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<blockquote data-quote="efreund" data-source="post: 6812338" data-attributes="member: 6799797"><p>Well, from a design perspective, you're "supposed" to move on to the arson fight immediately. (My party did, FWIW.)</p><p></p><p>Remember, "winning" the arson battle is completely optional to advancing the plot and investigation. Furthermore, the "win" condition isn't that the PCs kill both of the Hermanos Draconis, but scare them off and save Sechim's Factory. If I had to hazard a guess, the attrition-nature of the event-structure is there so that the PCs *don't* all-out-win (i.e. kill both Hermanos) and get practice making strategic decisions regarding setting their own goals.</p><p></p><p>That being said, Eberardo (the Barbarian) hits like a *truck* if he uses all of his abilities (Rage, Power Attack) and can easily one-shot a full-health non-optimized level 3 PC. Be very wary of pitting him against your level 2s. Consider demonstrating his power in some way beforehand, so that the PCs know that he's a death-machine, and can therefore make an informed choice as to engage him or not.</p><p></p><p>(Also, the book says that the PCs don't get the XP and LVL up from the Gale thread until meeting Gale. I disagree with this. Since the climax and struggle is Cauldron Hill & the arson, and there's a weird time-delay between that and meeting Gale, combined with the fact that the PCs tend to run off and do other plots in the meantime quickly, I considered finishing the arson plot to be tantamount to finishing the thread from an XP and LVL point of view.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="efreund, post: 6812338, member: 6799797"] Well, from a design perspective, you're "supposed" to move on to the arson fight immediately. (My party did, FWIW.) Remember, "winning" the arson battle is completely optional to advancing the plot and investigation. Furthermore, the "win" condition isn't that the PCs kill both of the Hermanos Draconis, but scare them off and save Sechim's Factory. If I had to hazard a guess, the attrition-nature of the event-structure is there so that the PCs *don't* all-out-win (i.e. kill both Hermanos) and get practice making strategic decisions regarding setting their own goals. That being said, Eberardo (the Barbarian) hits like a *truck* if he uses all of his abilities (Rage, Power Attack) and can easily one-shot a full-health non-optimized level 3 PC. Be very wary of pitting him against your level 2s. Consider demonstrating his power in some way beforehand, so that the PCs know that he's a death-machine, and can therefore make an informed choice as to engage him or not. (Also, the book says that the PCs don't get the XP and LVL up from the Gale thread until meeting Gale. I disagree with this. Since the climax and struggle is Cauldron Hill & the arson, and there's a weird time-delay between that and meeting Gale, combined with the fact that the PCs tend to run off and do other plots in the meantime quickly, I considered finishing the arson plot to be tantamount to finishing the thread from an XP and LVL point of view.) [/QUOTE]
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