We've got 10 characters. If each subgroup has a Max of 3 -- we're either looking at three parties (if Vholdran isn't coming along -- not sure how much of a PC he is) or four parties (3, 3, 2, 2 maybe). This is also not counting cohorts -- not sure how those interact with the 'max of 3'. Echidna and company alone is more than 3 characters!<br/><br/>How do we go about information gathering -- would it be possible for Vholdran to give us like... the gist of what we'd be walking into? Even just basic information like where her castle is, if it's even a castle, any particular features outside of a normal castle... We can still do further scouting, at least knowing like... what sort of things there are to scout would be good.<br/><br/>As for the minions -- I think if we're going to use them, it'll either be a case by case (likely only one of them for an SLA or something) -- or we'd be using them like an army. I think anything else that we'd be dealing with, they'd just be dead weight. Like if they're any challenge for the squad of trumpet archons -- we can just breath heavily and they'll die.<br/><br/>Can I also get a general feeling of how we should be reacting to somebody like Queen of the Succubi? Is she a CR 21 like she's printed -- which would be somebody we could go toe to toe with for a good fight, somebody we could have some banter with and it wouldn't be suicide. Or is this a sort of 'If she sees you -- you're dead' type thing? Not looking for exact mechanics, or even an exact CR -- just a general comparison in power level.