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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 6704324" data-attributes="member: 35909">I've been adjusting the stat blocks since pretty much the start of the campaign.  Some are fine, others are complete jokes.  In particular, the martial/caster multiclassed enemies are pretty much NEVER in practice the CR that they're assigned, and that's even with tacking on the Practiced Spellcaster feat.  It's actually the next chapter that has the most ridiculously gimped regular enemies, IMO.  The...[sblock]monks of the two winds, which have awful stats and AC and all the issues of being multiclassed casters[/sblock]  I had to buff those guys a LOT...But yes, I love the campaign's general plot....however, the enemies are in many cases pretty poorly designed.  I mean, I've seen things in the NPC stat blocks in the ~CR 12 range with under 50 hp....and they're not that hard to hit, either.  It's just silly.Some advice for the latter half of Chapter 4:[sblock]- Do NOT expose ANYTHING about [secret boss], even just the name, at the battle.  It shouldn't even BE THERE, it's just stupid and if your players are paying the least bit of attention, it will completely ruin the end of the chapter.- When the party returns to Bresk, do NOT have the Ragesians hanging out in the background.  It completely undermines the king's claim that they uncovered new evidence about the ragesian's actions that they're still walking free.  Also, it just invites the party to try and pick a fight with them that night, and become frustrated if all of a sudden they can't be found around town.  Much better is to say they're imprisoned pending a trial.  Since people can't just visit prisoners whenever they feel like, for obvious (escape assistance) reasons, that puts a nice separation between them and the party.  The party can request to visit them, but processing it would conveniently take long enough to not matter.  I think when it comes to villains "less is more" and keeping them away adds some mystique.  It also further incentivizes them to go in the sewers to sneak into the prison when Gallo asks them to, and then when they see the Ragesians hanging out with the traitorous guards, it all makes sense.- Give the Tragedies some sort of sonic attack (I think I did a 30 ft cone for 7d4, Fort half, with a recharge time; called it "Wail") or something so that they have more than just a level drain attack.  That just seems overly mean, to have some monsters right at the start of the last string of fights that do nothing but drain their levels away.- Serrimus is completely worthless as written, in combat.  I'd buff everyone involved a bit, but he's just so useless and the CR 6 is a freaking joke.  I gave him a few more Sorc levels and Practiced Spellcaster, I may have taken away some of the aristocrat.  And buffed his stats and gave him mage armor, of course.  He still wasn't much of a threat, but at least he could contribute.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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