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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fion" data-source="post: 6722926" data-attributes="member: 64365">Yea I've basically come to the conclusion that any one monster thrown at a party of 5 players is going to die. It doesn't matter if the party is level 5 and the monster is CR 15. The action economy is just THAT skewed in the party's favor. My group of level 5 players (Paladin, Bard, Rogue, Warlock & ranger, only one of whom is a Min/Maxer) can handle a high CR monster with absolute ease if they've recently had a long rest. It doesn't matter if it has 180hp and dishes out 3 attacks per round dealing 60 damage within them. If I roll bad on initiative, it'll be dead in the first round.These days few encounters include less than 3 types of enemies and I only throw a big single or duo encounter at the party if I make sure they exhaust much of their resources first. They'll never again confront a BBEG in the first or second encounter after a long rest if I have my way lol.</blockquote>