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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jodyjohnson" data-source="post: 5674330" data-attributes="member: 5590">We had nearly an entire table (4 of 6) of Encounters players so only 2 had played beyond level 2-3.We ended up tank heavy and healing light.  Out of main heals in round two.My dwarf knight dropped towards the beginning of round 2, was up briefly with a Crit on the death save, dropped again on round 3 after I stood up and moved out of ongoing damage.After that we started losing characters faster than they could Heal potion and ended with the Bard (only 2 heals) and Paladin (no heals!) went Leroy Jenkins and just tried to get to the last room.Party compoistion: Elf Pet Ranger, Warlock, Dwarf Knight, Vryloka Swordmage, Half-orc Paladin, Bard.We rolled low for initiative and pretty much got area nuked to half-dead in our starting squares.  After the Encounter Bard blew a Encounter heal on her friend who was down 7 I knew we were going nowhere.I do think a party optimized for the dungeon would do much better.  Certain characters ended up useless (abilities completely negated by the scenario rules).KDs party looks similar to what I'd put together AFTER playing the module so it doesn't surprise me that they beat it easily.  But they still haven't completed all the glory awards.The earlier you beat the scenario, the longer you have to wait for the next Lair Assault (December).    I have a feeling we'll slowly improve and within 4-6 weeks we may have some Encounters players with more 5th level experience.At least no one cried.</blockquote>

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