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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nathan P. Mahney" data-source="post: 2589522" data-attributes="member: 29748">OK, so I've ran the solo quest - it was... interesting.The PC in question was on a quest to regain his cleric powers after some misdemeanors - his god bade him to go forth and drink from the fountain of knowledge (his cleric powers were made available again for this quest).  It was all going well, lots of exploration and smiting of low CR creatures - mostly fiendish goblins, a hell hound, some other stuff.  I made it really easy for the character to rest and heal up, so there weren't many problems.Then he reached the BBEG - a barghest who was insanely possessive of the fountain.  I well realised that the barghest is way too tough for this character to fight, so I tweaked him a little.  He'd been drinking from the fountain of knowledge a hell of a lot, and seen things that drove him insane.  Mechanically this meant that once combat started, he was under the effects of a confusion spell.It worked out just about right.  The PC went in 11 hp under max, and was left with 6 when he dropped the barghest to 0.  Of course, the barghest went for his final dying blow - and hit.  Next thing you know the barghest is dying, and so is the PC - neither made their stabilisation rolls.  It was a double kill - sorta cool!  So I think I gauged it just about right - if the PC had been at full capacity he would have won.  Comments?</blockquote>