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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8942722" data-attributes="member: 29398">Agreed.Agreed again, to a point.&nbsp; If it has an in-module reason to stay put e.g. it's defending something in that room or there's a border it can't cross, then fine.&nbsp; Absent such things, however, this is IMO an authorial flaw in that why would it stay put when it can see all those nice tasty adventurers standing just outside its door?What we're also not told is how intelligent this creature was.&nbsp; If it had any sort of intelligence, once the PCs opened up with their ranged attacks wouldn't it have hidden against the wall next to the door such that someone would have to step into the room to target it and thus come within its reach?My train of thought is that the creature should do what would make sense for it to do given its capabilities and-or intelligence; and if that comes across as adversarial then I've no sympathy.It was a scroll, as per the OP, meaning the party burned a resource to pull this off.&nbsp; I've no problem with the end result, but I do have issues with a) how this encounter was written and b) how the monster was run, unless it was mindless.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8942722, member: 29398"] Agreed. Agreed again, to a point. If it has an in-module reason to stay put e.g. it's defending something in that room or there's a border it can't cross, then fine. Absent such things, however, this is IMO an authorial flaw in that why would it stay put when it can see all those nice tasty adventurers standing just outside its door? What we're also not told is how intelligent this creature was. If it had any sort of intelligence, once the PCs opened up with their ranged attacks wouldn't it have hidden against the wall next to the door such that someone would have to step into the room to target it and thus come within its reach? My train of thought is that the creature should do what would make sense for it to do given its capabilities and-or intelligence; and if that comes across as adversarial then I've no sympathy. It was a scroll, as per the OP, meaning the party burned a resource to pull this off. I've no problem with the end result, but I do have issues with a) how this encounter was written and b) how the monster was run, unless it was mindless. [/QUOTE]

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