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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 3302616" data-attributes="member: 996">'Softballing' isn't at all inapropriate for a high relative CR single-creature encounter.  The foe has every reason to be overconfident in such a situation, and an evil one may well be inclined to 'play' with the party a bit, however intelligent in may actually be, or have a hidden agenda (antipathy towards it's summoner or whatever) that makes defeating the party of less strategic importance to it.  So I think you were entirely justified to do so in that case - and, I found it reasonably plausible as presented.  Good DMing.Theoretically, a CR 9 would be a tough but winnable fight for a level 7 party.  For a level 6 it might be excessive, so I don't see the need to advance it from 8 in the first place.  On top of that, the large open cavern favors a flying/teleporting ranged-attack-wielding monster a bit, doesn't it?  And there were other foes present.  That could easily have constituted an EL 10+ unless the party had some advantage going into it that I didn't notice.  I have to admit, I was anxious to see how your group would handle this encounter, since it gave JollyDoc's such a hard time (they had an actual Celestial PC, so the Unholly Blights were devestating).  Which reminds me - the Unholly Blight is AT WILL.  I can understand giving monsters an ability 'at will' that a party might have more limitted access too - afterall, the monster is only there for one battle.  But, when you're talking a domain-only spell, or a top-level spell, I think it can be a mistake - and one that'll bite harder the longer the battle lasts (and a battle will go longer the lower level the party, in all likelihood).</blockquote>

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