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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ThatGuyThere" data-source="post: 3577291" data-attributes="member: 36764">My personal observations, from similarly easily-overcome undead BBEGs.1) Your HP blow. Increase them. If your PCs get any "rerolls" or "always at leasts", your Undead better, too. And assume every undead was created in a Desecrated area, unless they were created involuntarially.Unless they have better-than-book-average HP, they're laughably weak.2) If your PCs get better-than-standard ability scores, your NPCs do too. Make sure to improve the "named NPCs" ability scores to match the PCs.3) If your PCs have extensive access to other books, your NPCs should, too. I can't think of specific spells here, but if your PCs are allowed the Spell Compendium, at least review it for "upgrades". This goes double-or-more for equipment upgrades.For this specific encounter, when I reviewed the expected fight against the Ghost Lord, I noted that a Druid Lich (which is a really cool idea) encountered in a stone building loses access to Entangle, which I have found to be one of the by-far best low-level spells in the game. I couldn't see this happening; that's like a Red Dragon living in the arctic; he's just specifically chosen a lair that doesn't complement his abilities.The encounters in the WotC adventures I have read are set up anticipating a medium-skilled group from the PHB. If your PCs are better-than-beginners at character optimization (I'm not saying munchkins; just no longer raw recruits), and / or have more "books" available to them than the PHB, it's worthwhile to consider "upgrades" for major NPCs (the majority of mooks will still serve their purpose just fine).Added Note: I realize RHoD draws upon non-core materials (like, say, Blighter). But in order to avoid page after page of reprinted material, it only touches upon them minimally; I'm suggesting a (potentially) more extensive use of such materials might be in order if your PCs make more extensive use of them.</blockquote>

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