honor! So not only did I fail to achieve a major campaign goal (if I won the fight, I got an audience with the emperor, something our group desperately needed for our mission to succeed), but also broke my word, meaning I lost my paladin abilities, because one of the players in the group was bored that he was only supposed to watch the fight (like all the other thousand spectators were).  ahem.. back on topic.  Also, be aware as the DM that YOU MUST give him the opportunity to have such a fight, and it should be a winnable situation.  Don't say, oh, you want to be a reaping mauler, here's your chance to solo a larger opponent, and then have it be a titan or purple worm or something.  An opponent who has cast enlarge person on himself would be a fair target.  Beating an ogre in a grapple is likewise an unfair test (their STR is so ridiculously high the only way to win is for them to roll a d3 when you get to roll a d20, with all the numbers 1-10 changed to read 11-20.  And even then, you'd stil lose quite often...</blockquote>

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