Quote Originally Posted by Sleven View Post
The most questionable element of tiercel's stance throughout this thread is the implication that just because something has a higher CR it should automatically be better than whatever the player has, and thus unbeatable by said player's character. I just can't help but fundamentally disagree.
That isn't just tiercel's stance. It is the stance of the authors, though I am too lazy to go track down the text at the moment. If you have destroyed the shrines, you have a chance though it is supposed to be very difficult. If you haven't destroyed any of them, the best you are supposed to be able to do is flee through the portal that is the only exit to the area. And somewhere in between those 2 if you have only destroyed 1 or 2 of the shrines. They have suggested baseline tactics with instructions for the DM to alter those as they see fit to adapt to what the party has been able to do battling their way through Rappan Athuk. This encounter is supposed to adapt to the party on a scale of difficult to impossible depending on the shrines.