F.H. Zebedee
2007-11-15, 12:14 AM
Now, before we start, I just want to get this out of the way. Yes, this is for a Bleach D20 campaign in PBP. I'm not going to debate which system works best for that or anything like that.
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I've got 8 players at level 1 (4 fighters, 2 Skillmonkeys, a healer, and a blaster.), with another one (Essentially, an Archer) coming in at level 2. Initially, I thought they'd be severely outstripping normal power levels by far, but the campaign manages to prevent that. (Though they get class based AC and a weapon that powers up with levels, they miss out on the magic equipment that rules the roost at high levels, and miss the cheese spells)
What advice can you all give me for challenging the party? I already know two key things for dealing with a large party:
-Split the party down to mini-parties often. I should probably split them down to a 4/5 set or a 3/3/3 group every now and then. This tends to keep the balance pretty well. Heck, sometimes even split them up for seperate plot arcs and such.
-Any number of opponents less than half the number in the party is too few, too concentrated, powerwise. I think I can compensate for this by building bosses to be major tanks, and typically having at least two bosses for boss battle fights, possibly in seperate arenas.
And yes, I will throw TDC (refluffed) at them around level 2, and use that as a measure of their power. Just because it's that awesome.
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I've got 8 players at level 1 (4 fighters, 2 Skillmonkeys, a healer, and a blaster.), with another one (Essentially, an Archer) coming in at level 2. Initially, I thought they'd be severely outstripping normal power levels by far, but the campaign manages to prevent that. (Though they get class based AC and a weapon that powers up with levels, they miss out on the magic equipment that rules the roost at high levels, and miss the cheese spells)
What advice can you all give me for challenging the party? I already know two key things for dealing with a large party:
-Split the party down to mini-parties often. I should probably split them down to a 4/5 set or a 3/3/3 group every now and then. This tends to keep the balance pretty well. Heck, sometimes even split them up for seperate plot arcs and such.
-Any number of opponents less than half the number in the party is too few, too concentrated, powerwise. I think I can compensate for this by building bosses to be major tanks, and typically having at least two bosses for boss battle fights, possibly in seperate arenas.
And yes, I will throw TDC (refluffed) at them around level 2, and use that as a measure of their power. Just because it's that awesome.