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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ryryguy" data-source="post: 4730879" data-attributes="member: 64945">So... I'm not set on this idea, and even if I do it, it will not be a permanent thing.  More of a temporary safety blanket as we get up to speed.  (That goes for me as well as for the players, where even if I use the XP guidelines, I fear I may still misjudge encounter difficulty in some cases.)For the record, the party has a "laser" cleric (archivist variant), a charisma rogue, a sorceror, and (provisionally) a wulin xia.  The wulin xia is a homebrewed Defender monk.  Part of the issue is that the group is perhaps a bit weak at melee and defense; the rogue is a meleer but obviously not a defender, while we're a bit unsure about the wulin xia, being homebrewed and all.  Controller is the uncovered role; for the NPC I'm thinking maybe a druid focusing on animal form powers.  (Or maybe just a freakin' paladin.  <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=":)" /> )Anyhow, while opinions about whether this is a good or necessary idea are fine, I'm more interested in hearing about the best ways to go about it if I do decide to try it!</blockquote>