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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 7656683" data-attributes="member: 6787650">This is likewise the problem with setting the adventure in FR. There is no reason for the &quot;climactic battle&quot; at the end to ever happen as written. You could have come up with a reason why it had to be these four individuals, specifically, who fight Tiamat (it turns out that her summoning is inevitable and unstoppable no matter what you do--eliminating ritual components merely weakens her), but the way the adventure has actually been written simply begs for the good guys to detach one or more metallic dragons from the battle outside and take them with them as a force multiplier. Even moreso it is incomprehensible why Elminster and the Simbul et al. don't show up to the battle to curb-stomp Tiamat with you. Rise of Tiamat would make a decent adventure in a world where there aren't any good-aligned NPCs over level 5, but in the FR the plot is simply bizarre.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 7656683, member: 6787650"] This is likewise the problem with setting the adventure in FR. There is [I]no reason[/I] for the "climactic battle" at the end to ever happen as written. You [I]could[/I] have come up with a reason why it had to be these four individuals, specifically, who fight Tiamat (it turns out that her summoning is inevitable and unstoppable no matter what you do--eliminating ritual components merely weakens her), but the way the adventure has actually been written simply [I]begs[/I] for the good guys to detach one or more metallic dragons from the battle outside and take them with them as a force multiplier. Even moreso it is incomprehensible why Elminster and the Simbul et al. don't show up to the battle to curb-stomp Tiamat with you. Rise of Tiamat would make a decent adventure in a world where there aren't any good-aligned NPCs over level 5, but in the FR the plot is simply bizarre. [/QUOTE]

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