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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AllisterH" data-source="post: 5292409" data-attributes="member: 51325">I think what previous editions did for Solos was simply use a HIGHER level monster.The example of the lich used earlier would be encountered usually by 9-12th level parties. And a lich was casting 9th level spells.Same thing with a Dragon....you didn't face a dragon with the same HD as the party...The high en party (9-12th level) was facing down an Ancient dragon that busting out 10d6 fireballs (20d6 in 1e) when the party had stopped getting HD at 9th level and were using low static numbers such as +2 hp (clerics).The thing is...this could work for ANY monster since what the higher HD provided was enough of a hp buffer, and thanks to the saving throw system made them pretty resistant to SoD spells used by players.That said, even in 1e/2e, we did have the lockdown situation sometimes when a spell actually worked and then the party would simply wail on the monster (or even when the freaky situation when all 8 players rolled better initative than the monster and killed it before it got one action off...)</blockquote>