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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wrathamon" data-source="post: 4755673" data-attributes="member: 7989">what surprised me about P1 was that no where in the adventure do the designer/developers talk about Troll Healing and the balance issue if the party does/doesnt have fire/acid easily available.  I think the designers thought the group would have limited access to it early on because [spoiler]they give you an acidic weapon as potential treasure[/spoiler] but the group would try to stock up later on. Which is why later on the adventure [spoiler] trolls become rarer in the encounters [/spoiler]My group had only an encounter and a daily (a wizard's power that he didnt have ready the 1st encounter) when they first started and the trolls were very tough, to the point where some encounters turned into grinds. One fight, I had to adlib that they had torches to use "torch" damage so they could survive the very first encounter.Halfway through the warren they retrained and had at wills that dealt fire...trolls were no problem anymore and actually became a bit boring for them to fightThe best fights were when they had limited fire powers... they would use strategy and timing to take out the trolls. These encounters they had the most fun. so no fire/acid = too hard or too longat will fire/acid = little challengeI dont think they are broke, they work fine for most groups, but the balance factor on what level they are appropriate swings greatly depending on the parties access to at will fire/acid.I think in the future, I may give them a power that only works when their regeneration doesnt work... Risk/Reward. Use fire/acid on them to stop the Troll Healing, but now risk taking more damage from flaming limbs or oozing acidic troll flesh or something.</blockquote>

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