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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 6721923" data-attributes="member: 35909">[sblock]Well, I gave Caela plenty more than 1 cleric level, she had plenty in Mystic Theurge.  But perhaps it's better to not go that way.  Then the party can figure out how insanely high level she is and (despite her build being incredibly terrible leading to much lower CR than the sheer number of class levels would indicate), and is more likely to be fearful of confronting her boss.5 rounds was a disappointment for what I wanted to be a long-running battle across the complex, but decent compared to other boss fights, sadly.  They just...shred through foes.  Usually they get their asses kicked the first round or two due to not knowing what to expect and bad luck on die rolls. Then it all comes together and the battle rapidly swings from catastrophe to total rout for the party in just 1-2 more rounds before ending or being blatantly on the way to being over.  No matter what I do or who the foes are...it's almost uncanny.  They'll waste the inquisitor on round 1 (a problem we've both had) then the grunts will nearly kill half of them before they make the comeback.That's amazing you expect to get so far in a single session.  My game drags and has only a few hours to play a week, we'll get in like one combat.  Chapter 4 boss battle was a session.  Ch. 5 exposition to Yen Ching teleport was one.  The trip to Eresh was like 3 sessions (I did add combats on the way).  You'll be further along than me in like a month or two at this rate. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Looking forward to hearing how Ch. 4 ends for you, and if you make use of my plans for Ch. 5's ending.  Chapter 4 is definitely my favorite chapter thus far, it was just so perfect.  It reminded me of a Suikoden game's plot so much....  The bickering politics, the plotting and backstabbing, the party being unceremoniously chased out of town and nearly captured/killed, then win a decisive army battle, and showing mercy to the defeated and ultimately forging an alliance with them.  Ch. 5 and 6 are...not bad, but 4 was amazing and I'm now just patiently waiting for Ch. 7, which might be my favorite chapter in the campaign.  Though it's also probably the toughest one to DM well, I think.  For a lot of reasons...[/sblock]</blockquote>

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