Hello, I am planning session 12 for my Motherboard campaign and my players have been very good at dealing with some of the adversaries I've been throwing at them. They are 3 players at level 4 and I want to push them to the edge with this fight (but hopefully not further) by fighting a Tier 3 Solo.

Since it is based on a crocodile, I was thinking I could spend a fear to give it the hidden condition - players would need to roll to see if they can perceive it or make their attack with disadvantage. I wonder if this would be too punishing or too deadly an encounter.

Thank you for your input!

https://heartofdaggers.com/homebrew/adversaries/snapjaw/