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<blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 2482639" data-attributes="member: 8158">So WotC gives us this <a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/tt/20050809a" target="_blank">Tactics in Action article</a>, which is supposed to be an accounting of some kind of nail-biting rip-roaring battle. It's designed to illustrate how brilliant tactics can win the day, even against a monster whose Challenge Rating outstrips the player character's average level.Man, more articles like that, and I could seriously be tempted to give up on D&amp;D.&nbsp; :\ From wherre I'm sitting, the battle was completely lopsided, and the cunning tactics of the players basically amounted to cherry-picking the most bogus buffs they could gleam from a dozen different sourcebooks. One Knowledge skill roll tells the players what spells to expect the balor to toss, and one greater spell immunity gave them ironclad protection against them. Even when the balor actually manages to do some damage in melee, it's all effortlessly brushed away by spells (revivify, moment of prescience, and fortunate fate). Put aside the author's attempts to make balor sound like a fierce opponent, and it becomes evident what a one-sided cakewalk this ECL 20+ battle was. The players not only walk away without casualties, they sound pretty much unscathed except for a few empty spell slots. And this is the guy Gandalf took a week to beat? Lame.But maybe that's just me...?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Felon, post: 2482639, member: 8158"] So WotC gives us this [URL=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/tt/20050809a]Tactics in Action article[/URL], which is supposed to be an accounting of some kind of nail-biting rip-roaring battle. It's designed to illustrate how brilliant tactics can win the day, even against a monster whose Challenge Rating outstrips the player character's average level. Man, more articles like that, and I could seriously be tempted to give up on D&D. :\ From wherre I'm sitting, the battle was completely lopsided, and the cunning tactics of the players basically amounted to cherry-picking the most bogus buffs they could gleam from a dozen different sourcebooks. One Knowledge skill roll tells the players what spells to expect the balor to toss, and one greater spell immunity gave them ironclad protection against them. Even when the balor actually manages to do some damage in melee, it's all effortlessly brushed away by spells (revivify, moment of prescience, and fortunate fate). Put aside the author's attempts to make balor sound like a fierce opponent, and it becomes evident what a one-sided cakewalk this ECL 20+ battle was. The players not only walk away without casualties, they sound pretty much unscathed except for a few empty spell slots. And this is the guy Gandalf took a week to beat? Lame. But maybe that's just me...? [/QUOTE]

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