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<blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 6827337" data-attributes="member: 54629"><p>I finally got around to running this myself. As I'm running it for my home group, I beefed it up a bit to make it more suitable for 5th level PCs. At the last minute, I ended up only having 3 PCs, so I tossed in a regular NPC ally and dropped a few things back (only two rust monsters in the stables, only one giant toad in the training yard, etc).</p><p></p><p>They did pretty well (and the players all told me they really enjoyed the variety of monsters). They went through the training yard and then scaled the cliff and fought Agrak straight away. They killed his carrion crawler but he got away, so they looted his blockhouse and then retreated back to the surface and went and hid in a copse of trees so they could get a short rest.</p><p></p><p>So now I'm left wondering what Agrak and his horde will do. The adventure makes it seem like they'd all just sit there waiting for the PCs to come back. The thing is, I don't think the PCs are going to take a long rest. Even though the spellcasters are low on spells, they're all healed up now, and they've got their short rest abilities back. We had to stop for the night before we could finish up, though, so Agrak really only has an hour to recover himself and shore up his defenses.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps I could have him move some (or all) of the animated armors from the armory up to the guard cavern. Or just post some sentries who will run away and warn the rest of the horde at the first sign of the PCs' return.</p><p></p><p>What do you guys think? What would Agrak's response be? He hasn't got time to pack up the horde and move them somewhere else, and I'm not sure a megalomaniac like him would do that anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pukunui, post: 6827337, member: 54629"] I finally got around to running this myself. As I'm running it for my home group, I beefed it up a bit to make it more suitable for 5th level PCs. At the last minute, I ended up only having 3 PCs, so I tossed in a regular NPC ally and dropped a few things back (only two rust monsters in the stables, only one giant toad in the training yard, etc). They did pretty well (and the players all told me they really enjoyed the variety of monsters). They went through the training yard and then scaled the cliff and fought Agrak straight away. They killed his carrion crawler but he got away, so they looted his blockhouse and then retreated back to the surface and went and hid in a copse of trees so they could get a short rest. So now I'm left wondering what Agrak and his horde will do. The adventure makes it seem like they'd all just sit there waiting for the PCs to come back. The thing is, I don't think the PCs are going to take a long rest. Even though the spellcasters are low on spells, they're all healed up now, and they've got their short rest abilities back. We had to stop for the night before we could finish up, though, so Agrak really only has an hour to recover himself and shore up his defenses. Perhaps I could have him move some (or all) of the animated armors from the armory up to the guard cavern. Or just post some sentries who will run away and warn the rest of the horde at the first sign of the PCs' return. What do you guys think? What would Agrak's response be? He hasn't got time to pack up the horde and move them somewhere else, and I'm not sure a megalomaniac like him would do that anyway. [/QUOTE]
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