7 Players

[Mortavius]

Hello all,

I'm finishing up Carrion Crown, and my group has decided on Reign of Winter as our next AP. We're excitedly making characters, but as DM I have a concern.

I have a few people joining, and I'm going to have 7 PCs. This is an online game, so the PC's will be there even if their players can't always make it (they can be controlled by others).

How do I modify the encounters to accommodate for this many players? Preferably, I would like some kind of rule I can follow. Does anyone know where I can get info on this, or have any info they can share?

[bwatford]

I run 7 players in this campaign with a 20 point buy and this is my basic outline where I start:

All named baddies get the advanced template and max hitpoints.

Double all non-named baddies but leave them as written.

This has worked out well so far. On occasion I have had to fudge a few extra hitpoints toward some of the easier encounters and give a minion or two to a single enemy to help with the action economy.