#3: A Shrinking Drake Swarm and a sane Mad Wraith

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Balancing monsters that are too strong.

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[That Idiot]

Originally Posted by OP

Adding a few more undead is fine, but the DM should be reluctant to add another Mad Wraith, however, as 10 damage a round can deplete party healing in just a few rounds.

I don't think the auras stack to give 10 damage a round. It would stay 5 damage per round. Of course, the two auras would cover more area and therefore be able to inflict the 5 points of damage on more enemies.

[capnzapp]

the Drake Swarm, and other swarms, should have the following:

Should have? Should have?

May I suggest you tone down the excellence of your design skills a bit?

"I suggest Ability A as one way to..." would come across much better. Especially when it doesn't take a professional designer to realize your way is but one way to solve the problems you discuss.

In fact, I can envision several easier ways than to add a whole new ability to the entire class of swarms if the objective is merely to bring the Needlefang into line.