D&D 5E Scourge of the Sword Coast Updates?

[Ziusnafallion]

Hello, all. I've decided to run the Scourge of the Sword Coast with my players as we await the release of the Horde of the Dragon Queen and PHB. I was wondering if anyone knows of an update anywhere for the monster statistics or other rules in the adventure? I know the Starter Set has updated stats for Goblins, etc as well as spells and the basic classes. Has anyone compiled a document with updates, or do you think running the module as-is would be okay?

 

[jodyjohnson]

I would run it as is.

If you update Bugbears, goblins, and Hobgoblins to their starter set number you may get a TPK.

Depends on if the group is a 'pull the level' style or fight/rest/fight/rest/etc.

When we played I'd have them pull entire areas at a time. The goblin area ended up as 3 running encounters. With each area being a single day befitting assaulting an enemy camp.

It had a very strong Keep on the Borderlands feel without the cramping.

 

[Ziusnafallion]

Sounds good, I think I'll run it as-is like you suggest. I ran a single session a few days ago, and the fight with the goblins at the farmhouse (with updated goblin stats) did seem like a pretty difficult encounter, so I'll definitely take this advice. The group are all brand new players to D&D, so they don't have a good grasp on combat strategy as of yet. The published stats in the module seem less difficult, so that should help their survivability. Thanks!