Monster Manual Design Changes! (MD 226)

1332.958 - 1359.142 Sean Merwin

the problem is dice don't tell stories. Furthermore, rules can't tell stories. Only people can tell stories. So I'm going to highlight this even further by taking a couple quotes from the question. Chris says, here are some things you can do instead. Capture the party instead of a TPK, or provide a way for the party to retreat from an overwhelming challenge. And You say overwhelm the party.