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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5842168" data-attributes="member: 22779">I think my biggest issue with SoD is with SoD area of effects.&nbsp; Medusa's gaze is a good example, or any similar gaze attack - Bodak being poster child here.It's just too bloody lethal.&nbsp; 4 PC's, even with only a 25% chance of being effected, means that in any given round, someone is very, very likely going to die.&nbsp; And, the effect gets even more pronounced the larger the group is.&nbsp; A creature should not dramatically ramp UP its lethality every time you add a PC to the encounter.Somebody with better math than me can do the calculations, but, I do know that a group of 6 PC's is considerably more likely to suffer PC losses against this sort of attack than a 3 PC group.&nbsp; Never mind what happens if you use TWO gaze attacks.&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid&nbsp; &nbsp; :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" />No creature should ever have virtually a guaranteed chance to whack a PC, regardless of the PC level.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5842168, member: 22779"] I think my biggest issue with SoD is with SoD area of effects. Medusa's gaze is a good example, or any similar gaze attack - Bodak being poster child here. It's just too bloody lethal. 4 PC's, even with only a 25% chance of being effected, means that in any given round, someone is very, very likely going to die. And, the effect gets even more pronounced the larger the group is. A creature should not dramatically ramp UP its lethality every time you add a PC to the encounter. Somebody with better math than me can do the calculations, but, I do know that a group of 6 PC's is considerably more likely to suffer PC losses against this sort of attack than a 3 PC group. Never mind what happens if you use TWO gaze attacks. :uhoh: No creature should ever have virtually a guaranteed chance to whack a PC, regardless of the PC level. [/QUOTE]

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