Problem with Azata, Bralani

[youvnor]

[warning curse of the chrimson throne spoiler]

Hi,
one of my player want to use a mon sum V to summon Azata Bralani and then make it cast Blur on every party member.

Crimson Throne spoiler:

We are playing curse of the crimson throne and he thinked about this tactics to fight against red mantis.

They are near the big battle against them and i do not want to let him make a trivial fight with it.

What do you suggest ?

[youvnor]

i was thinking about using faerie fire against them...

[Nether Saxon]

If I recall correctly, any spell effects created by summoned creatures end immediately as soon the summoning spell ends. Also, the bralani could only cast blur on one party member per round, which would be a waste of it's resources in-fight.

However, using a level 5 spell to grant every party member concealment is not unbalanced - you might as well cast obscuring mist and be done with it. Don't punish your players for being creative. ;-)

[Ross Byers]

I added a spoiler tag.

[youvnor]

Nether Saxon wrote:

If I recall correctly, any spell effects created by summoned creatures end immediately as soon the summoning spell ends. Also, the bralani could only cast blur on one party member per round, which would be a waste of it's resources in-fight.

However, using a level 5 spell to grant every party member concealment is not unbalanced - you might as well cast obscuring mist and be done with it. Don't punish your players for being creative. ;-)

i did not punished them and the fight went really well.

Crimson Throne spoiler::

I manage to cut time between waves making the encounter a no stop fight.
At some points there where 6 gargoyle, 7 Red Mantis and Cinnabar.

A lot of adrenaline and no tpk