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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sanzuo" data-source="post: 4374683" data-attributes="member: 66180">I'm looking for some DMing advice.  If you're one of my players then get out.I'm starting a new campaign that I'm psyched about and have been working on all week.  Our last game was just a combat-laden dungeon crawl just to get everyone accustomed to the game mechanics.  The players made the perfect group; Dragonborn Paladin, Halfing Rogue, Human Cleric and Eladrin Wizard.  They were able to easily handle encounters that were +2/+3 levels higher than them.The group they've made for this new game is pretty different, they've got 1 leader (cleric) and 3 strikers; ranger, rogue and a warlock.  I'm not planning on this new campaign to be nearly the fight-fest that the last game was, but I still want some dramatic and harrowing encounters at appropriate moments.I was brainstorming some encounters and it occurs to me that this group may not be as survivable as the last one.  So when looking at my encounters I am wondering in what ways this group will be different and how I should tailor the fights.  It seems to me that they'll be especially good at dropping single, tough targets than many weak ones.  I also like to come up with special "rules" and scenarios in my encounters to make them slightly more dangerous/exciting.  I hate killing characters but I love to watch them sweat.Can anyone tell me what I can expect out of this kind of party?  There will be plenty of roleplaying, but I don't want to wipe the party in the first fight.  Or maybe my fears are unfounded and they'll steamroll my encounters as usual.</blockquote>

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