It depends if you listen to Lae'zel or not... If you listen to her and hurry you can easily reach that zone at level 3 or 4.
Will we be supposed to clean close to everything in this part of act 1 not to have a too hard time on that encounter ?
Shouldn't the surface be designed for level 2-4 characters and the underdark for level 4 with eventually a few combats for level 5 ? (Bulette)
It would make more sense and it would probably lead to a more fluent experience.
The underdark is already a smooth division of the map. It would be cool not to have the feeling you have a very specific path to follow.
I think DnD is pretty balance to avoid this.
Having to leave the underdark because you're not powerfull enough or because you feel you're really in danger make sense. Avoid the gith patrol or any other encounter on the surface because you're not level 5 don't at all... Especially if a character ask you to go there as fast as you can when you have reached level 2.
Last edited by Maximuuus; 06/07/21 07:52 PM.