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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannager" data-source="post: 5525540" data-attributes="member: 73683">Don't be afraid to make something that was supposed to challenge the whole party in 3.5 into a solo. As long as you have a way of justifying its level of challenge (and, if it was supposed to be a threat to a whole party in 3.5, you probably do) it's no big deal. Just take care when crafting the encounter.It doesn't need to be a dragon, god or beholder, or even anything like those. Today I ran a solo monster: a wereleopard driven mad by a narcotic, magic-suffused mist. He challenged the whole party, and no one batted an eye at the idea that he was a solo monster, because his lycanthropy and magical insanity helped to justify it.Examples of other solo monsters I've created/run: a necromantic disease-riddled nobleman/murderer with a split personality, an ancient barghest shackled beneath the earth, a stone giant who uncovered the ancient magical secrets of his race, and a lamia matriarch chosen to help bring about the return of one of the greatest wizards the world has even known. Each of these is far more than just a typical example of the type of monster or person that it is, and each has a plausible justification for the relative level of power it possesses.</blockquote>