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I am in need of help. I am going to be running Dawn of the Scarlet Sun. I will be running a 7 person group ranging from levels 5-7. I am an intermediate DM and I think the only way I can make it a challenge for the group is if I get off dominate person. A full round of casting, chances are it will be interrupted. I need tips to getting it off.
Do I need to make the Encounters harder? If so how would you suggest making it more appropriate?
Dawn of the scarlet sun's boss fight was a PAIN. One person could scratch her, one person could hurt her, and the rest of us didn't have enough damage to go through her slew of resistances and immunities.
She has teleport and a summoned minion.Summon a minion, teleport across the room behind him, and start casting the spell.
I ran that module for Free RPG Day. It was a lot of fun, but it was a bit of a bear since most of the party didn't have a good way to damage her.
If you run that encounter as written, as soon as the succubus is found out, she should teleport a short distance away (it specifies where on the map -- a location where she can get back to the party quickly, but the party wouldn't be able to see her immediately after she teleports so they wouldn't know where she went) and use her summon SLA to summon a demon. Then she sends the demon in after the party, and follows it. If the demon goes in first ahead of her, and she stays back near the end of the hallway they enter from, she should have time to cast Dominate Person. Even if she does get hit, remember that the attack has to do damage to force a concentration check; if the archer doesn't have the correct type of weapon (I think it was Good or Cold Iron?) then he has to get through her DR to even hurt her and force a check. And even if she does have to make a concentration check, her concentration is high, was it a +13? And the DC would be 10 + spell level (5) + damage dealt, so unless the archer 1) has some way to get through her DR or 2) has the correct combination of feats to do a significant amount of damage after her DR, and can still hit her AC of 27ish, she can probably make the concentration check if she needs to.
One thing I was curious about: Are you playing this for Pathfinder Society credit? (I see the Andoran symbol next to your username.) If so, level 7 PCs are not legal for this module. It was written for a 5th level party, and PFS allows modules to be played by characters 1 level up or down of the target level, so in this case, 4-6th level.
Edit: The above poster mentioned that if she does Dominate someone, the target would get a second save (with a bonus) if she tried to compel him to do something that would normally be against his nature, like attack an ally. A good command for the Dominated person would be "Go find the city guards" or "Go get reinforcements." This effectively takes them out of the battle, and doesn't allow their teammates to try and cast Protection from Evil or anything else that would allow a new save.