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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 6398445" data-attributes="member: 413">I have said this in other threads...I abandoned my plans to use HotDQ after reading it.  I like the format and subject matter of Lost Mines for low level PCs.  Some goblins, a sandboxy home base and environment to explore with some detailed locals and a somewhat interesting storyline and hints at further adventures beyond it.  HotDQ's rush to get 1st level PCs off and running in dealing with a regional level threat is just silly.  There aren't some high level NPCs in a place like the Sword Coast that would deal with this threat?  Level 1-5 characters should be dealing with kobalds and bandits and should be finding hints and clues as something larger and more sinister.  Maybe around 6th level or so they should start running into open dragon cultists.  If I were to run a campaign based on this concept, I'd give the 1st level PCs a connection to Greenest, have them explore the area, get to know the NPCs and do some jobs for them, maybe encounter some cultists spies that are scouting the place out. Around 3rd level I'd start to ramp up the presence of cult forces in the area (they aren't an army after all...it would take some time and effort to gather enough strength to take down a village protected by a fortified keep), let the PCs deal with some attempts at weakening Greenest's defenses or ability to deal with a crisis (an attempt to murder leaders, sabotage weapons, infiltrate defense forces, etc), maybe send them on some errand and upon their return from that errand spring the attack on Greenest.  Depending on earlier events the village may be totally destroyed, only partially overrun or come through unscathed...that way the PCs could see the effects of their actions.  So basically if I were to run it, I'd add quite a bit of play to before Ep 1 so the PCs are 4th or 5th level at the start of it and go from there.</blockquote>

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