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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 6570272" data-attributes="member: 463"><p>Nothing like what you describe - I would never change monster hp in response to how well the PCs are </p><p>doing - but in my 4e game the last two sessions I was running monsters straight out of MM3, and quickly realised I was using so many Cthonic Apostles,</p><p>I needed to go back to my old half hit point standard, not the PC-level hp I had been using, or it would be an incredibly boring* fight. I also realised they appeared not to have received the message on MM3 damage output and needed a +12 increase to damage just to match the standard L+8 formula. So I did both those changes in round 1, early in the fight. When a Cthonic Stoneshaper appeared I also realised he needed the same+12 to damage.</p><p></p><p>This was my fault for using/trusting the monster manual I guess, usually I use edited printouts of monster stats and would have made necessary changes pre-fight. </p><p></p><p>*I could justify their hp tally in-world in reflecting that they were 14th level critters before the earth power boosted them to 24th... but this was the real reason.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 6570272, member: 463"] Nothing like what you describe - I would never change monster hp in response to how well the PCs are doing - but in my 4e game the last two sessions I was running monsters straight out of MM3, and quickly realised I was using so many Cthonic Apostles, I needed to go back to my old half hit point standard, not the PC-level hp I had been using, or it would be an incredibly boring* fight. I also realised they appeared not to have received the message on MM3 damage output and needed a +12 increase to damage just to match the standard L+8 formula. So I did both those changes in round 1, early in the fight. When a Cthonic Stoneshaper appeared I also realised he needed the same+12 to damage. This was my fault for using/trusting the monster manual I guess, usually I use edited printouts of monster stats and would have made necessary changes pre-fight. *I could justify their hp tally in-world in reflecting that they were 14th level critters before the earth power boosted them to 24th... but this was the real reason. [/QUOTE]
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