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#1 Lawngnome4hire Aug 12, 2014 23:39:13	I've just started working on converting the encounters in HotDQ and noticed that according to the encounter difficulty formula using the multipliers for number of monsters in the v0.1 DM Basic Rules, a decent number of these fights fall into the deadly category. One encounter in particular actually more than doubles the deadly threshold.  And this is before I've scaled them up to be suitable for 6 party members instead of 4.   Has anyone started this adventure yet? How did your party hold up?
#2 Fantasyfilmsman Aug 13, 2014 5:03:45	Other threads I've read seem to be be pretty bleak.  Most party's are having a hard time in chapter 1.   I too looked at what the encounters entail and noticed most to be deadly and one to actually be out of "range".   I get my copy next week but it defiantly sounds like the creators did not have the rules when they created it or just flat out ignored them.  I know I will be rebalanceing the adventure.
#3 GamingGorman Aug 14, 2014 15:44:00	Played some of yesterday with a group of three, two fighters and a druid. I haven't made any adjustments to the encounters and we diden't run into any issues yet.
#4 MonsterEnvy Aug 14, 2014 21:12:12	Well at least in the Cyanwrath encounter it's expected that you will lose.
#5 Rhenny Aug 14, 2014 21:41:19	We just started it tonight.  Our party of 5 rescued a family and brought them to the keep.  We faced 3 separate groups of foes.  It was tough, but luckily none of us went down.    My cleric was at 1 hp at one point and later when we fought rat swarms in the sewer, the fighter went down to 1 hp.     Overall, we have made it through 4 encounters with only 1 short rest.  That's pretty good for 1st level pcs.