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<blockquote data-quote="amerigoV" data-source="post: 4934058">As others have pointed to, I think you need to tailor the environment and other minions to the Solo's abilities. For example, a demon is the solo that has been summoned. Have a few priest around whose main job is to debuff and crowd contol or a Red Dragon should be in a center of a Volcano. In other words, a Solo should not be found in a plain old 20'x20' square room.Another option is to &quot;break the rules&quot; a bit. I did this at the end of my Eyes of the Lich Queen campaign (3.5 - but there is the same general issue of solo creatures vs. the party). I modified the end fight with a dragon to be a aerial battle and had a simple subsystem to determine how &quot;in position&quot; PCs where. It changed the feel and was a nice break from the usual solo pound (more of a running battle than &quot;I 5' step and attack&quot;) .I'll freely admit I stole the latter concept from WOW, where the Boss tends to have their own rules. Probably not something to do all the time, but you are fighting the Solo/BBEG on his ground -- he should have some tricks up his sleeve that are beyond the stat block.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="amerigoV, post: 4934058"] As others have pointed to, I think you need to tailor the environment and other minions to the Solo's abilities. For example, a demon is the solo that has been summoned. Have a few priest around whose main job is to debuff and crowd contol or a Red Dragon should be in a center of a Volcano. In other words, a Solo should not be found in a plain old 20'x20' square room. Another option is to "break the rules" a bit. I did this at the end of my Eyes of the Lich Queen campaign (3.5 - but there is the same general issue of solo creatures vs. the party). I modified the end fight with a dragon to be a aerial battle and had a simple subsystem to determine how "in position" PCs where. It changed the feel and was a nice break from the usual solo pound (more of a running battle than "I 5' step and attack") . I'll freely admit I stole the latter concept from WOW, where the Boss tends to have their own rules. Probably not something to do all the time, but you are fighting the Solo/BBEG on his ground -- he should have some tricks up his sleeve that are beyond the stat block. [/QUOTE]

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