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Message: <blockquote data-quote="abirdcall" data-source="post: 8360312" data-attributes="member: 6748898">Did you play HoDQ as part of ToD? I didn't play the latter just the first part. That one is a perfect example of following the 6-8 encounter guidelines. For everything except the overland travel chapter which has 1 encounter per rest. I might go back to it for another post to show it.Let's do Rime of the Frostmaiden since I'm doing it now. As I said this one suffers from the overland travel problem as the PCs are expected to have encounters on the way to adventure sites.[SPOILER="RofM spoilers"]Act I - Ten Towns Quests - Most of these are mini-adventures which I think is great for learning the game. There are 2 'full' onesCauldron Caves -Encounters 6: 2 Harpies, Dire Wolf, Water Weird, Frost Giant Skeleton, Sea Hag and Will-o'-wisp, Crawling ClawsPenalty for long rest: None but players think missing NPCs could still be alive and might die if they rest.Mountain Climb -Encounters 5: 1 random wilderness encounter, avalanche, 2 crag cats, Yeti, YetiPenalty for long rest: Garret might dieActII - Most of these adventures have 4 encounters. I think the designers were intending random encounters to make up the difference but there is that overland travel problem again.Act III - SunblightThe party can fight the dragon in which case they are probably facing 2 random encounters (or more) plus many encounters with the dragon as it flies from town to town. The penalty for long resting is that the dragon burns down Ten TownsFortress: 13 Encounters - 10 Guards, Grandolpha Muzgardt with dragon and 3 Duergar, Mind Master and Mimic, Duergar and Ogre Zombie, 4 Animated Armour, 2 Duergar and 2 Duergar Hammerers, 4 Duergar and Umber Hulk, 3 Rust Monsters, 4 Duergar, Xardarok Sunblight and minions, Duergar Hammerer, 15 Duergar, 2 HammerersPenalty for long rest - Dragon is repaired and fortress denizens better able to respond to PC threatAuril's Abode 11+ Encounters - There are 6 encounters in the shipwrecks, Ghost, Abominable Yeti, 7 Yetis, Ice Troll, Frost Giant, 7 Piercers, Giant Walrus, 2 Frost Giant Skeletons, 4 Tests, Auril (3 forms), RocPenalty for long resting - Not given though in Auril's home and she hates creatures who shelter themselves from the cold. Extreme cold is also DC 15 here.Caves of Hunger - Lots of encounters here. Long rests are punished by harassment from Tekeli-li which may not be a problem. Evil wizards are also on their way.Doom of Ythryn - Plenty of encounters and PCs are in a race against the evil wizards[/SPOILER]</blockquote>

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