DoM Spoilers: "buffing" the major opponents

[Corvo]

WARNING! -SPOILERS ABOUT DARKENING OF MIRKWOOD CAMPAIGN-






My DoM campaign is putting the Fellowship of the Hunters in collision with Tyulqin and Tauler. Maybe they'll manage to avoid a clash of arms, maybe not.
I'm thinking about "buffing" these two great opponents with the Powerful Adversaries rules found in Rivendell.

Someone already did the same in their own campaign?
Someone got suggestions?

I'm mulling about Deadly Elusiveness or Wicked Cunning for Tyulqin, and about Tauler... Cruel Stroke?

[zedturtle]

Great Might is an exceptional power for making enemies having more sticking power.

[Corvo]

Great Might is an exceptional power for making enemies having more sticking power.

True. But I used that ability on the Steward of Carn-Dum, so I don't want to use it again (for some time at least).

[Majestic]

I didn't boost them at all, but they were still quite tough. Tyulqin especially has lots of powerful abilities.

[Rich H]

The section in Rivendell is invaluable to LMs for adding variation and greater challenge for their respective campaigns.

Someone got suggestions?

I'm mulling about Deadly Elusiveness or Wicked Cunning for Tyulqin, and about Tauler... Cruel Stroke?

I'd personally go with what fits your own group of players/PCs rather than taking advice from anyone else. Recall what they have found challenging in the past, or more accurately why they have breezed through some opponents. And based on this input pick the adversary abilities that work best for the specific set of strengths and weaknesses.

[Corvo]

The section in Rivendell is invaluable to LMs for adding variation and greater challenge for their respective campaigns.

Someone got suggestions?

I'm mulling about Deadly Elusiveness or Wicked Cunning for Tyulqin, and about Tauler... Cruel Stroke?

I'd personally go with what fits your own group of players/PCs rather than taking advice from anyone else. Recall what they have found challenging in the past, or more accurately why they have breezed through some opponents. And based on this input pick the adversary abilities that work best for the specific set of strengths and weaknesses.

Sure. But LMing is a solitary job half of the time (ie during the creation part), so I was willing to engage in some talking

I didn't boost them at all, but they were still quite tough. Tyulqin especially has lots of powerful abilities.

I think you are right. Tyulqin in particular should be played as an insidious opponent, and she already got the tools for this job.

Tauler is an ambush predator, too, but his tools are more direct.
I think I would give him some bonus: the Fellowship got two legendary weapons that are bane to the spiders, instruments of war that weren't available when Tauler was statted.