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<blockquote data-quote="Raunalyn" data-source="post: 7701450" data-attributes="member: 72670">This is exactly right. Really, you need to tailor your higher level encounters to the party. Choose monsters that you think will be a challenge for your group. Have Tanks with high AC? Target their weak saves. Have mages who can attack from a distance? Find ways to counter them. Don't let the group fight the solo mob when they are fresh! Soften them up, make them work toward the boss.In one group I'm running, the party is 10th level and I placed them against a solo Blood Elemental (custom monster...I'm A Banana is in this group). According to the chart in the Unearthed Arcana, this was a moderate encounter. I very nearly killed the group; one or two of them went down during the fight, and almost everyone was out of resources.It really is familiarity with the rules. I've had a few encounters that I thought would be a cakewalk for the group, but turned out to nearly be a TPK. Conversely, I've had encounters I thought would be extremely difficult, but the group was able to walk all over the encounter with hardly a scratch.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raunalyn, post: 7701450, member: 72670"] This is exactly right. Really, you need to tailor your higher level encounters to the party. Choose monsters that you think will be a challenge for your group. Have Tanks with high AC? Target their weak saves. Have mages who can attack from a distance? Find ways to counter them. Don't let the group fight the solo mob [B]when they are fresh[/B]! Soften them up, make them work toward the boss. In one group I'm running, the party is 10th level and I placed them against a solo Blood Elemental (custom monster...I'm A Banana is in this group). According to the chart in the Unearthed Arcana, this was a moderate encounter. I very nearly killed the group; one or two of them went down during the fight, and almost everyone was out of resources. It really is familiarity with the rules. I've had a few encounters that I thought would be a cakewalk for the group, but turned out to nearly be a TPK. Conversely, I've had encounters I thought would be extremely difficult, but the group was able to walk all over the encounter with hardly a scratch. [/QUOTE]

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