Encounter Balance.

[blakmetalmedik]

Hey guys, working on a dungeon for an upcoming game in which some wang-liang (pg. 198 of oriental adventures) have kidnapped children from a nearby village and have brought them to their lair (the dungeon). Now they have some slaves that are guards, just fodder, probably will use goblins or something similar so im not too worried about that.

However, the party is lvl 5, with only 3 members. a samurai, a rogue, and a sohei. im concerned that going with the wang-liang may be a bit too strong for the group, considering i want to use around 3 of them for the main encounter.

any thoughts?

[Glimbur]

Throw one wang-liang against them with some minions. See how they do. The critter can run away if the battle is too easy or too hard. You could also run sample combats in your spare time and consider how your players will react and such, but nothing beats real combat to see how they do.