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[Marauders] Encounter question

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#1
dewrim
Sep 16, 2010 17:11:00 In Encounter "Interlude: The Red Chord" in the tactics section it lists the characters that are present in the encounter, and then has this bit of information

"The thri kreen hunter stays back and uses double throw. It flees combat if it becomes
bloodied or iftwo of its companions are downed."

Does anyone know what thri-kreen that is referencing? Or is it just assumed the mercenary band used to be 4 members, and they cut 1 out to make the encounter slightly easier (and forgot that part of removing him)?
#2
rollawaythestone
Sep 16, 2010 17:37:29 I don't have it in front of me, but my assumption is that they did a poor editing job and the encounter used to include 4 characters. Remind me again? There is a Goliath, Mul, and..?
#3
dewrim
Sep 16, 2010 17:56:24 Goliath, Mul and Gith.

I assumed as much, but I wanted to see if anyone else had noticed it, or if anyone knew of somewhere they had "errata'd" the adventure to put that character back in.

Thanks for your time.
#4
OneWeirdCat
Sep 16, 2010 18:05:00 Gith Drone. For 3. For 4, and Thri-Kreen you could add a Thri-Kreen Ambusher (Lv 6 Lurker page 192 MM) but doing so would make the encounter over level 5, halfway to level 6. Probably too tough an encounter for a 2nd level party. Or add a Thri-Kreen Bounder (Level 6 Minion Skirmisher, page 96 DSCC) which would keep it a Level 4 encounter, but only barely. But why add one minion? No Thri-Kreen Hunter was ever written up as a monster to my knowledge.
I'd keep the encounter as written without the glitch mentioning a thri-kreen.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 dewrim Sep 16, 2010 17:11:00	In Encounter "Interlude: The Red Chord" in the tactics section it lists the characters that are present in the encounter, and then has this bit of information "The thri kreen hunter stays back and uses double throw. It flees combat if it becomes bloodied or iftwo of its companions are downed." Does anyone know what thri-kreen that is referencing? Or is it just assumed the mercenary band used to be 4 members, and they cut 1 out to make the encounter slightly easier (and forgot that part of removing him)?
#2 rollawaythestone Sep 16, 2010 17:37:29	I don't have it in front of me, but my assumption is that they did a poor editing job and the encounter used to include 4 characters. Remind me again? There is a Goliath, Mul, and..?
#3 dewrim Sep 16, 2010 17:56:24	Goliath, Mul and Gith. I assumed as much, but I wanted to see if anyone else had noticed it, or if anyone knew of somewhere they had "errata'd" the adventure to put that character back in. Thanks for your time.
#4 OneWeirdCat Sep 16, 2010 18:05:00	Gith Drone. For 3. For 4, and Thri-Kreen you could add a Thri-Kreen Ambusher (Lv 6 Lurker page 192 MM) but doing so would make the encounter over level 5, halfway to level 6. Probably too tough an encounter for a 2nd level party. Or add a Thri-Kreen Bounder (Level 6 Minion Skirmisher, page 96 DSCC) which would keep it a Level 4 encounter, but only barely. But why add one minion? No Thri-Kreen Hunter was ever written up as a monster to my knowledge. I'd keep the encounter as written without the glitch mentioning a thri-kreen.