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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 7801906" data-attributes="member: 463"><p>Yes, although this is less of an issue with my Runelords campaign since I can usually just convert the Pathfinder monster stats, and they tend to work out pretty decent.</p><p>The standard 5e monsters tend to be severely lacking in offensive punch. Some things I've done:</p><p></p><p>For Kainos Godslayer, son of Ares-Bane, I used Empyrean with x2 attacks and +5 AC for his enchanted shield. He was defeated by a solo Barbarian-19 (Berserker), to my surprise!</p><p></p><p>For the blue dragon Cadrilkasta with the Shard of Sloth I used standard ancient blue dragon, move halved, with 5 spell slots, she could cast Shield (reaction) and Animate Objects on her treasure hoard as a bonus action, plus lair action lightning vs everyone on battlefield. She gave a level 19-20 party a tough fight, killing the Druid Quillax in round 1.</p><p></p><p>For Areusa the Scylla Kraken I simply used Kraken with x2 attacks, and her lightning could hit everyone on battlefield.</p><p></p><p>I've used a fully manifested Flying Polyp from Sandy Peterson's Cthulu Mythos, with the party ignorant of how to fight it that was ridiculously powerful, more like CR 30 than listed CR 25.</p><p></p><p>I've also used a Lich, an ancient black dragon (easily solo'd by Barbarian-20), a Demilich with soul trap - again, killed Quillax <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />, multiple aboleths as you saw, I used some CR 12 dragon-eel (ToB) based dreadnoughts - one great thing about 5e is that multiple tough foes can challenge even very high level parties. A fire giant squad of say 12 with casters & a commander could take on many level 20 parties.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 7801906, member: 463"] Yes, although this is less of an issue with my Runelords campaign since I can usually just convert the Pathfinder monster stats, and they tend to work out pretty decent. The standard 5e monsters tend to be severely lacking in offensive punch. Some things I've done: For Kainos Godslayer, son of Ares-Bane, I used Empyrean with x2 attacks and +5 AC for his enchanted shield. He was defeated by a solo Barbarian-19 (Berserker), to my surprise! For the blue dragon Cadrilkasta with the Shard of Sloth I used standard ancient blue dragon, move halved, with 5 spell slots, she could cast Shield (reaction) and Animate Objects on her treasure hoard as a bonus action, plus lair action lightning vs everyone on battlefield. She gave a level 19-20 party a tough fight, killing the Druid Quillax in round 1. For Areusa the Scylla Kraken I simply used Kraken with x2 attacks, and her lightning could hit everyone on battlefield. I've used a fully manifested Flying Polyp from Sandy Peterson's Cthulu Mythos, with the party ignorant of how to fight it that was ridiculously powerful, more like CR 30 than listed CR 25. I've also used a Lich, an ancient black dragon (easily solo'd by Barbarian-20), a Demilich with soul trap - again, killed Quillax :D, multiple aboleths as you saw, I used some CR 12 dragon-eel (ToB) based dreadnoughts - one great thing about 5e is that multiple tough foes can challenge even very high level parties. A fire giant squad of say 12 with casters & a commander could take on many level 20 parties. [/QUOTE]
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