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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SableWyvern" data-source="post: 385320" data-attributes="member: 1008">Don't listen to these nay-sayers.My last fully-fledged campaign had 10 PCs, and my current one has worked its way up from 5 to 8, with at least one more and possibly 2 to come.And, the previous campaign was Rolemaster - which is a lot harder to run with a big group.If you've got a handle on maintaining control, and keeping things running smoothly - which your initial post stated you have - then go for it.As to encounter-balancing...That's a hard one. Most of the combats I'm running at the moment are of a fairly decent size. As you stated, a small number of challenging adversaries generally means a pretty good chance of PC death.With a large party though, you must have a multi-skilled group. I'd think about sticking with mainly big combats (and, as Mr Vengeance, stated, use minis), but having less of them. Then you can get some of those non-combat abilities into play regularly. Take a close look at each PC's capabilities, and make sure you're usuing some of the more obscure spells/skills that PCs have picked up (outside of combat). One of the biggest challenges for a DM with a large group is making sure each player gets a bit of the spotlight. If you drop the # of combats, you can fit in more of that sort of stuff.</blockquote>