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#1 mathius78 Feb 28, 2011 13:50:55	My party consists of 6 5th level drow all with a min +10 in stealth.  I need ideas for and encounter at bridge and in some tunnels under the bridge.  Here is the mini plot, a troll lives in cave under a bridge over a dry river bed.  You get to the caves by going under the bridge in the light of a full moon since cave is actually in the shadowfell.  I could use some help with opening encounter that takes place at the bridge and something else interesting happening in the caves that may or may not be related to the troll.  I would like the ecounters to be level 7 and 6 or level 6 and 7 respectivly since the troll encounter is set for level 8.  My players also love minion blasting so if some thing interesting could be done with that i would grateful.  Feel free to point my at published encounters or just to post an encounter group.  Thanks in advance. Mathius
#2 Xeadin Feb 28, 2011 17:16:56	Hmm... I can really see goblins being put to use here, though they are lower-level creatures. Let's see what I can find... Here we go... Enslavement Camp Level 6 Encounter Group (XP 1,450) 3 Goblin Skullcleavers (Level 3 Brute) 2 Deathrattle Vipers (Level 5 Brute) 4 Human Lackeys (Level 7 Minion) Howling Hag (Level 7 Controller) Where the Human lackeys are the slaves and the hag is the leader of the group. The vipers are used as the silent alarms and become guards as well. Level 7 Encounter Group (XP 2,800) 2 Cavern Chokers (Level 4 Lurkers) 3 Troglodye Maulers (Level 6 Soldeir) 2 Bugbear Stranglers (Level 6 Lurker) 2 Gricks (Level 7 Brute) 2 Troglodyte Impalers (Level 7 Artillery) Gricks and Chokers serve as minor guards, and the bugbears are the servants to the troglodytes. -Or- Hive Level 6 Encounter Group (XP 1,555) 5 Kruthik Hatchlings (Level 2 Minion) 3 Kruthik Young (Level 2 Brute) 3 Kruthik Adults (Level 4 Brute) Kruthik Hove Lord (Level 6 Elite Controller -- Leader) Level 7 Encounter Group (XP 2,000) Cave Bear (Level 6 Elite Brute) 2 Gricks (Level 7 Brute) 3 Dire Stirges (Level 7 Lurker) Hopefully some of these encounter groups give you some ideas ;)
#3 mathius78 Feb 28, 2011 18:55:56	Thanks, both good ideas, I am gonna use the goblin set for the gate guards.  They will not actually be guards but the hag wants to kill the troll and claim the cave for herself, just bad timing.  As for the inside of the cave both are good.  I might use them both if the first encounter is to easy.  Did you scale these for 6 PCs?  Thanks so much.  Mathius