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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mesh Hong" data-source="post: 4690820" data-attributes="member: 73463">I have recently discussed the potencial pit falls of using Tomb Guardians lower than level 10 over on the Wizards Forums. Summary.I think you might have to be careful as this guy can kick out a lot of damage, and with 2 action points he could really do some damage if he got lucky. Worst case scenario (not counting crits)round 1:move up to PCCascade of steel: 4x 1d8+4 damage = 48 damagespend action pointCascade of steel: 4x 1d8+4 damage = 48 damageTotal damage = 96 damage A 3rd level fighter should have around 43 HPs, so my prediction is that the group would be in a lot of trouble. I really think you would be better off designing or using a different creature and saving the tomb guardian for when you PCs are higher level and stand more of a chance. The tomb guardian is possibly one of the most powerful creatures (bang for buck) in the MM. 4 attacks as a standard action and 2 attacks with opportunity attacks is very effective. Then when you consider it isn't even an elite so technically you could have 5 of these against an even level group as a standard encounter it is boardering on madness. Also the Tomb Guardian is strange in the way that it probably gets weaker when it is advanced to an elite or solo (bang for buck) due to the high DPS of the standard creature.</blockquote>