Captain Trek
First Post
OK... So I'm playing a D&D 3.5 game online with a relatively inexperienced DM. She's a decent story-teller, but mechanically she's still getting a handle on things... Now, through a sequence of events entirely too bizarre and complicated to be worth going into, our party of four 3rd level characters has wound up picking up two 1st level NPC "hangers on", which we've determined are going to function using the Cohort rules.
However, with these two extra characters in the party, my DM isn't quite sure how to balance encounters for us. She figures she ought to make fights a little bit tougher than the standard CR 3 in order to account for the Cohorts, but she isn't exactly sure how to do this. Can anyone offer any advice on creating balanced encounters for this party? Thankyou in advance...
EDIT: For reference, the PCs are a Cleric, a Wizard, a Paladin and a Scout, while the Cohorts are a Factotum and a Dragonfire Adept.
However, with these two extra characters in the party, my DM isn't quite sure how to balance encounters for us. She figures she ought to make fights a little bit tougher than the standard CR 3 in order to account for the Cohorts, but she isn't exactly sure how to do this. Can anyone offer any advice on creating balanced encounters for this party? Thankyou in advance...
EDIT: For reference, the PCs are a Cleric, a Wizard, a Paladin and a Scout, while the Cohorts are a Factotum and a Dragonfire Adept.
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