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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 1128284" data-attributes="member: 151">Well, ignoring the fact that a General of Hell should be fairly powerful on it's face, is the fact that, by itself, Blasphemy isn't that big of a deal.&nbsp; If the party is 18th level or above (and they better be, if they're going to go toe to toe with a Balor), then the worst thing that will happen is that they will be dazed.&nbsp; A Balor who constantly dazes his enemies isn't taking any attacks himself, so it's a standoff.&nbsp; If he spends a round to attack, someone's going to be smarting or be dead...but now the other PCs can lay some smack on him, too.&nbsp;Further, it assumes other things that are required, such as all the targets being in a 40 ft. burst range, all of them either lacking or failing their spell resistance rolls and no one being able to get off a silence spell or better yet, have a bard to countersong the spell.&nbsp; When I've seen what 20th level characters are capable of, the Balor seems strong, but not unbelievably so.&nbsp; He's an appropriate challenge for 20th level characters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 1128284, member: 151"] Well, ignoring the fact that a General of Hell should be fairly powerful on it's face, is the fact that, by itself, Blasphemy isn't that big of a deal. If the party is 18th level or above (and they better be, if they're going to go toe to toe with a Balor), then the worst thing that will happen is that they will be dazed. A Balor who constantly dazes his enemies isn't taking any attacks himself, so it's a standoff. If he spends a round to attack, someone's going to be smarting or be dead...but now the other PCs can lay some smack on him, too. Further, it assumes other things that are required, such as all the targets being in a 40 ft. burst range, all of them either lacking or failing their spell resistance rolls and no one being able to get off a silence spell or better yet, have a bard to countersong the spell. When I've seen what 20th level characters are capable of, the Balor seems strong, but not unbelievably so. He's an appropriate challenge for 20th level characters. [/QUOTE]

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