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So the boots filled with dirt thing is a Dasseni culture item that's talked about more in adventure 4, but the idea is that they will always be on home soil since they have a bit in their boots at all times. It's a gimmicky tradition, but it's one that would show that these bodies were Dasseni...

The Truth of a Vision This review will be for the whole of the Temple of Echoed Souls (save the discussion afterwards). I waited to do a write up for a good section to be completed rather than every session; hopefully that is an improvement and not a disappointment, but we shall see. With a...

I would personally not use one of the main trillith as I think that will get too complicated too early (assuming you want to play the full thing). Running into Deception or Indomitability so early I think would make things tough to allow the character to grow. I would make one of your own or...

My personal thoughts on this are two-fold - First, Shalosha has been brainwashed effectively by her father her whole life, right? So she believes whatever he says to her. Second, his official story here is that they were a threat to Shahalesti, so she would have thought that to be justified...

Well all of this sounds very familiar to me and my game... I'm glad to hear my party is not the only ones to sacrifice Haddin to the Scourge!

Don't be afraid to make the adventure your own. What I mean is two-fold. First, don't worry about being wrong, especially if you haven't read ahead. Just roll with it when new information comes out. Secondly, the adventure path is fleshed out well, but not immutable. Change things when needed -...

Ragna with Ragesia and Ragos is going to be fun, but I can't talk with my one PC who decided to name all of his backstory characters R-vowel-consonant. The backgrounds and links all seem really solid and thought through. I especially like the multitude of backgrounds, so as long as the PCs are...

A Return to Shelter This review is actually 2 sessions because they naturally fit together well, though it might get a bit long and rambling as a lot of assorted roleplaying happened. These couple of hours of playtime took place between escaping Castle Korstull with Shalosha and leaving for...

A Dragon Dogfight The dragon scales forming, Myetharia first attempts to converse with Syana and convince her to help defend against Ragesian violence again. With this beast being Aggression with Syana's bones, I did not consider her to have any of the history of Syana at all beyond using her...

Deception, Part Deux After last week's events, we met up as a group and decided that while not ideal, it was the best use of our time to avoid the mop up work on the skeletons. Without their wall of fire for healing and distance, they would quickly fall to the attacks of the party. After they...

Oh of course, the 8 lands (arms) of the king is really a good pull. Thanks!

There are a handful of transcribed visions from Darius during the 6th adventure, but I need some help understanding one if someone could help. My party is trying to parse them currently. "Serpents writhe in an eight-armed stone, and soldiers shall feast upon the rubble of madness." - Is this a...

Up to the Third Floor After a ton of side conversation about whether they would really be taking Clan Millorn after all, it was eventually decided that the party probably shouldn't change their decision after making one at least. As such, Jack stepped up to the controls and began the lift. As...

Jaws Revenge Just kidding about the next session being a ride up to the pyre's heart, I had an idea. But first, a few revelations before the party rests. First up, Winry decided it was time to stop with the spell casting. While the subclass was fun in theory, she was finding herself not using...

Well, we started well before we began releasing our episodes edited. We actually started in May 2021 on this campaign despite when I first posted here. We play for about 2 hours most weeks, maybe 40-45 weeks a year, though, so not that long of a time in total. To answer the question though, I...

I had started to consider this same problem actually and I'm not sure there is a great answer obvious. I had considered them calling in to Simeon and asking for a ride back effectively, but it does come with the same problems as any other teleportation right now... the damage. With little to no...

The Pressure Builds... Well, this was probably our best session of the campaign! We were able to play in person (the first time in probably 10 years) and for a much longer session than normal, so things were off to a good start even before we picked up the dice. Then the session itself had a bit...

Into the Fires A week long trip across Sindaire later, the group finds themselves on the outskirts of a massive firestorm raining bloodlike drops of flame. Activating the orb they recovered, they head in. They are surprised to find a small caravan already arrived at the castle laden with a...

I do have a similar thing happening in a way with a bard who casts Hypnotic Pattern a lot and tries to stay safe. Thankfully he doesn't do the full run away as far as possible maneuver and stays on the map at least though. I would agree with @RangerWickett that the next adventure has a lot more...

The Winds and the Orb So close to caught up... one more adventure. This has been tough. After the shock of near death in teleporting to Ostalin and meeting with the Khagan (multiple Death Wards were triggered), the party heads north with Three Weeping Ravens towards the Monastery. I wanted to...