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I am about to run The Scouring of Gate Pass for a group of family members and friends. It's been a long time since we played due to time and distance, but we have decided to give a try to virtual table gaming.
While doing my prep work, I figured the party will get the following XP from all the CRs I expect them to collect: (maybe they will surprise me and get more...)
Act I, II: 8400 XP
Act III: 1050 XP
Act IV and V : 5700 XP
At first I was planning to have only 3 players, but now it seems I will have either 5 or 6 (if the husband of my sister husband's sister's decide to play
)
This will reduce my concern about some of the hard encounters but raises a few other questions:
Assuming T. is with them all the time, the net XP per player will be (5 players/ 6 players)
Act I, II: 1400 or 1200 (8400 / (5+1) or 8400 / (6+1))
Enough for lvl 2, fine up to now.
Act III, IV and V : 1125 or 965
In both cases, the players will not reach level 3 at the end of the adventure (2525/2165)
a. Will they still be in a position to handle the next adventure at level 2?
b. If this trend keeps on, will they be too low level in a few modules?
c. Are the adventures balanced for 4 players?
Any feedback is welcome!
I am about to run The Scouring of Gate Pass for a group of family members and friends. It's been a long time since we played due to time and distance, but we have decided to give a try to virtual table gaming.
While doing my prep work, I figured the party will get the following XP from all the CRs I expect them to collect: (maybe they will surprise me and get more...)
Act I, II: 8400 XP
Act III: 1050 XP
Act IV and V : 5700 XP
At first I was planning to have only 3 players, but now it seems I will have either 5 or 6 (if the husband of my sister husband's sister's decide to play

This will reduce my concern about some of the hard encounters but raises a few other questions:
Assuming T. is with them all the time, the net XP per player will be (5 players/ 6 players)
Act I, II: 1400 or 1200 (8400 / (5+1) or 8400 / (6+1))
Enough for lvl 2, fine up to now.
Act III, IV and V : 1125 or 965
In both cases, the players will not reach level 3 at the end of the adventure (2525/2165)
a. Will they still be in a position to handle the next adventure at level 2?
b. If this trend keeps on, will they be too low level in a few modules?
c. Are the adventures balanced for 4 players?
Any feedback is welcome!