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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knowledge Checks" data-source="post: 5682493" data-attributes="member: 6681261">We had our second crack at the dungeon this past Sunday. Instead of dying in the 14th round (1st try), we killed the boss during the 7th round. Party Line UpRevenant (human) Rageblood Vigor Barbarian (me)Half-Elf Bard (super heals...had around 9 or 10 heals)Genasi Warden (our only defender, only one we needed)Human Blackguard (died in round 6)Human Thief (charging spec)Human BladesingerWe decided to just rush to the forge room this time instead of messing around with the glyph hallway. The DM anticipated this and stacked up the enemies in the first two rooms. We stuck to our plan and just ran while the defender cleaned up the minions.On round 3 we were in the small room to the left of the forge room, stacked up to the door. It got opened and the bosses readied action went off, immobilizing 4 of us until EONT...which was the end of Round 4. So at the start of Round 5 the floor drops and the bard goes into the lava. The Warden and I are still stuck in the entry room on the wrong side of the lava while the rest of the party surges into the forge room.Thanks to my +12 athletics check, I run while climbing and make it to the forge room, spending my AP to attack the boss on round 5. The warden spider walks through the lava room and then teleports (armor magic item) through the door.Round 6 was us beating up on the boss. There was 1 firebat left in the room with him, but it died quickly and in the middle of round 7 we finished off the boss. I actually used my Fey Strike Maul to pull him right next to me and the defender on Round 6, and we surrounded him.---The difference between this week and the first run was that we knew the layout and knew ahead of time where we were going. The first run we wasted a lot of rounds just exploring. Also, we knew what to expect and built our characters for the dungeon. My revenant had the belt of sonnli-something (resist all 10 when at 0 or under) and I had boosted my death saving throw to +9, so I never went unconscious when I dropped below zero. The stance power of the Wolfstone Heritage feat gave my Resist all 5 when I was bloodied.If you're going to run an all 1 race group, use Revenant (humans). The Wolfstone Heritage feat is awesome. With the stance power you reduce forced movement by 2, which is great for not getting pushed or slid into lava. The resist 5 when bloodied and immune to prone when bloodied is also solid.</blockquote>

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