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<blockquote data-quote="lud" data-source="post: 4005905" data-attributes="member: 59402">First post, just registered...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:&nbsp; 8400 XPAct III: 1050 XPAct IV and V : 5700 XPAt 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&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> )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)&nbsp;Act I, II:&nbsp; 1400 or&nbsp; 1200&nbsp; (8400 / (5+1) or 8400 / (6+1))Enough for lvl 2, fine up to now.Act III, IV and V : 1125 or 965In 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?&nbsp;Any feedback is welcome!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lud, post: 4005905, member: 59402"] First post, just registered... I am about to run [B]The Scouring of Gate Pass[/B] 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) [COLOR=Green]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?[/COLOR] Any feedback is welcome! [/QUOTE]

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