GM Question for Shadowed Keep on the Borderlands

[javaking6]

Recently got this module for a group of New Players. It says it is designed for 4 first level players. I have a group of 7. Are there any suggestions as to the best way to deal with this.

Thanks

[Thefuzzy1]

I regularly have a party of 7 so this is familiar to me, each combat needs to be redone. What I normally do is figure out how much each combat is worth to each pc (a 400 xp fight would give 100 xp per pc) and correct it for the extra players (now that same encounter would be a 700xp fight still giving each 100 xp) more often than not adding more baddies is the right way to go but not always sometimes a cr boost from environment or another powerful creature is better. Keep an eye on what creatures you are adding as some have no loot and that needs to be added in else where to keep the WBL correct for the party.