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I heartily agree. Death of a character can be among the most non-engaging consequences of failure, depending on the campaign. One of the most recent campaigns I've been reading about has the players screwing up time after time after time. None of them dies, but the scenario they're in turns...

And I always though that it was created in Ostalin, then introduced to the Ragesians by Lee Sidoneth :D (but honestly, this and the Burning Sky are nifty in-universe methods of preventing players from teleporting everywhere)

Because they'll be sent to Ycengled by the Shahalesti who are usually more or less your opponents. There they'll witness that those people they will most likely be working for have committed real atrocities in the past and are trying to brush it under the rug. So there will be a huge moral...

Well, if you wish to end the adventure on a slightly higher note, you could let Shalosha use Seaquen as base for her future operation. This would give the party the opportunity to connect to the new Shahalesti rulership as she's quite a likeable character and would contrast well with Telshanth...

Diplomatic matters Before dessert, there is another break and Lya Jierre turns to us to talk about the “misunderstandings” we had. We sincerely ask her what these “misunderstandings” might be as she's probably already talked to her brother Luc. She says that she's quite adamant that the...

Originally, it was just a coincidence as NPC like Lord Vantrys and his staff or Francis Fordren were part of our character's backgrounds and yeah, of course being a 500 years old ex-butler means you know and care much about society. And then we just happened to connect all of these people with...

The grand banquet (As a pre-emptive note: Some of the upcoming parts of the conference dinner may seem as if it was majorly Auryn doing the talks. This is not because Carlyle's player wasn't interested in the dialogue, but he had to do a bit of work during the second half, so we agreed that I...

hm, I'd say we're in transition from adventure 7 to 8 as the war council happened before the Temple episode because some elf wanted to draw the Shahalesti away from Ycengled ASAP. But yeah, the story will continue :) next up will be some more visions and chaos and chaotic visions for which I...

If I got this right, then the authors of the 4e conversion tried to add some replayability for those who had played through the original. Hence the additions, at least until chapter 6. Some of them are really good, some of them even close gaps and ease the DM's prepwork. Others can distract...

Into the Temple of Echoed Souls Thanks! It has been a blast. And, haha, no, I won't spoil the upcoming events. but I can promise that there will be some surprises. --- As he fears for Mariel's life, Tinuviel throws himself in front of his aunt before a second spell hits the council hall and...

Hah, nice to see that there are still 4e fans out there :) The 4e version has some cool additions and extra details for the fluff, but there are many occasions where you can see directly that they wanted to increase the numbers of encounters to reach the necessary XP thresholds. If you're...

Yep, this is Bhurisrava's log that can be found in his shrine to Anyariel in the elven village. Depending on how much time your party spends with Indomitability, he even suggests that the PCs could get some rest and the village is relatively safe to explore (except the Ghasts). So chances are...

We finished! Just going to leave this here to whom it may concern: We just finished our War of the Burning Sky campaign yesterday! Overall, we spend the last 2 1/2 years with Cuin'halar, Tinuviel, Torrent & co. and I can say that this is/was easily the best published high fantasy campaign...

Oh my, so they have really brought this upon themselves. In that case, I love Tormyr 's B team option as they can at least try to help while still seeing the consequences of their decision firsthand. And having Shaaladel as commander is such a great opportunity later on. My group avoided having...

Haha, right. As streetfood is currently really trendy and people over here love puns of all kind, they actually use Burgermeister as a name for their burger bars. Some sell Meisterburgers and some even big Oberburgermeisters. :D And don't get me started on the madness that is "Hamburger Bürger"...

Chaos at the Station, or: Sleep's for Sissies We make haste to get to the Nettles and the Mayor's estate. On our way through the forest, we are joined by many different, colorfully clad spirits who head towards the same direction. There's also the occasional Vekeshi elder in person, like the...

Scoundrels, scoundrels Next, Auryn wishes Carlyle a pleasant evening as she has to discuss lending a ship with her friend Dawkins. She then heads to the Rear Admiral's estate to tell him all about the threat of the terrorist dawarves, the death of Ekossigan and the dangers of the Bleak Gate all...

Because she's a D&D character and having he boss be the biggest badass is one of the more common tropes? (Seriously, look at the Faerunian leadership... so many high level kings and queens) Also, considering the fact that she's Iceni and therefore celtic I have no doubt that she participated...

so they deliberately missed the play? Or did they simply forget to track the time themselves? If it was the latter, then maybe you should let Katrina's vision just be some doomy foreshadowing. Especially when they are trying really hard to make sense of the storm.

Oh my gosh, yes. It will take some time to get there as I'm currently still in the middle of adventure 5 and we had quite the intermission afterward. But everything regarding "that guy" (even the corresponding parts of Auryn's background down to the finer details) turned out to be a perfect fit...