HOW TO IMPROVE THE FIRST LEVEL OF MAD MAGE - WATERDEEP: DUNGEON OF THE MAD MAGE - MAGICAL TEA PARTY

[@bowmanc.7439]

For the Stirges room problem. I’ve played DotMM and DMed it. Everytime players would open the door, see a bunch of sleeping stirges, close the door, have a little chat, then either run in with spirit guardian, fire ball, hunger of hadar if there’s a warlock, but either way, it dies in one round before ever waking up. My point is, a lot of the times combat can be avoided. That many stirges shouldn’t be seen as a combat encounter. It’s more of a puzzle + theming.

[@Ofley_Adventures]

You’re very correct in balancing the encounters (like the manticores). There are enemies ahead that will just massacre the party, no problem. I think if someone wants a very deadly experience, it’s better to leave the enemies as they are in the module. This video gave me a lot to think about, thank you!

[@MagicalTeaParty]

Our party had gotten very close to tpk territory multiple times (or at least 1 or 2 deaths), so yeah...

[@kingsting12]

Any chance you'll continue this series at some point? Really been enjoying these videos and your insight

[@MagicalTeaParty]

It's likely I'll revisit this yeah, got some more thoughts I'd like to share. Bigger projects on the way right now though, so buckle in for that before another DoTMM video comes

[@CyberSkelly817]

Subscribed for more DotMM. Aaaand thank you.