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You really gotta remake the inquisitors to your taste. I have had similar experiences with them not being quite as scary as they should be. I think that next time I would make the anti-magic aspect more front and center, maybe an aura. In my game the Inquisitors have turned out to be...

Planning the Finale I thought I'd ask for ideas on my final encounter. It should be coming up in a two weeks. I'm looking to make it super epic. The group will be a Wilden Druid, Halfling Bard, Goliath Barbarian, and Drow Sorcerer/Swordmage hybrid, all level 11. Maybe Katrina and Torrent...

Or are the Elves the Italians? going for the easy pickings? heh

Yeah, I want it to be over the top. Of course, I also just dropped a +4 sword, so I'll give 'em a chance. I'm thinking that Leska will be in the background of the final mass battle. Perhaps she will show up at a negotiation for a peace treaty. That may be more of a narrative denouement than...

Awesome! Sounds like you have some great players. I wasn't brave enough to run a fight-less session until module 5! My own vision of Ragesia is that it has a massive cult of personality around Coaltongue who is worshiped unto a god. The officials of Ragesia are generally half-orcs. They have...

So, the discussion is this: How do you negotiate the middle ground between dropping clues to mysteries so that players can figure them out themselves and campaign exposition? I've been DMing the War of the Burning Sky for 8 months now and I've recently had a thought that would be fun to...

Heh! Well, a lot more than I was! At least I don't have to make major background plot decisions on the spot! I was sort of in story limbo for a little while. It was really great to layout a whole bunch of the plot last night and let them have at it. Now they can go about making some...

These community forums make running these modules SO much better! There is definitely alot to keep in your head. I've found it especially challenging to abbreviate the campaign because I had to come up with a bunch of answers alot quicker than the campaign provides them. The NPC issue is...

Session 25: Madness and the Sphinx of Wisdom As I attempt to wrap this up in the next couple of weeks the campaign is straying pretty far from the modules, but I'm going to keep reporting just for the sake of completion. The campaign has had so many twists and turns. The players and our play...

Talysian: At low levels you are certainly right. My thinking was that Shealis would be merciful given the diplomatic situation. The whole waking up in a cell scenario that the module suggests a few times. Interestingly, as the campaign has closed in on Paragon level I have begun to throw...

I liked her at paragon level. The players figured out that she was far out of their league and that was good for negotiations (they didn't fight her either).

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Sessions 23 and 24: To Go Where Eagles Dare The campaign is really flying off the deep end now. I'm trying to speed it along, but it is so much fun to enjoy campaign world we've built up, its hard to push too much. Now I'm sort of following the players a bit. In the last session the players...

I try not to be negative on the internets, but... this particular series always makes me sad. The dude obviously doesn't have much time to DM, and is obviously scraping for topics, and is obviously writing at the last minute stream on consciousness style. I don't mind an anecdotal blog like...

Yeah, no chance of seeing it, or interacting, not that they wanted to, the players knew well enough what it was. I did a loose series of skill checks for that part, that whole getting across town sequence to me was all about maintaining a sense of momentum and urgency. I didn't want to get...

The frightening creature is a dragon, but it is off stage, the encounter is all about dealing with the effects of dragonfear on crowded streets. I also did a small pre-adventure, and while I also think HS1 is great, I suggest a slightly shorter scenario. In my case I used the freebie, "Kyber...

Session 22: The Froghemoth Cometh This week we wrapped up Shelter from the Storm. After some mucking about with the white monolith (and a vision of Leska), the heroes marched up to the roof and battled the corrupted Druid Sidoneth at the edge of the raging sea! The party was immediately...

As someone who has run the module I would first defend it by pointing towards all the threads on this forum describing peoples' play experiences -They tend to be very positive! Otherwise, I would just say that the set-up and story are unique and really compelling and that I treated most of the...

You could also flip the script on them and rather than a teleportation trap, have Sidoneth sneak out (possibly observed) and go start up the heavy weather. That way others can be involved without being in the same spot and at least it limits the chances of a long half party combat. I did...

Heavy Weather: Planning the finale The party will be well worn by the time they reach the ultimate battle with Sidoneth. It will be their 4th encounter without a long rest. I haven't stretched their resources often in this campaign so it should be touchy. I've redesigned Sidoneth and...