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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ArcaneSpringboard" data-source="post: 5247314" data-attributes="member: 87400">Well, I'm obviously in the minority here.  The DM definitely wasn't trying to 'screw' us...but the encounter as written was over-kill considering we only had 4 players (our 5th, and the defender couldn't make it that night). Ironically he was pulling his punches for the first half of the combat.He's a new DM and didn't realize that two of the main attacks were basic attacks...and the monster got three of those each turn.  For the first five rounds or so, he was only doing one attack per round, where it should have had three.  He also ruled that we got to choose which at-will we used when hit (it was similar to a dominate)...so of course we were using basic attacks.So we should have been getting hit by 3-times as many attacks, taking damage, and then using our best at-wills against each other. Once I did point out that 'basic' attacks for the monsters were those icons with the circles around them, she started dropping us one per round.  The healing she got (90 hps worth) from the minions was brutal...and the fact that the portal into the room was one-way until she was defeated made escape impossible.It was only by sheer luck that any of us survived that encounter.Anywho, I'm starting to repeat myself, so I think I'll finish here.Thanks for the responses folks.</blockquote>