As I mentioned in the AP General discussions, I'm looking at modifying an AP for a party of 7th level characters, and I'm now leaning towards Crimson Throne. One recommendation was to simply keep everything the same, and while the first 2 books will be kind of a cakewalk for them, it will help cement their role as a force to be reckoned with when the real challenges kick in.
Alternatively, are there any storylines in the first 2 books that really aren't necessary? My group obviously doesn't need any "filler" quests to help them level up, so any guidance on unnecessary quests would be much appreciated. That way they can get to the challenging stuff that much faster.
Thanks in advance for any help!
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You could probably skip all of book 1 if you wanted to. There's a few NPCs you'd need to introduce in some fashion as they will be important later.
Book 2 has the PCs doing various things to defeat the plague. From memory they were fairly self-contained, so you could cut some of them without any difficulty.
However, the adventure path runs best if the characters have a strong connection to Korvosa and care about what happens to the city. Your PCs might be lacking in that respect.