Quote Originally Posted by Saintheart View Post
Ranged options do work. My campaign, they splatted him with a combo of Light of Venya (sudden maximised) for 76 damage + Magic Missile + Defenestrating Sphere. They didn't have to lay a glove on him. But I agree, Staff of Life is an encounter breaker.
If your encounter can be broken by a quick, easy, and logical move it's the encounter that is the problem and not the move.

Level 13 enemies should have level 13 style abilities and not fight like a level 7 character.

What does the bolded part do?