Scaling Up Loot For A Larger Party

[Kobold Catgirl]

I'll be GMing for a six-man party in the Whispering Cairn. Do I need to modify loot much? Any advice?

[BayonetPriest]

I think the path was designed for the standard 4 man band so I'd think you should probably bump monetary loot up by 50% wherever they find that sort of thing. Add an extra magic item here or there so everybody gets something nice at the low levels and then try to adjust for WBL for higher levels.

[Cylyria]

My party is 6 PC's and I left the loot more or less as is written. The power level of having 6 characters more then compensates for the slightly less loot per character. They are up to level 11 and about to visit Mazorian and so far seem to be doing just fine.

[Jam Falcon]

My party of four missed a lot of the more hidden lot and felt like they were behind pretty much the entire time (losing everything to a near TPK with Zyrxog didn't help either), so I'd err on the side of more loot if yours seem to be similarly un-thorough. I'd agree with around 50% more gold, and a handful of additional magic items so everyone leaves each adventure with a shiny new toy (or something to sell).

[Touc]

I don't increase loot if the party exceeds 4 as the party power level is increased already by having +50% characters than the adventure is designed for. Be aware that several AoW battles beyond just the Cairn are single "bosses," and these will be substantially less challenging with 6. I have a varying party based on who shows every week (5 usually, 6 sometimes).

With that said, I'd modify Zosiel's Diadem

Spoiler:

The diadem functions as a +2 Wisdom gear, but eventually it will be surpassed by other gear (it gets powers around 12th level in the path, way too late). It comes into play as a nice item to have in the final modules, but there's really no clue or incentive to keep it till then other than Allustan hinting "it's cool, you should hang onto it." I made mine a Legacy item (from 3rd edition).

[Kobold Catgirl]

I do plan on modifying encounters to keep things challenging, keep in mind.