Hey everyone. I've just finished the first chapter of Kingmaker with a group of four players recently. Party consists of a human paladin of Abadar, human cleric of Shelyn, human pyromancer (third-party class), and a kobold slayer from the Advanced Class Guide playtest.
I've let them all use 25-point buy since they've been eager to play as relatively high-powered characters, but the encounters have been seeming a bit on the easy side. The owlbear at the Stag Lord's fort nearly killed the paladin but there hasn't been a ton of close calls. Said player has mentioned it'd be cool if the fights ramped up in difficulty. Naturally, I am sure that the books become more difficult as time goes on, but I want to make sure they don't have too much of an easy time.
I had thought of using the Advanced template on creatures to amp them up in response, but was wondering what your take on that would be? +4 to each stat seems to blow 25 point-buy out of the water and may make things a bit too difficult, but in comparison making every enemy 25-PB on the fly could take awhile. Maybe just boosting one ability score by 4 would suffice?
Thanks to anyone for their help in advance.