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<blockquote data-quote="thekwp" data-source="post: 6976126" data-attributes="member: 56444"><p>I do not see any reference to Sharka of Iz in the source material, but I really enjoyed your description. As my group has not gotten that far, I have only skimmed <u>Shelter from the Storm</u> so far. Does she appear there or somewhere else?</p><p></p><p>I only have brief references to "Lord Iz" in my notes for <u>The Mad King's Banquet</u>, but I haven't gotten through that one for notes, either.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I bet that overlap really did add to the depth of the story! I am glad that the play through supports the "pretty realistically and in a mature way" because that was my impression on reading it through originally.</p><p></p><p>I am curious about how you handle the timing. The time between the first two adventures is so tight, with only a day or two to get out of Gate Pass, then a day or so before entering into the Fire Forest, and then only a couple of days to resolve that before running out of <em>Stand the Heat</em>, not much time has passed since the actual start of armed conflict. I have assumed that the refugees are people fleeing the coming battle, but in general it seems like the party should be ahead of most refugees from the Gate Pass conflict. Otherwise, the refugees must be running from the Scourge in other areas. How are you handling it?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's always fun when the planned adventure lines up with the player's foreshadowing!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Reading through your campaign is definitely helping me ferret out the additional information from the 4E version of the campaign. The wyvern encounter does not appear in the 3.5 material, and Nelebekus appears to gets a better treatment in the 4E material. Likewise, the additional references to Guthwulf rather than the single mention of him with Jezska.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And that's why I am impressed with how you have handled it. I fully expect my party to be in full paranoid mode with the note and other references. They were pretty paranoid about just <em>taking </em>the note from Rantle! It sounds like you have done a very good job of providing the evidence but also providing convincing interpretations of the information as well to keep Katrina's role in doubt. Sounds like your players are really enjoying figuring it out as well, which is the real goal.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think "charming evil" is a good way to describe him. He's a monster, and a very twisted individual. But charming. And I find it quiet creepy. I want the pay off with him in <u>O, Wintry Song of Agony</u> to be very much a twist for my party. He will have been a remote evil for so long in the campaign, to find him both charming and willing to work with them will prove difficult for them to swallow.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As the King's daughter, and her official envoy, I thought of her as a Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador, but one able to making binding alliances or agreements directly, not just negotiate them for review by her king. However, the title on the hand out in the 4E version for Sherayel Derathi, has Shalosha as "Secretary of State." Sherayel Derathi does not appear in the 3.5 version.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What a delightfully brilliant bit of role playing! That was really nicely done, and fast thinking on the part of your players.</p><p></p><p>As always, I find interesting extra bits that I want to include in my campaign, plus fun takes on how your players have handled things. Thanks for posting these.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thekwp, post: 6976126, member: 56444"] I do not see any reference to Sharka of Iz in the source material, but I really enjoyed your description. As my group has not gotten that far, I have only skimmed [U]Shelter from the Storm[/U] so far. Does she appear there or somewhere else? I only have brief references to "Lord Iz" in my notes for [U]The Mad King's Banquet[/U], but I haven't gotten through that one for notes, either. I bet that overlap really did add to the depth of the story! I am glad that the play through supports the "pretty realistically and in a mature way" because that was my impression on reading it through originally. I am curious about how you handle the timing. The time between the first two adventures is so tight, with only a day or two to get out of Gate Pass, then a day or so before entering into the Fire Forest, and then only a couple of days to resolve that before running out of [i]Stand the Heat[/i], not much time has passed since the actual start of armed conflict. I have assumed that the refugees are people fleeing the coming battle, but in general it seems like the party should be ahead of most refugees from the Gate Pass conflict. Otherwise, the refugees must be running from the Scourge in other areas. How are you handling it? It's always fun when the planned adventure lines up with the player's foreshadowing! Reading through your campaign is definitely helping me ferret out the additional information from the 4E version of the campaign. The wyvern encounter does not appear in the 3.5 material, and Nelebekus appears to gets a better treatment in the 4E material. Likewise, the additional references to Guthwulf rather than the single mention of him with Jezska. And that's why I am impressed with how you have handled it. I fully expect my party to be in full paranoid mode with the note and other references. They were pretty paranoid about just [I]taking [/I]the note from Rantle! It sounds like you have done a very good job of providing the evidence but also providing convincing interpretations of the information as well to keep Katrina's role in doubt. Sounds like your players are really enjoying figuring it out as well, which is the real goal. I think "charming evil" is a good way to describe him. He's a monster, and a very twisted individual. But charming. And I find it quiet creepy. I want the pay off with him in [u]O, Wintry Song of Agony[/u] to be very much a twist for my party. He will have been a remote evil for so long in the campaign, to find him both charming and willing to work with them will prove difficult for them to swallow. As the King's daughter, and her official envoy, I thought of her as a Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador, but one able to making binding alliances or agreements directly, not just negotiate them for review by her king. However, the title on the hand out in the 4E version for Sherayel Derathi, has Shalosha as "Secretary of State." Sherayel Derathi does not appear in the 3.5 version. What a delightfully brilliant bit of role playing! That was really nicely done, and fast thinking on the part of your players. As always, I find interesting extra bits that I want to include in my campaign, plus fun takes on how your players have handled things. Thanks for posting these. [/QUOTE]
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