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Message: <blockquote data-quote="trentonjoe" data-source="post: 437933" data-attributes="member: 304">Re: Re: Small ankhegsI ran 2 of these ankhegs vs a 5 member party last night.  The party consisted of:1st level paladinfighter (archer)barbarianrangerwizardRound oneOne ankheg engages the ranger and bites for  a few points of damage and grapples him.  THe barbaian wallops it for 12 (of 13) points of damage.  The wizard moves into position and color sprays it.  It fails it save, but is uneffected by the blindness.Round twoThe rangers breaks the grapple.  The first ankheg misses the barbarian.  The second ankheg makes a charge action under ground on the archer (who is away form the party) and bites for a couple damage but does not grapple.  The paladin, ranger, and barbarian all miss the first ankheg (it's AC is pretty high 20ish and they were complaining) and the archer hits his ankheg for 4 points of damage.Round three.Ankheg one bites the barbarian for a couple points of damage but loses the grapple check.  ANkheg two misses the archer.  THe paladin and ranger miss again but the barbarina kills  Ankheg one.  THe archer hits again and the wizard watches to see if more are coming.Round four The ankheg and the archer miss each other, but the other three characters charge the ankheg and one hits and kills it.Analysis:The ankhegs took on 5 lst level character (they are all ECL's +1 and have very high stats, between +10 and +15 total) and were a decent encounter.  I would put them as an  ECL 2 or 3.  I would have liked to see one grapple and drag a character under ground but they couldn't maintian their grapple.</blockquote>

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