I've been busy so I haven't done all of the bookkeeping quite yet, but I've added Basch's character sheet to the other heroes as a "Guest" I've added Alfyn's to the Heroes tab (and applied his Opinion buff) and I was made aware of a new way to handle spell lists using the Tabs option, so I've put that in place on Aerith's sheet. Wakka's isn't quite done yet. I also have a tentative version of the new combat rules, which I'll be using as a bit of an experiment this adventure.
As much fun as I had with the adventure's Combat last time, it was a bit more intensive than I expected it to be. So, as a bit of an experiment to try and make everything easier on me, I've come up with a different set of rules that will hopefully make things move a bit quicker and smoother.
Rather than having the enemies and heroes make contested rolls, the only one who rolls will be the heroes. Instead of rolling to counterattack, the enemies will have attacks tied to DCs. The higher the heroes roll, the less threatening of an attack the enemy can deal back to them. As an example, a Lightning Elemental might have the DCs 30 [Thundara] 60 [Thunder], and 90 [Attack] as such, everyone attacking the Lightning Elemental who rolls below a 30 would be hit by Thundara in turn, everyone who rolled between 30 and 59 would take a Thunder, and so on.
Every ability or spell that affects defense or evasion will be applied as normal, either by increasing the hero's roll or reducing the enemy's DC
Furthermore, while bosses, minibosses, and other "Elite" encounters will have an HP stat as expected from such a monster, lesser monster swarms won't have an HP stat. They'll be guaranteed to be struck down in one round, the only question is how much damage the party takes in the process.
I understand this might be a bit less dramatic or interesting, but it's easier for me, and I don't think anyone really expects a random encounter to end the party's journey. Unless of course, the party has been worn down through attrition along the way.
