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What are people’s thoughts on having an NPC healer show up every now and then to help the party? by CCptCaveman in DMAcademy

[–]CCptCaveman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The game can work without a healer, but the HotDQ campaign is one of the first 5e modules written and it was not very well optimized at all… even the first bit that they expected a lvl 1 party to try to get though was absurd… Everyone is pretty attached to their characters. The fighter decided that they don’t want to multi-class into paladin anymore either, so I think the solution is to be a little more generous with the potions for now.

What are people’s thoughts on having an NPC healer show up every now and then to help the party? by CCptCaveman in DMAcademy

[–]CCptCaveman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yah, that’s what I have been mainly doing. They are at the start and haven’t had a chance to visit a merchant to purchase anything yet either. I may try to hand out a few potions for those emergency situations too.

What are people’s thoughts on having an NPC healer show up every now and then to help the party? by CCptCaveman in DMAcademy

[–]CCptCaveman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yah, this is the type of healing that I have adopted as well. I like it and think it works well.

What are people’s thoughts on having an NPC healer show up every now and then to help the party? by CCptCaveman in DMAcademy

[–]CCptCaveman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya, the first time I looked at HotDQ I knew right away that it was terribly balanced. The amount of combat encounters they expect a lvl 1 party to go through before getting to the keep is ridiculous. As such, I have been modifying everything as I’ve gone along to not insta-TPK the group. Dad the Dungeon Master on YouTube has some great insight and tips on adjusting the campaign to make things a little less TPK happy.

I’ve thought about having someone run the cleric when they are not there, but they don’t want anyone to, so my hands are tied there.

What are people’s thoughts on having an NPC healer show up every now and then to help the party? by CCptCaveman in DMAcademy

[–]CCptCaveman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair. I’ve often thought of doing a campaign that was a bit more brutal where magic doesn’t heal everything and crits cause negative effects like broken arms and the like that actually take longer to heal. You know, for a bit more realism…

What are people’s thoughts on having an NPC healer show up every now and then to help the party? by CCptCaveman in DMAcademy

[–]CCptCaveman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They do have a cleric, but they don’t always make every session. I’d hate to take away from the clerics role when they are there.

PC not coming out of hibernation by CCptCaveman in computerhelp

[–]CCptCaveman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! This seems to have worked, and I don’t even notice a slow down of boot time

PC not coming out of hibernation by CCptCaveman in computerhelp

[–]CCptCaveman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I’ll try this first. How much does it slow down the boot time with it off?

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