#Looking for Monsters to fight 5-6 Lvl 10 Mages

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timber marten
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I'm planning on running a Halloween One Off tomorrow and want some help figuring out monsters I should run against the party. The scenario is that the players are professors of a magic academy and heard a disturbance of creatures chasing the kids on a trick or treating night. While the kids will all be fine, the teachers (players) will have to battle it out against mages of a rival school or magic-using demons/monsters. I am looking for some ideas for a hard/deadly encounter in a mage vs. mage battle

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vestal seal
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That's a lot of firepower. I'd consider doing something like a Necromancer Wizard who is working with a Daemogoth, and just a lot of attendant undead and fiend minions to create chaos and danger for the neighborhood.

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If it were me, I'd make the main challenge damage control. That is, create a situation where the Mages have to think carefully about how they use their (fairly vast) powers in cramped, urban quarters where innocent people are in the fray.

timber marten
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Mmm good point.

Part of it being a one off is I really need to learn high level magics. I never got to play D&D for anything higher thatn a 7th level campaign and even then its very brief. I now DM a 10th level and my players are far exceeding my capabilities in combat 😦

My hope was to design a fight thats not only stupid fun but would be able to exploit just magic and mages so i can start to learn more various spells and how they can be used

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That is to say, i have 0 care if they live or die and neither do thay

vestal seal
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Yeah, and I think given that I'd just make the challenge not be about spell-slinging, as such.

timber marten
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mmm. so you think i let them play the mages and i play the non-casters. Let their use teach me?

vestal seal
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On the one hand, sure, design the encounter for the PCs, but also beyond general challenge rating, don't think about the PCs.

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No, you don't have to learn anything except how to run the NPCs.

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All you need to know are the statblocks for the bad guys.

timber marten
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True, then what kind of baddies should i go against players who are restricted to full casters, range focus only

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btw i should mention they are all super gunhoe about this. They love doing these one offs mid campaign as a way to essentially throw caution to the wind and i can turn up the difficulty.

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My thought is now i should have 1-2 mages as "bosses" and some minions who will either close gaps or be ranged harrassment. Maybe something invisible?

vestal seal
timber marten
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sorry, i should clarify

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the players are restricted

vestal seal
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Oh, I see.

timber marten
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No the monsters. I told them they are all level 10, Bards, Warlocks, clerics, sorcers or wizards only. There are about 5 of them

vestal seal
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Well, what I said above is that - a necromancer and a demon who have a lot of undead, fiend, and possessed minions.

timber marten
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agreed. I like the theme especially so not i just gotta figure out stat blocks

vestal seal
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Yeah, that one is perfectly serviceable

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there's another in VGM and still another in MPMM

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The Daemogoth I mentioned is in Strix

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Then I'd just sprinkle in zombies, skellies, ghouls, ghasts, and/or whatever low CR fiend will terrorize the citizenry.

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If it were me, I'd have some citizens "possessed" and just using an undead statblock.

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Then, just do the Thriller video

timber marten
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that.... would actually be perfectly light hearted

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and i love it

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what the.. heck discord/

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I send a link and it deletes it

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Well i can't seem to post a link so heres a screen shot. This the Daemogoth you meant?

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kindred raft
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The link you're posting is to one of the sites we filter out automatically.

timber marten
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ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh that makes sense then aight fair enough