CockroachTeaParty
2010-03-11, 11:52 AM
There seems to be a lot of RHoD fever going around these days. I'm considering running it for my RL group, but I'd like to spice it up in new and interesting ways.
It's a tough module, no doubt about it. My question is, what would need to be changed if I let the players make gestalt characters?
I'd probably keep the group to 4 or 5 players max. When I played through it as a PC two years ago, the 4 man party was non-gestalt, but we managed to get through the adventure thanks to careful buffing and relatively optimized spellcasting technique.
I'm thinking allowing everyone a gestalt character would encourage the use of classes otherwise commonly ignored, such as the better Tier 4 classes.
Would very much truly change? At a glance, it would allow the PCs to continue adventuring without resting for longer periods. This would probably allow them to outpace the Horde, perhaps buying them more time.
Of course, our non-gestalt group had practically a week to prepare Brindol before the arrival of the Horde, thanks to playing our cards right.
What would you do with a gestalt RHoD? Make the Wyrmlords gestalt characters too? Bump the dragons an age category? Throw in more mooks each fight?
It's a tough module, no doubt about it. My question is, what would need to be changed if I let the players make gestalt characters?
I'd probably keep the group to 4 or 5 players max. When I played through it as a PC two years ago, the 4 man party was non-gestalt, but we managed to get through the adventure thanks to careful buffing and relatively optimized spellcasting technique.
I'm thinking allowing everyone a gestalt character would encourage the use of classes otherwise commonly ignored, such as the better Tier 4 classes.
Would very much truly change? At a glance, it would allow the PCs to continue adventuring without resting for longer periods. This would probably allow them to outpace the Horde, perhaps buying them more time.
Of course, our non-gestalt group had practically a week to prepare Brindol before the arrival of the Horde, thanks to playing our cards right.
What would you do with a gestalt RHoD? Make the Wyrmlords gestalt characters too? Bump the dragons an age category? Throw in more mooks each fight?