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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 6945979" data-attributes="member: 5100">It's been more of an issue since he got fireball (and a couple others). Since he's an evoker and can put holes in his spells, fireball is a great way to clear a room full of mooks, even if he doesn't go at the top of initiative. In addition to it throwing off the rest rhythm, it also takes away the opportunity for the dual-wielding Fighter to shine and have fun, especially since the party also has an extremely tanky Cleric (Life + Heavy Armor Mastery) and a Blade-pact Warlock. The few spells possessed by the Ranger/Rogue are almost a non-issue, which means he has a flat power curve.We're doing PotA, and my evolving solution has been to make the cults more dynamic. Because it takes the party longer to progress, the cults have an opportunity for reinforcements to backfill or for the more elites to get trained. There have started being more ambushes and the cults are learning their tactics, even those the party has only barely encountered. The party has broken the earth cult and routed the water prophet, but air and fire are almost untouched. That means the most cunning, flexible, and ruthless of the cults are left and their leaders are getting visions with increased frequency.That all boils down to me starting to wing it more. The air temple have reached out to some sympathetic friends (the Knights have a backstory that allows this) with military authority. They've established martial law in the town the PCs are using as a base. While they're using the guise of allies, they're actually spying on the PCs and looking for weaknesses. This gives a good excuse to hit the group when their guard is down and/or have defenses that steer the party towards changing tactics.Another example is that, after serious losses due to attrition, the earth prophet changed tactics from the book and went with a scorched earth policy. He brought all his remaining forces to bear at an opportune point, except that he had a couple of fanatically loyal cultists in position to detonate an annihilation sphere in the event of his defeat/death. Among other damage, it sealed the exit, preventing the PCs from having too comfy of a retreat.</blockquote>

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