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<blockquote data-quote="AaronOfBarbaria" data-source="post: 6725327" data-attributes="member: 6701872">I disagree that minions are necessary for a kraken to seriously threaten a PC, and I disagree that there is merit to analyzing what an aquatic monster's capabilities are when we assume it is found where it wouldn't be - same with flying monsters being assumed never to fly, sunlight sensitive monsters assumed to be encounter outdoors in open terrain under a cloudless sky at noon.Monsters all have the context in which using them makes sense, and that context is important because they are designed assuming they are encountered in that context - meaning their weaknesses like severely hindered movement speed on land or sunlight powerlessness are possible to exploit, not exploited by default, when deciding how challenging to consider the creature. It is surprising that a kraken was encountered removed from a large body of water, regards of how many PCs of what level encountered it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AaronOfBarbaria, post: 6725327, member: 6701872"] I disagree that minions are necessary for a kraken to seriously threaten a PC, and I disagree that there is merit to analyzing what an aquatic monster's capabilities are when we assume it is found where it wouldn't be - same with flying monsters being assumed never to fly, sunlight sensitive monsters assumed to be encounter outdoors in open terrain under a cloudless sky at noon. Monsters all have the context in which using them makes sense, and that context is important because they are designed assuming they are encountered in that context - meaning their weaknesses like severely hindered movement speed on land or sunlight powerlessness are [I]possible[/I] to exploit, not exploited by default, when deciding how challenging to consider the creature. It is surprising that a kraken was encountered removed from a large body of water, regards of how many PCs of what level encountered it. [/QUOTE]

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