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<blockquote data-quote="EvolutionKB" data-source="post: 4277468" data-attributes="member: 47833">I ran both adventures(mausoleum and dragon)&nbsp; Both ended in TPKs.&nbsp; Out of the players, only one had so far picked up and read the new PHB.&nbsp; Eveyody seemed to catch on pretty quick.&nbsp; The first encounter went pretty easily.&nbsp; the dwarf got caught in the fire trap and the hobbies retreated back.&nbsp; However before both could get away, the pcs caught up and downed them with little trouble.&nbsp; They disarmed the trap on the kids, and left them in the room while they went to finish everybody off.&nbsp; The first thing the BBEG did was summon the statue, which proceeded to beat down the wizard and rogue.&nbsp; The fighters were up front handling the skellies and elf and the cleric was in the middle trying to heal/buff.&nbsp; The party seemed to roll really bad, only one hit with their daily and between the whole party only one crit was rolled.&nbsp; I rolled at least 5 on them.&nbsp; Those statues were tough, PCs only bloodied one of them.&nbsp; They also didn't want to use their dailies until the last second.&nbsp; The difficult terrain made things tough, not being able to shift was huge.&nbsp; There other error was tactics.&nbsp; Instead of sending a fighter to defend the squishies they let them take on the skelies/elf.The dragon battle was over before it started.&nbsp; 3 PCs (including the cleric) went down after the dragon recharged it's breath 3 rounds in a row.&nbsp; The dragon never got it's &quot;free&quot; bite attack off or it's bloodied breath weapon off(party did around 70 damage before TPK).Overall everybody said they had fun and agreed the PCs could have had &quot;better&quot; powers.&nbsp; I think they needed another leader character.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EvolutionKB, post: 4277468, member: 47833"] I ran both adventures(mausoleum and dragon) Both ended in TPKs. Out of the players, only one had so far picked up and read the new PHB. Eveyody seemed to catch on pretty quick. The first encounter went pretty easily. the dwarf got caught in the fire trap and the hobbies retreated back. However before both could get away, the pcs caught up and downed them with little trouble. They disarmed the trap on the kids, and left them in the room while they went to finish everybody off. The first thing the BBEG did was summon the statue, which proceeded to beat down the wizard and rogue. The fighters were up front handling the skellies and elf and the cleric was in the middle trying to heal/buff. The party seemed to roll really bad, only one hit with their daily and between the whole party only one crit was rolled. I rolled at least 5 on them. Those statues were tough, PCs only bloodied one of them. They also didn't want to use their dailies until the last second. The difficult terrain made things tough, not being able to shift was huge. There other error was tactics. Instead of sending a fighter to defend the squishies they let them take on the skelies/elf. The dragon battle was over before it started. 3 PCs (including the cleric) went down after the dragon recharged it's breath 3 rounds in a row. The dragon never got it's "free" bite attack off or it's bloodied breath weapon off(party did around 70 damage before TPK). Overall everybody said they had fun and agreed the PCs could have had "better" powers. I think they needed another leader character. [/QUOTE]

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