Trailblazer's Bounty Adventure - 3 Players OK?

[windyridge]

I am going to run this adventure as a play by post game. I am a new GM. Is it ok to run with 3 players or do the NPC's need to be changed? All PC's will be level 1 and this will not be played as society game with the points etc.

[Malk_Content]

You'll want to adjust the encounters based on tables 10.1 and 10.2 which you can find HERE under Building Encounters.

As a quick and easy fix, applying the weak template to 1 or 2 creatures will do the trick.

[Ascalaphus]

It's a relatively easy adventure, but part of that is that it's 5 ans 6 player scaling mostly increases the number of minions in the fight while leaving the boss equally strong.

If you're running it for 3 players, the bosses may feel a bit harder. Especially with the ogre, make sure to stick to his tactics because those make the fight a bit easier for the players.

Also, if you want to use the Discovery Points to figure out how successful the players were, you should scale down the number of points the players need to earn a bit because they're one hero short.