How many players is good for a tier one run of The Stolen Heir

[Sam Parsons 736]

How many players is good for a tier one run of The Stolen Heir. I am DMing a home session of The Stolen Heir. Everyone is at level 1. It was five players plus me the dm. One dropped out. Should I recruit one more person, or is four enough for tier one run of The Stolen Heir?

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The game is on February 14th so the quicker the response the better.

Thank you.

[Artoo]

The Stolen Heir has scaling for four players. Just go along with that, you should be fine.

[Smallfoot]

Artoo wrote:

The Stolen Heir has scaling for four players. Just go along with that, you should be fine.

Four should be ok, but if they lack the necessary skills, you're going to have to do some finessing as GM.

Spoiler:

Our party let the 'kidnappers' get away and failed to notice how well the Stolen Heir was treated. As a result we lost one or two Prestige. If your players are as slow on the uptake as we were, you might want to provide a couple of hints that things are not quite as they appear.

[Ascalaphus]

If the PCs have some social skills, that will make it much much easier. This isn't a heavy combat adventure.

Player skill/attitude also matters. It's basically a whodunnit, if the players are playing the adventure as if they're trying to unravel a mystery, they shouldn't have trouble finding the things that need to be found.

[DesolateHarmony]

Sam Parsons 736 wrote:

How many players is good for a tier one run of The Stolen Heir. I am DMing a home session of The Stolen Heir. Everyone is at level 1. It was five players plus me the dm. One dropped out. Should I recruit one more person, or is four enough for tier one run of The Stolen Heir?

The Stolen Heir

The game is on February 14th so the quicker the response the better.

Thank you.

[kinevon]

By the way, for Season 4 or later games, 5 is actually just about the worst number of players possible.

4 players get the 4 player adjustment.
6 players get the standard game, developed for 6 players.
5 players get the standard game, developed for 6 players, so they are at a disadvantage...

[Sam Parsons 736]

Thanks everyone.