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<blockquote data-quote="DeviousQuail" data-source="post: 8518228" data-attributes="member: 7025431">Those things are brutal without foreknowledge.My favorite combat setup that I ever ran was a cambion in a hook shaped hallway ending in a small room with a fire pit. The hallway was accessed by a portal and every turn the players needed to make a Wis save or become frightened. The DC started at 1 and went up by 1 each round they were in the area. The cambion is CR 5 and the party were five level 3s. With action economy the players should be able to handle it as they'd only encountered one combat before this that day.The fear effect hit two players before it even got to DC 3 and the cambion succeeded on enthralling the fighter. The fighter then crit the heck out of the paladin and everyone else was missing their attacks due to disadvantage from being frightened except the wizard. It was chaos. Some quick thinking by the wizard and timely saves against the fear effect gave the players the win by the skin of their teeth. It is still one of the most discussed encounters on my group.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DeviousQuail, post: 8518228, member: 7025431"] Those things are brutal without foreknowledge. My favorite combat setup that I ever ran was a cambion in a hook shaped hallway ending in a small room with a fire pit. The hallway was accessed by a portal and every turn the players needed to make a Wis save or become frightened. The DC started at 1 and went up by 1 each round they were in the area. The cambion is CR 5 and the party were five level 3s. With action economy the players should be able to handle it as they'd only encountered one combat before this that day. The fear effect hit two players before it even got to DC 3 and the cambion succeeded on enthralling the fighter. The fighter then crit the heck out of the paladin and everyone else was missing their attacks due to disadvantage from being frightened except the wizard. It was chaos. Some quick thinking by the wizard and timely saves against the fear effect gave the players the win by the skin of their teeth. It is still one of the most discussed encounters on my group. [/QUOTE]

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