I just think it's stupid that she can down a PC in one hit. Of course that's why they also beefed up the "help" action. Someone is unconscious, poisoned and bleeding to death and you what...tap them on the shoulder and they're back in the fight with 1hp.
Basically, if you don't cheese and exploit the dumb AI and she gets in melee range, it's a party wipe. It doesn't matter what classes or abilities you have, as long as you can destroy some web.
She should just teleport in the middle of the party and kill everyone instead of bouncing around in webs, waiting to take massive fall damage. And how does she take three times more fall damage than anyone else? It's a complete gimmick setup. It's her lair, the environment should work in her favor.
Are we supposed to feel accomplished when we discover that she exposes herself to massive fall damage twice? I don't. 5e and BG3 give you things like poison resistance, spells to debuff strong monsters and even a spear against spiders. I'd like to rely on these abilities and clever resource management while making my way through those caves instead of cheesing my way through boss fights.
Last edited by 1varangian; 02/05/21 12:12 PM.
