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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ulrick" data-source="post: 4112452" data-attributes="member: 775">...and try to DM at the same time!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> --I've been there. The PCs seem unscratchable. With some encounters, yeah, that's okay...the players get a chance to show off their abilities. But its really disappointing for everybody involved when a climactic encounter ends two rounds.I think that your problem with this encounter is that you had three bad guys vs. six PCs. Despite the supposed challenge ratings, the side with the most numbers usually has the advantage (unless the monster is simply overwhelmingly powerful). What has worked for me is having a bunch of low-level lackeys running around serving as cannon-fodder. They contibrute neither much XP or treasure, nor do much damage, but they can surround your main bad guys, preventing PCs from ganging up on them. In your case, perhaps the 13th level fighter could have employed a group of 1st or 2nd level fighters, maybe led by a 5th level fighter. Or maybe the bone devils commanded a group of low-level devils (fire-resistant, so they won't fall victim to the sorcerer's fireball).And this tactic won't shake your players sense of disbelief. Movies and literature are filled with main bad guys being surrounded by lackeys that take a hit or two before they die. But the heroes have to fight through them to get a clear shot at the villain.</blockquote>

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