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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 5196026" data-attributes="member: 2">Yup. It's a 10' pole that summons a <s>staffwrought donkeyhorse</s>  mule. It's a real mule that lasts until the next extended rest. It doesn't attack, although it does poop, bray and carry things. They're fighting what are effectively ghasts, using an amalgam of two different ghouls. The original monster had an aura 2 that gave -2 to all of the victim's attacks, ability checks, and skill checks. Since they're soldiers (with an already high set of defenses) that seemed a little less fun than I'd like; I swapped it with an aura that lowers defenses by -2. As a general rule I'd rather make the PCs easier to hit than the monster harder to hit.[sblock=My players please don't click]Greater Stench Ghoul    Level 8 SoldierMedium natural humanoid    XP 350Initiative +11        Senses Perception +5; darkvisionSepuchral Stench aura 2; enemies in the aura takes a -2 penalty to all defenses.HP 88; Bloodied 44AC 24; Fortitude 20; Reflex 22; Will 18Immune disease; poison; Resist 10 necrotic; Vulnerable 5 radiantSpeed 8 , Climb 4 m Claw (standard; at-will) +15 vs AC; 2d6 + 5 damage, and the target is immobilized (save ends)M Ghoulish Bite (minor 1/round; at-will) Targets an immobilized creature; +15 vs AC; 2d6 + 5 damage, and the target is dazed (save ends)Alignment Chaotic Evil    Languages CommonSkills Athletics +13, Stealth +14Str 18 (+8)    Dex 20 (+9)    Wis 13 (+5)Con 16 (+7)    Int 15 (+6)    Cha 13 (+5)[/sblock]No monster spoilers for my players, please.Monster xp totalled 1400, which would normally put this at about a lvl 6 encounter for six lvl 8 PCs (whose xp budget is 2100 for an on-level encounter). The tunnel and terrain deserved to be counted as a monster in and of itself. Sagiro didn't mention it, but all the ghouls are women (from young girls to old women) and apparently they have some sort of matriarch deeper in the ghoul warren. Whatever the case, they didn't seem to have taken the men to eat right away.</blockquote>

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