So I'm a player in a Table-Top Legacy of Fire campaign and towards the end of our most recent session we encountered Memrach, all huddled away in his room. We came amazingly close to a total party wipe (and I'm fairly certain our DM fudged a few rolls in our favor) even with pulling out all the stops.
I'm fairly certain the DM said the monster was a CR14 and our party consisted of a level 11 Scout, 11 Ranger, 11 Divine Soul, 12 Paladin and 12 Druid. I realize the CR14 is a tough encounter for a party of that level but it seemed especially hard -- almost too hard for a monster of that CR?
I was just looking for input from other players or dungeon masters that've gone through that encounter to see if you had similar issues. We were caught completely by surprised with the encounter -- did we manage to miss some clues that were meant to tip us off about the upcoming Billy Badass monster? Did your group completely chump him? Discuss!
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I agree, this guy is pretty tough. Well, not too tough for a CR 14 I think. In all honesty, it just is a good example of the CR system actually working for once. A party of mostly level 11s-12s, even 5 of them, are gonna have a tough time against a single monster that's CR 14. High AC, DR, good hp, resists, SR, the deflection... pretty nuts.
I take back my original assessment, I could see him as maybe a CR 15 actually, he is on the high end of CR 14.