New Posts For Thread: Any word on the Lair assaults, etchttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22310849/Any_word_on_the_Lair_assaults,_etcSeveral months ago, I remember the RPGA preview/report page mentioning some supposed new LFR adventure types including Lair Assaults. A few months later, someone asked about them and we were assured that they are really awesome and a lot of fun and cGonna shed a little light on things here, not that I have many more answers than you all.1) As others have said, it really IS going to run as 1 encounter/week.  Chris mentions in a blog post () that you *can* opt to run more adventures, but there arhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22310849/Any_word_on_the_Lair_assaults,_etc?post_id=389483345#389483345Gonna shed a little light on things here, not that I have many more answers than you all.1) As others have said, it really IS going to run as 1 encounter/week.  Chris mentions in a blog post () that you *can* opt to run more adventures, but there arSat, 06 Feb 2010 06:12:34 -0600The estimate was if you played all the encounters, your PC would be halfway between 2nd and 3rd level.  I think you can create a LFR compatible PC, although I don't recall if that was explicitly stated.  The idea is one encounter, takes about an hohttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22310849/Any_word_on_the_Lair_assaults,_etc?post_id=389428441#389428441The estimate was if you played all the encounters, your PC would be halfway between 2nd and 3rd level.  I think you can create a LFR compatible PC, although I don't recall if that was explicitly stated.  The idea is one encounter, takes about an hoFri, 05 Feb 2010 16:24:42 -0600I am curious to see how this will work.Since the characters can be exported into LFR, I would expect that everyone will start with 1st level PCs and only advance based on experience they earned.  At one encounter per session, that's 8-10 sessions behttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22310849/Any_word_on_the_Lair_assaults,_etc?post_id=389391101#389391101I am curious to see how this will work.Since the characters can be exported into LFR, I would expect that everyone will start with 1st level PCs and only advance based on experience they earned.  At one encounter per session, that's 8-10 sessions beFri, 05 Feb 2010 09:19:32 -0600Short sessions are likely to work better for stores that aren't open late, as well. I know the store where I'll be running is only open till 9 PM, which is not enough time for weeknight LFR. The other two LFR weeknight game days I've played at both thttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22310849/Any_word_on_the_Lair_assaults,_etc?post_id=389383957#389383957Short sessions are likely to work better for stores that aren't open late, as well. I know the store where I'll be running is only open till 9 PM, which is not enough time for weeknight LFR. The other two LFR weeknight game days I've played at both tFri, 05 Feb 2010 07:12:17 -0600From what I remember, Chris told us that you would start with a first level and end at 2nd. Each encounter is really 1 encounter. The extended rest is somewhere after the xth sesion (halfway). How the rules deal with some of the issues of attendencehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22310849/Any_word_on_the_Lair_assaults,_etc?post_id=389383641#389383641From what I remember, Chris told us that you would start with a first level and end at 2nd. Each encounter is really 1 encounter. The extended rest is somewhere after the xth sesion (halfway). How the rules deal with some of the issues of attendenceFri, 05 Feb 2010 07:05:29 -0600