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<blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 6103199" data-attributes="member: 1165">You know your players better than any of us, but I think that's too high.I'm a big fan of the Angry DM 3-stage fight, though I've only used it once. It fought hard, and that was a pre-Essentials monster. Bloodknuckles, to be specific, as the PCs in that Saturday campaign were only 3rd-level. Is Infyrana going to be Essentialized? (Eg is she using Action Recovery, etc.)The PCs won't have enough attack bonuses to actually hit Infyrana, which will result in frustration as they whiff. Both with weapons and with spells.But with seven PCs, it's hard to just use a solo (maybe a couple levels higher) because they'll overwhelm its hit points.My suggestion is to use two solos. It's not in Dragon Mountain, but you could give her a mate, or an heir, to act as another solo. She could instead have two heirs who are elites of approximately her level.Infyrana could be solo, with one or two other types of dragons for mates/heirs. In addition, not all of Infyrana's forms need to be controllers. Or brutes. Or whatever. I could picture a bloodied Infyrana &quot;losing it&quot;, and, not using spells and being desperate, instead focusing on massive close burst attacks - a brute, in other words.Due to option bloat, I don't know what a lot of those PC descriptors mean. (I say the same thing about Pathfinder. Everyone on the forum uses archetypes I've never heard of.)What is a nocturnal barbarian? Unseen Mage? Lyrandar Wind Rider? (Vampires an be paladins? Well, apparently.)These might not be relevant though, but I worry about the vampire, as it looks like the PCs will need lots of healing, and grappling a dragon and drinking its blood should be difficult.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="(Psi)SeveredHead, post: 6103199, member: 1165"] You know your players better than any of us, but I think that's too high. I'm a big fan of the Angry DM 3-stage fight, though I've only used it once. It fought hard, and that was a pre-Essentials monster. Bloodknuckles, to be specific, as the PCs in that Saturday campaign were only 3rd-level. Is Infyrana going to be Essentialized? (Eg is she using Action Recovery, etc.) The PCs won't have enough attack bonuses to actually hit Infyrana, which will result in frustration as they whiff. Both with weapons and with spells. But with seven PCs, it's hard to just use a solo (maybe a couple levels higher) because they'll overwhelm its hit points. My suggestion is to use two solos. It's not in Dragon Mountain, but you could give her a mate, or an heir, to act as another solo. She could instead have two heirs who are elites of approximately her level. Infyrana could be solo, with one or two other types of dragons for mates/heirs. In addition, not all of Infyrana's forms need to be controllers. Or brutes. Or whatever. I could picture a bloodied Infyrana "losing it", and, not using spells and being desperate, instead focusing on massive close burst attacks - a brute, in other words. Due to option bloat, I don't know what a lot of those PC descriptors mean. (I say the same thing about Pathfinder. Everyone on the forum uses archetypes I've never heard of.) What is a nocturnal barbarian? Unseen Mage? Lyrandar Wind Rider? (Vampires an be paladins? Well, apparently.) These might not be relevant though, but I worry about the vampire, as it looks like the PCs will need lots of healing, and grappling a dragon and drinking its blood [i]should[/i] be difficult. [/QUOTE]

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