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and so you all know the encounters in this campaign aren't quite going to be strong enough as it is designed for a smaller party so i'll be using another book I have which is designed around the kind of monsters we're going to see here, just to make them feel a little better... 
so any and all feedback is appreciated..

And on that note would you guys like me to open a discord server?
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I vote a big [b]YES[/b] on the Discord server!

As for balancing LMoP, I've heard from sources that it's actually a pretty difficult (at times) campaign, with TPKs around every corner...

That being said, I also found a resource that lets you "balance" the game based on how many players you have under your wing.

[b]SPOILER WARNING[/b]

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It's riiiight here > http://haluz.org/lmop/
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