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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Morrow" data-source="post: 2607237" data-attributes="member: 301">Here there be spoilers.  (And if you've read this far and are still worried about that, what are you doing?)My group just started AoW over the weekend.  Our DM was concerned that the Whispering Cairne was going to chew us up and spit us out, but I think we did quite well.  I'm not sure we can take much credit for that, it was sheer dumb luck.  Factors that worked in our favor:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Our Wizard happened to have burning hands memorized, and have an "ace in the hole"- a flask of alchemist fire.  Bye bye swarm.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When we found the room that contained the acid beetle nest we turned around and went the other way.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We rolled really well.  The paladin entered the submerged area and handily defeated both opponents she found by herself.  In fact, we were on a roll until we hit to grick, who we couldn't hit at all.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">While we were rolling hot, our DM was not.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We didn't find the passage with the face trap until after we had deactivated it.  Dumb luck strikes again.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A well timed critical took out mamma owl bear before she could shred the party and some nice role playing and a couple excellent diplomacy checks got us the information we needed from Kullen and Co. without a fight.</li> </ul>Next month, onward to the observatory!Morrow</blockquote>

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