A lot more planning, and a little more scheming

Well, the extra 2 weeks of prep time are about half gone. I have been pretty busy with real life stuff so I haven't done as much as I wanted. Time has been spent adding to the monster files, working on characters for the new players, stocking dungeon levels, and building some NPCs.

I added almost 50 monsters to the files in one marathon prep session. Most of these were pulled from old adventures that I had run before. Here are a couple of my favorites.

Golem, Rope

ST	15	HP	10	Speed	5	Class	Construct
DX:	12	Will:	10	Move:	4	Source
IQ:	2	Per :	10	SM:	-2
HT:	10	FP:	10	DR:	3
Dodge:		Parry:
Melee	Level	Damage
Grapple	ST	Margin of victory
Traits:	ST +10 (one attack, grapple), homogeneous, fragile(unnatural), unhealing,
Skill:	Wrestling 15
Notes:	Usually left as a trap, the rope golem will wait to be picked up by unsuspecting delvers

Rage Drake

ST	30	HP	30	Speed	6.75	Class	Animal, reptile
DX:	12	Will:	14	Move:	8	Source	Revenge of the Giants adv.
IQ:	4	Per :	14	SM:	2
HT:	15	FP:	15	DR:	5
Dodge:	11	Parry:
Melee	Level	Damage
claw	12	3d cut
Raking leap	12	3d cut, rof 4, all out attack,
Traits:	Claws, bad temper, super jump 1, 2 extra legs, no fine manipulators, horizontal, wild animal
Skill:	Brawling 12, jumping 12
Notes:	Can be domesticated, but should never be trusted

The addition of two new players brings the total to 8 possible players on any given night.  That is a lot. It's going to be tough to make sure every one is heard, understood and has some spotlight time. However, with that many players they should be able to cover most situations. With some of the players attendance being spotty I think it will all work out.

The current roster looks like this;

1. Human Thief
2. Human Knight
3. Dwarf Cleric, specializing in one of Buff, Turning, or Healing
4. Human Fire wizard
5. Dwarf Knight
6. Scout, maybe an elf, maybe human, maybe something else, depending on what the players chooses.
7. Human Barbarian (this character is either a swashbuckler with the barbarian lens added, a Barbarian with a Martial artist lens added, or a straight up barbarian, depending on what the player chooses.)
8. Human wizard

I see this as 3 fighters(two knights 1 barbarian), 2 ranged ( the fire wizard and the scout,  and 2 support (the cleric and the other wizard).

Four and a half levels of the dungeon are completely finished. Still have a ways to go before I feel super comfortable. I think my final goal is somewhere around 14 levels.

Tonight I may stat up a dragon, a very old dragon.