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<blockquote data-quote="MortalPlague" data-source="post: 7310465" data-attributes="member: 62721"><p>First off, congratulations to [MENTION=6855204]tglassy[/MENTION]. It's always a great exercise to participate in a competition such as this, win or lose. The holidays have kept me so busy of late I haven't had a chance to chime in here.</p><p></p><p></p><p>In 750 words, I chose to gloss over some of what I considered the background. I pictured Barras as the sort of lich who has forces at his command, kind of the 'Evil Overlord' sort of lich. The 'Falling Sky' is his band of wyvern riders who he uses to sow chaos and fear across the land. I think in some of my earlier drafts I addressed it a little more, but it must have been trimmed in the end.</p><p></p><p></p><p>That's a fair point.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, 750 words again. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p>In a full-fledged adventure, I'd have included a map of the citadel and colorful NPCs to encounter or fight.</p><p></p><p></p><p>All in all, this is my biggest regret with the adventure. I had always intended to write a 'What Happens Next' bit, and I never quite did. I think it would have gone a ways towards cementing some of the other ingredients.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I had thought the father's decision that his son was weak and needed to be sacrificed would qualify as a cold calculation, especially since he hires the PCs to do it rather than do it himself. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>The ritual with the Archdevil of Cold was a secondary 'cold calculation'.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It's all good, Rune. Thanks for running the show once again! See you next time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MortalPlague, post: 7310465, member: 62721"] First off, congratulations to [MENTION=6855204]tglassy[/MENTION]. It's always a great exercise to participate in a competition such as this, win or lose. The holidays have kept me so busy of late I haven't had a chance to chime in here. In 750 words, I chose to gloss over some of what I considered the background. I pictured Barras as the sort of lich who has forces at his command, kind of the 'Evil Overlord' sort of lich. The 'Falling Sky' is his band of wyvern riders who he uses to sow chaos and fear across the land. I think in some of my earlier drafts I addressed it a little more, but it must have been trimmed in the end. That's a fair point. Yeah, 750 words again. :p In a full-fledged adventure, I'd have included a map of the citadel and colorful NPCs to encounter or fight. All in all, this is my biggest regret with the adventure. I had always intended to write a 'What Happens Next' bit, and I never quite did. I think it would have gone a ways towards cementing some of the other ingredients. I had thought the father's decision that his son was weak and needed to be sacrificed would qualify as a cold calculation, especially since he hires the PCs to do it rather than do it himself. :) The ritual with the Archdevil of Cold was a secondary 'cold calculation'. It's all good, Rune. Thanks for running the show once again! See you next time. [/QUOTE]
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