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<blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCT" data-source="post: 6252160" data-attributes="member: 10784">Playing off the beholder idea, I was a &quot;guest&quot; DM in a high magic 2E campaign many years ago and ran a memorable encounter.&nbsp; The players were in the level 8 or 9 range if I recall and were traveling through the Underdark.&nbsp; They went down a corridor perfectly sized for a beholder's anti-magic ray, which it hit them with.&nbsp; The beholder also had a pair of troll bodyguards to keep the PCs from getting too close, and high up the ledges of the corridor lurked two score kobolds, all armed with shortbows.&nbsp; So, the kobolds launched arrows down on the de-magicked players.&nbsp; It was a really fun encounter, as these players were so used to be power players in the Forgotten Realms, and they were being slowly wittled down by pitiful kobolds.&nbsp; The party ended up being saved by the heroics of one PC, who charged the trolls and managed to take one down and move himself into being able to attack the beholder, and eventually threaten it enough that it had to turn off its anti-magic ray and use other attacks on the PC - which freed up the rest of the party and allowed the wizard to fireball the kobolds, the ranger to attack the other troll, etc.But, you can have the dragon's lair be an anti-magic zone and have it surrounded by ogres who can grapple the PCs, and goblins, who can pepper the PCs with arrows.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NewJeffCT, post: 6252160, member: 10784"] Playing off the beholder idea, I was a "guest" DM in a high magic 2E campaign many years ago and ran a memorable encounter. The players were in the level 8 or 9 range if I recall and were traveling through the Underdark. They went down a corridor perfectly sized for a beholder's anti-magic ray, which it hit them with. The beholder also had a pair of troll bodyguards to keep the PCs from getting too close, and high up the ledges of the corridor lurked two score kobolds, all armed with shortbows. So, the kobolds launched arrows down on the de-magicked players. It was a really fun encounter, as these players were so used to be power players in the Forgotten Realms, and they were being slowly wittled down by pitiful kobolds. The party ended up being saved by the heroics of one PC, who charged the trolls and managed to take one down and move himself into being able to attack the beholder, and eventually threaten it enough that it had to turn off its anti-magic ray and use other attacks on the PC - which freed up the rest of the party and allowed the wizard to fireball the kobolds, the ranger to attack the other troll, etc. But, you can have the dragon's lair be an anti-magic zone and have it surrounded by ogres who can grapple the PCs, and goblins, who can pepper the PCs with arrows. [/QUOTE]

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