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<blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 3136909" data-attributes="member: 40177">Well, I'm running Savage Tide.&nbsp; I'm still in the first episode.&nbsp; My group is detailed in the sig, and while we do utilize stuff from the splat books, we're doing fairly well so far.&nbsp; In fact, it's been my experience that during the parts where we &quot;break&quot; the game, it's been using stuff from the core rules.&nbsp; I think you shouldn't have too much of a problem running it, but I'd be careful - it could overwhelm your group if you're not careful, and there are a lot of cases I've seen so far where the BBEG is a good two or three levels higher than the group, and there are often more than one.&nbsp; That being said, I've read the first adventure, and I circled about four or five scenes where I said &quot;Hey, this is going to be way too tough for my group&quot;.&nbsp; And you know what?&nbsp; It wasn't.&nbsp; All of those scenes that I thought were going to be snags - weren't.&nbsp; I'm not going to go into it in detail, what with spoilers and all, but it's absolutely true.&nbsp; The only scene that really surprised me in it's lethality was the scene involving a few small crabs - they swarmed a PC and brought her to the negatives in one round.&nbsp; But that was one of those fluke scenes, and not really something I could prepare for.In the end, yeah, you should be fine running it with a group of people who aren't hardcore D&amp;D savants (my group certainly isn't), and you can totally do it using only core books.&nbsp; Just make sure you know the material, and you're prepared for places where your group could encounter a TPK.That being said, I hope you have a lot of fun.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wik, post: 3136909, member: 40177"] Well, I'm running Savage Tide. I'm still in the first episode. My group is detailed in the sig, and while we do utilize stuff from the splat books, we're doing fairly well so far. In fact, it's been my experience that during the parts where we "break" the game, it's been using stuff from the core rules. I think you shouldn't have too much of a problem running it, but I'd be careful - it could overwhelm your group if you're not careful, and there are a lot of cases I've seen so far where the BBEG is a good two or three levels higher than the group, and there are often more than one. That being said, I've read the first adventure, and I circled about four or five scenes where I said "Hey, this is going to be way too tough for my group". And you know what? It wasn't. All of those scenes that I thought were going to be snags - weren't. I'm not going to go into it in detail, what with spoilers and all, but it's absolutely true. The only scene that really surprised me in it's lethality was the scene involving a few small crabs - they swarmed a PC and brought her to the negatives in one round. But that was one of those fluke scenes, and not really something I could prepare for. In the end, yeah, you should be fine running it with a group of people who aren't hardcore D&D savants (my group certainly isn't), and you can totally do it using only core books. Just make sure you know the material, and you're prepared for places where your group could encounter a TPK. That being said, I hope you have a lot of fun. [/QUOTE]

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