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Some new encounter templates from over at Critical Hits by Bartoneus.  These are the Assasination Squad, the Tough Gang, the Assumed Casulties (aka the boss don’t like us anymore).

These might be useful to you and here’s a snippet, visit the original post for the entire article.

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In setting out to design new types of Encounter groups for 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons, I started in the obvious place by looking at what was provided in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.  Right away I noticed the two groups that stood out were the Wolf Pack (4-7 skirmishers) and the Dragon’s Den (one solo monster). Both of these solely feature one type of monster, which highlights the abilities and features of the monster in a unique way.  Wolf Pack is a great encounter of all skirmishers: a group of speedy and maneuverable but lightly armored and weak troops. The Dragon’s Den features solo monsters but adds in the spice of an additional elite monster in particularly hard fights and is presented to us the suggested way of complementing solo monsters with other monsters in correct balance.

With that in mind, and with a request from Asmor, I began putting together some new Encounter group templates that can be used to expedite your game planning and hopefully present your players with some new experiences and challenges. I’ve also listed some suggestions and brainstorming for how these groups could be implemented, and I would love to hear any you’ve come up with as well!

I looked first to my personal favorite monster role to feature in its own Encounter Group: the Lurker!  I feel like they get very little love in the DMG Encounter groups as they only show up in the harder Double Line groups, so I very badly wanted to do them the justice they deserve.