With two players AWOL I'm thinking of recruiting a couple of replacements. The meat of the adventure is coming after this encounter, so adding PCs now should be fairly easy.
The other option would be to add a retainer to Eowyn and U'Tempei. Story wise that is probably harder to do - especially for U'Tempei.
The adventure is built for 5 PCs so either option should work. Any thought?
With magic item search: I can really get 3 items if I use 300gp and 3 weeks of searching? Plus starting uncommon item? Isn't that a bit much?
Or is it just that I can FIND them, but I still have to PAY for them?