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<blockquote data-quote="Bad Paper" data-source="post: 3212555" data-attributes="member: 24674">I thought RHoD was designed for five PCs.&nbsp; Whatever.When I started my current group three years ago, there were six players, and we started with the Sunless Citadel.&nbsp; I went through a whole lot of anguish trying to increase the number of baddies by 50% (the end battle had like five dozen kobolds running around the map), and make sure the treasure was boosted, et cetera.&nbsp; It sucked.&nbsp; I do not recommend that at all.One of the players left, so I've been running with five of them through the whole adventure path (the Forge of Fury, the Speaker in Dreams, the Standing Stone, et al.).&nbsp; It's fine if you do not change anything (except convert to 3.5, of course&nbsp; :\ ).&nbsp; The XP/CR/EL/treasure system is designed to be somewhat elastic.In fact, I have found that having more players can work against the party, because diluting the XP means they level more slowly.&nbsp; If they lag a level, and the BBEG throws a save-or-die effect at them, then they are more likely to eat dirt.&nbsp; Nevertheless, do not fall victim to the power-creep upgrade.&nbsp; By the end of RHoD, you will be a wreck.If you want to make it more difficult, then ramp up the timeline!&nbsp; Right now I am running my party through the Harrowing (Monte Cook in Dungeon #84).&nbsp; That adventure also has a timeline (though it's three days, not two months or whatever RHoD is).&nbsp; I have severely increased the timeline for them.&nbsp; If you do that, then you force your party through many more encounters per day, and it makes it more challenging.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bad Paper, post: 3212555, member: 24674"] I thought [U]RHoD[/U] was designed for five PCs. Whatever. When I started my current group three years ago, there were six players, and we started with [u]the Sunless Citadel[/u]. I went through a whole lot of anguish trying to increase the number of baddies by 50% (the end battle had like five dozen kobolds running around the map), and make sure the treasure was boosted, et cetera. It [b]sucked[/b]. I do not recommend that [i]at all[/i]. One of the players left, so I've been running with five of them through the whole adventure path ([u]the Forge of Fury[/u], [u]the Speaker in Dreams[/u], [u]the Standing Stone[/u], et al.). It's fine if you do not change anything (except convert to 3.5, of course :\ ). The XP/CR/EL/treasure system is designed to be somewhat elastic. In fact, I have found that having more players can work against the party, because diluting the XP means they level more slowly. If they lag a level, and the BBEG throws a save-or-die effect at them, then they are more likely to eat dirt. Nevertheless, do not fall victim to the power-creep upgrade. By the end of [U]RHoD[/U], you will be a wreck. If you want to make it more difficult, then ramp up the timeline! Right now I am running my party through [u]the Harrowing[/u] (Monte Cook in Dungeon #84). That adventure also has a timeline (though it's three days, not two months or whatever [u]RHoD[/u] is). I have severely increased the timeline for them. If you do that, then you force your party through many more encounters per day, and it makes it more challenging. [/QUOTE]

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