Robert Fisher
Just thinking out loud
On level draining
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I used to really not like the level draining power of undead in D&D. As a DM, I seldom used level draining undead or tried to find an alternative. While there’s nothing wrong with that—as with so many things D&D—I have a different perspective now.
I think the idea behind level drain is that it is suppossed to make you avoid melee combat with that monster at all costs. You either flee & don’t come back, or you figure out how to attack it indirectly.
Drop level drain, & the monster becomes just another encounter. With level drain, it becomes a challenging puzzle.
As I once read years ago: Nothing simulates the fear that undead should generate like level drain does.
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