Its true tho that in both Githyanki and Grymforge it only takes few really well rolls on for them, or really bad rolls for you ... to get completely wrecked.
I haven't managed an honest fight with the gith patrol. I tried a few times, to challenge myself, but if I don't metagame by positioning at the very least, those 'good rolls' you mentioned, wipe the team. So I'm quite a bit salty about it... I guess. Grymforge was a cake compared to that, even on the first try. I remember that I roleplayed a hunter who just jumped straight to free Nere and aggroed all the dwarves - the environment and enemy positioning and enemy tactics just give you more leeway, even with all the lava shoving attempts.
Simple solution. Use 5e stats for monsters instead of homebrew because, you know, 5e stats have been tested and we're designed for the system.
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