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<blockquote data-quote="efreund" data-source="post: 6709149" data-attributes="member: 6799797"><p>To continue to dodge your question <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />, just ask the PCs what level of difficulty they would like.</p><p></p><p>For my group, I gave them all the facts, and they said they wanted it to be challenging. This is the same group that I took through Rappan Athuk, so they know what they're doing, and how to optimize their builds. So we have only 3 PCs, and are doing 15 point-buy. And, as expected, it's hard.</p><p></p><p>If you want to preserve the "on the easy side" difficulty the campaign was built to, go with 18 point buy with 4 PCs. If you want to bring it up to "normal difficulty", go with 15 point buy on 4 PCs. It's whatever difficulty setting you and your PCs want to play at. Just always bear in mind that it's always easier to lowball PC power at the outset, and adjust upward if needed, rather than the other way around.</p><p></p><p>Also bear in mind that there are some outliers, as RangerWickett mentioned above. Cauldron Hill uses incorporeals (perhaps it shouldn't), and dazes PCs (translation from 4e error: should be "staggers").</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="efreund, post: 6709149, member: 6799797"] To continue to dodge your question :-), just ask the PCs what level of difficulty they would like. For my group, I gave them all the facts, and they said they wanted it to be challenging. This is the same group that I took through Rappan Athuk, so they know what they're doing, and how to optimize their builds. So we have only 3 PCs, and are doing 15 point-buy. And, as expected, it's hard. If you want to preserve the "on the easy side" difficulty the campaign was built to, go with 18 point buy with 4 PCs. If you want to bring it up to "normal difficulty", go with 15 point buy on 4 PCs. It's whatever difficulty setting you and your PCs want to play at. Just always bear in mind that it's always easier to lowball PC power at the outset, and adjust upward if needed, rather than the other way around. Also bear in mind that there are some outliers, as RangerWickett mentioned above. Cauldron Hill uses incorporeals (perhaps it shouldn't), and dazes PCs (translation from 4e error: should be "staggers"). [/QUOTE]
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