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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neubert" data-source="post: 4747135" data-attributes="member: 53036">Hmm, I just lost my post, so this one will be a little more brief and to the point (distant cheers of "yay!").I think 10 for the easy defense is a little high. I am thinking of characters without any feats (Iron Will, Great Fortitude) to boost their defenses.Of course, exact numbers would have to be determined through discussion/analysis.Also, whatever values are chosen, I would like a little leeway for "buffs" and "debuffs" to affect defenses.In regards to damage, I can't really comment on that, as I am sorely lacking 4e experience. My primary focus is on balance, but I have read about how easy/grindy the higher levels seem, and I am all for making it a little more challenging for the players.I was going to suggest that elites should hit players on a roll of 2 less than a standard monster, and solo 4 less. Meaning if a standard monster would have to hit the hard/medium/easy defense on a 14/10/6 (again, example values), an elite would have to roll 12/8/4 and a solo 10/6/2.The reason for my suggestion was that I was under the assumption that elites and solo's had a higher to-hit than average monsters. I was surprised however, when I looked through the DMG's guidelines for turning monsters into elite and solo versions, and didn't find anything to that extend. A quick lookup of the 5 level 10 soldiers (2 elite, 3 standard) in MM revealed the same.Perhaps they should have, perhaps not. However, I believe that discussion would be off-topic.</blockquote>

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