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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kengar" data-source="post: 271922" data-attributes="member: 3230">[PLAIN]speaking of FoF... [SOME SPOILERS][/PLAIN]Hooo doggies!That was my only TPK.  The party had been wiping the floor with everything in the place. I tried to adjust the challenges (add a few orcs, give everything max standard HP, etc.). Nothing worked. The rogue got killed by Yellow Mold, but they got him raised no problem (was actually a nice side adventure in the trip to a city with a powerful enough cleric).So it's taking a few sessions to get through the thing and between gaming nights, I ask the group via email "Hey, you're saying the module is too easy. If you want, I can adjust a few upcoming encounters. I'll boost the rewards appropriately, of course; but there'll be some greater risk." "BRING IT ON!!" was the consensus.So, for starters, I left in the roper (optional encounter). The thing is CR10 & they're 6th level (I know the module is meant for a lower level party, but they kept taking side trips and coming back, so they got "outside" XP. One of the reasons it was taking so long).  "This should be good!" I think to myself and spring the roper on them.They cleaned its clock. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:"  data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> So now, of course, I'm looking ahead to the dragon encounter. It's CR4 by the book & they just wiped out a CR10 creature with SR! Since they're now closing in on 7th, I boost ol' Nightscale to a CR8 (Young Adult?) and work out some BADD tactics.Only the rogue got away.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> ...and that's because I lost track of how far up the ladder he was for one round. I could've had the dragon chase him down the mountain, but that would've been vindictive and I didn't have the heart. I was stunned. This group was pulverized by this dragon. Between it casting Mage Armor on itself and using Darkness, they were screwed. It took less than 10% of its hp in damage. I felt really bad about it, but I couldn't backtrack. I stuck to my guns & the campaign basically ended. I'd warned them repeatedly and they kept asking for more. *sigh*Sometimes you just have to kill an entire party to get players to use a little risk assessment. We're playing a new campaign in  new setting now. One of the others is DM-ing this time. It's fun and I will probably run the next campaign, but I notice folks are a little more cautious in this campaign than the last.</blockquote>

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