The characters are level 4 starting the chapter. Is it even possible for them to have the spell "remove disease" to help the sick girl Brienna? Seems a bit odd that this should be an alternative as no divine caster I know of can have that spell at level 4. Even though it really would have been perfect for a shaman or cleric to step forward here and save the day. Only option seems to be buying a scroll, potion or hire someone. Right?
There is a lot of things they can do to hit level 5 before they meet Brienna.
Plus Ishani is there and he can cast it as well. It is actually a little better if they don’t just roll in and cure her right off the bat, they can cast lesser restoration on her to make her last a little longer so they can figure something out.
There is a lot of things they can do to hit level 5 before they meet Brienna.
Plus Ishani is there and he can cast it as well. It is actually a little better if they don’t just roll in and cure her right off the bat, they can cast lesser restoration on her to make her last a little longer so they can figure something out.
True. But isn't the encounter with Brienna really early on and all the action comes afterwards? I would have to mix some of the encounters up a bit.
Why would it be better? So it feels more grave and serious matter and they really have to work for it? I just thought the shaman of the group nedded to feel "needed" and helpful when Grau turns up asking for his help. But I guess his lesser restoration might help until they find a potion. I suspect they will use all the gold they've collected to solve the problem.
How far are they from level 5 right now? They have the mission to drop off Trinia which can get some xp. Plus it is good for them to travel all the way to the ranch because it makes things that happen later in the game easier. Ie they can just teleport to the ranch.
Keep in mind the original was written in the 3.5 days when what we now call "fast track" was the default for xp. That said, for a party of four, you only need 40kxp to be level 5. There's 42,970xp in the first printing of the original AP, so assuming the GM is awarding appropriate amounts for each of the minor riot encounters after dealing with Gaedren and the party does everything, they very well can be level 5 by book 2 (in the original printing) before any xp rewards for the second book even occur. If we look in the remaster, and go by the fast track as it tells us to, 45,615xp(+1,600xp if they get what they want from Devargo without incident and then come back to kick his criminal @ss).
So in both cases, while the writers don't expect you to get every award, it's totally possible with plenty of margin of error to start book 2 already at level 5.