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<blockquote data-quote="Boggs" data-source="post: 5934253" data-attributes="member: 77990">I think that having the Ogre in there is perfect. We encountered that Ogre also (I was DMing), and the group had little trouble with it.First of all, the CoC description says right off that it is not a typical balanced 4e adventure and that there will be encounters where the party should recognize eminant death and act accordingly (tactically fight or run) if the DM doesn't intervene in some way.I thought my group handled it really well. The Wizard kept the ogre frozen in place. the halfling thief would hide around the corner every other turn and pop out using ambusher and sneak attack damage. The dwarf fighter stood at the edge of the ogre's reach and took tank and damage duty while the cleric of moradin stood behind him. The cleric would use defender on the fighter to minimize damage to him and then would step out, swing, and step back behind the fighter. We had 3 players slinging damage at the ogre while it could only swing at the fighter who was defended every time and hardly took any damage at all.The only time it got scary was near the end of the fight when the wizard finally failed to freeze it in place and the ogre beelined for the wizard. It died the next round however.It was a very fun encounter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Boggs, post: 5934253, member: 77990"] I think that having the Ogre in there is perfect. We encountered that Ogre also (I was DMing), and the group had little trouble with it. First of all, the CoC description says right off that it is not a typical balanced 4e adventure and that there will be encounters where the party should recognize eminant death and act accordingly (tactically fight or run) if the DM doesn't intervene in some way. I thought my group handled it really well. The Wizard kept the ogre frozen in place. the halfling thief would hide around the corner every other turn and pop out using ambusher and sneak attack damage. The dwarf fighter stood at the edge of the ogre's reach and took tank and damage duty while the cleric of moradin stood behind him. The cleric would use defender on the fighter to minimize damage to him and then would step out, swing, and step back behind the fighter. We had 3 players slinging damage at the ogre while it could only swing at the fighter who was defended every time and hardly took any damage at all. The only time it got scary was near the end of the fight when the wizard finally failed to freeze it in place and the ogre beelined for the wizard. It died the next round however. It was a very fun encounter. [/QUOTE]

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