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Finally had a chance to play the original version of this module at GenCon. If you're still sharing it, I'd love to run your conversion!

Thanks!

Has anyone put together a stat block for Lorthact? I'm running a module in which he appears (name not mentioned to avoid spoilers) for a group of inquisitive players and just want to make sure I'm prepared with a reasonable stat block if they start poking around too much outside the module as written.

As a last resort, I can take something and wing it, but haven't found a printed Devil that seemed quite right and none included appropriate gear.

The module lists his CR at 23, but Guide to Korvosa indicates that he's an Infernal, which is listed in the 1.5 D20 SRD (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/monsters/abomination.htm#infernal) at CR 26. I couldn't find an Infernal listed in any of the Pathfinder references, but perhaps I wasn't looking in the right places.

I'm planning to run Academy of Secrets as a one- or two-shot for a party of three 13th level PCs. The players all typically make powerful (but not broken) characters, so I like to make sure I'm prepared to adjust the power level of modules before I run them.

Normally, running a group at the printed level with one fewer characters is at least a good start for a handicap, but at least for Part Two, it seems like being down a PC is actually an advantage. Modifying NPCs/monsters by bumping HP or applying the "Advanced" template are always quick-and-dirty options, but I'd prefer plan some more interesting modifications and only use those if the planned changes are insufficient.

Has anyone run the module at a higher difficulty (or thought about how they might)?