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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 7153803" data-attributes="member: 6787650">&quot;Theorycraft.&quot; You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.What you're eliding is that Tiamat is now constrained: she can't easily take out the guy with Regenerate. (At 15th level you could have two guys protected this way.) You protect your most critical guys with Regenerate or other protections (like the rather obvious &quot;keep the Sharpshooter guy out of Tiamat's engagement range&quot;), none of which are perfect, but all of which add up to constraining her optimal plays. You could try to constrain her with Heal VII instead (which makes it hard in a different way for her to take someone out, by giving them an extra 80 HP) but that deprives you of another action (like Preserve Life or an attack action), requires you to keep the party close together (Heal has only a 60' range) making you more vulnerable to AoEs, and doesn't even inconvenience Tiamat very much (it costs her only two out of her five legendary actions in order to wipe out all the damage you just healed and more, on multiple characters because you've clumped them all together).As Dwight Eisenhower observed, &quot;In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.&quot; When you forget to plan, you wind up fighting poorly because you've overlooked options. Fortunately, 5E is easy enough that you don't need to plan well or fight well in order to win anyway. Congratulations on beating Tiamat. :-/</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 7153803, member: 6787650"] "Theorycraft." You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means. What you're eliding is that Tiamat is now constrained: she can't easily take out the guy with Regenerate. (At 15th level you could have two guys protected this way.) You protect your most critical guys with Regenerate or other protections (like the rather obvious "keep the Sharpshooter guy out of Tiamat's engagement range"), none of which are perfect, but all of which add up to constraining her optimal plays. You [I]could[/I] try to constrain her with Heal VII instead (which makes it hard in a different way for her to take someone out, by giving them an extra 80 HP) but that deprives you of another action (like Preserve Life or an attack action), requires you to keep the party close together (Heal has only a 60' range) making you more vulnerable to AoEs, and doesn't even inconvenience Tiamat very much (it costs her only two out of her five legendary actions in order to wipe out all the damage you just healed and more, on multiple characters because you've clumped them all together). As Dwight Eisenhower observed, "In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable." When you forget to plan, you wind up fighting poorly because you've overlooked options. Fortunately, 5E is easy enough that you don't need to plan well or fight well in order to win anyway. Congratulations on beating Tiamat. :-/ [/QUOTE]

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