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Hello all from France.

First things first : SPOILERS ! This is a GM Thread !

I'm running the Carrion Crown Adventure Path, and my players are about to face the Lopper and the Splatter Man. Both these guys are no joke, but I worry that they could spell a death sentence for my group.

They are all 3d level, 20 point build, they have found the cache in the Crypt and have already explored most of the prison. They found the "Furious Five" items, but they feel they are too dangerous to be used and so they left them to the good care of the Pharasma Temple.

The PCs are :
- a human paladin of Iomedae
- a human inquisitor of Sarenrae
- a half-elf witch

There was also a halfling rogue (no news from the player for months) and a dwarf cleric of Abadar (who is unfortunately unavailable until a month or two).

We are using Core and APG only (it's my first Pathfinder campaign and I try to avoid "bloat").

My problem is thus :
- Right now, they have no magic weapon (except a handful of arrows), thus no easy way to damage incorporeal foes with weapons
- They wasted some of the magic arrows on a haunt, including Ghost Touch ones
- None of them has the "Shield" spell to protect them from the Splatter Man's Magic Missiles
- The witch spells are really terrible against most of the foes found in Harrowstone, and these two bad guys are no exception
- They don't have much in the way of spells/abilites that can damage incorporeal foes (Burning Hands for the Witch, Fire Bolt/Disrupt Undead for the Inquisitor, Lay on Hands for the Paladins), but for paltry damage...

I don't really see how they are gonna be able to do any significant damage to The Lopper or SM, or even survive one of these encounters... Am I understimating them ?

What could I do to give them a fighting chance ? (I might tone down those bad guys, but I don't want them to feel I go too easy on them).
Maybe they could stumble upon a Ghost Dirge Scroll ? (even with that the victory is far from certain, given the saves of the foes).

Any ideas ?