Balanced starting party for Morgansfort Old Island Fortress?

[Solomoriah]

Let 'em die a few times. It's good experience.

[shadowmane]

This is interesting. My boys fought through the Old Island Fortress without much of a problem. The only thing that gave them pause was the Grey Oozes. One of them figured out fire might work, then they were home free. There were a few harrying times, where they had to fall back and lick their wounds, but they went through the whole dungeon "hack and slash" style.

[Solomoriah]

The pits seem to whittle my newbies down rather quickly.

[shadowmane]

Yeah, when I did the New Year game, I had a near TPK with the pit near the Kobold lair. They all survived their fall, but the Ooze got them. The only one left standing was the half-ogre who didn't fall in the pit.