I really like the idea of having all of the miniatures you'd need for an adventure path available in an accessory supplement like this. It will really add a lot of flavor to the game. I encourage Paizo to expand this accessory so that every adventure path volume has a set of paper miniatures that can be purchased separately. ...and even better, printable maps and terrain for the AP!!! Thanks!
Hi, I don't know if anyone else is experiencing this same problem. Looking at my subscriptions, I've received Pathfinder #7 but now it says the next volume to ship will be #9. I'm also a Chronicles subscriber, I received the Harrow Deck, and previously when I checked my subscriptions page it said I was to receive the "Classic Monsters Revisited" but now it says the next item to ship will be the Gazeteer. I would really like a copy of the Classic Monsters publication. Lastly, looking at my Modules subscription: I received J3 "Crucible of Chaos" and the subscriptions page says the next module to ship will be W3 "Flight of the Red Raven." I would also like the modules in-between please: "W2 River into Darkness" and "D3 The Dream Within." Please let me know if I need to change any of my selections or profiles. I want to make sure I receive all the subscription content. Thanks very much.
Thanks very much for your suggestion. I had looked at Mary's idea of swapping Lucretia, but couldn't wrap my brain around it. I'll try it again - Lucretia would be a somewhat easier fight, and she has some good gear to reward the players. Based on James Jacob's post that Xanesha probably should have been a bit easier, and Justice Ironbriar should have been more challenging, I'll see about swapping Lucretia for Xanesha, and then possibly tweaking Ironbriar a bit to bring is CR up (possibly adding another level of rogue and another level of cleric. Appreciate the advice.
My players just finished Foxglove Manor, and I figure they'll reach Xanesha next session. Although they're highly experienced players, and are prone to surprise me (despite my hints to protect them, they went toe to toe with Malfeshnekor and beat him in a fair fight), I have some concerns about Xanesha absolutely destroying them. I was looking at the base Lamia Matriarch in the Bestiary, and I'm thinking about swapping the base model instead of the stats given for Xanesha (she'll lose her 2 sorceror levels). Part of Xanesha's deadliness is her extra hit points and superior stats. The base model is about 2/3 as deadly. The only stats I'll change on the base model is to change her 3rd level spell to Fly instead of Haste (so she can fly around the tower - that makes too much sense to change) and give her Xanesha's equipment. Her challenge rating will drop to 8 instead of 10, but I'm thinking of giving an ad hoc bonus due to the tactical disadvantage (the tower) and Xanesha's powerful magic items. This will bring the CR back to 10, so the players will have the same experience point reward. What do y'all think?
Spoiler: My party just finished the Catacombs of Wrath, and the player running a Dwarf Cleric told me he is planning on going back to smash up the altar to Lamashtu with a sledgehammer. I'm scheduling him for some nasty nightmares the night afterwards, to which he will awake, only to find baleful red eyes glaring back out at him through the second-floor bedroom window at the Rusty Dragon Inn (Lamashtu sends a Yeth Hound as a payback for smashing up her altar).
The Yeth Hound will smash through the window to attack the dwarf, waking the rest of the party, who will rush to his aid (if the window smash doesn't wake the party, the Yeth Hound's baying will) while the dwarf lunges for his weapons. Hopefully, tussling with this single Yeth Hound will encourage the party to invest in some silver weapons, so when they head to Thistletop they will be forewarned and forearmed. |