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<blockquote data-quote="texastoast" data-source="post: 7069588" data-attributes="member: 6873909"><p>I like it; I agree, simple and effective. There's also a pretty good chance the PCs find the gem, which is either a pro or con depending on your goals. Does the gem just fall out when they destroy the Heart?</p><p></p><p>Preparing for my next few sessions, I realized I made a mistake a while back, and I would appreciate y'all's advice on how to handle it. Rictavio/Van Richten, the party's fated ally, gave them a Sending Stone so they can keep in touch while he's not with the party. His first message to them was to inform them about the commotion in Vallaki he observed from the Tower at night after the PCs had left. The commotion was the St. Andral's Feast event. I realized, though, that because of how much IRL time passed, I failed to realize that he was sending that message on the day following the night the PCs spent in the tower with him. So it doesn't make any sense that he observed this last night and didn't tell everyone in the morning, but rather told them later that day via sending stone. </p><p></p><p>My first instinct with these kinds of mistakes is to rewind and be like, "that didn't happen." But I think doing that undermines the immersion of the game in the name of perfectionism, so I think it's the wrong approach. I'm thinking in this case to just sweep it under the rug, figuring that if I didn't realize this til now, my players, who are much less fluent in the game events than I am, will never realize it. Still, I suppose I'd prefer to have some kind of idea to explain it, either preemptively or after they notice. I also kind of need to know what night that attack in Vallaki occurred on, because it's the catalyst for the regime change there, and I need to know what the status of the city is going to be when the PCs return there (they're now looking for a wedding dress).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="texastoast, post: 7069588, member: 6873909"] I like it; I agree, simple and effective. There's also a pretty good chance the PCs find the gem, which is either a pro or con depending on your goals. Does the gem just fall out when they destroy the Heart? Preparing for my next few sessions, I realized I made a mistake a while back, and I would appreciate y'all's advice on how to handle it. Rictavio/Van Richten, the party's fated ally, gave them a Sending Stone so they can keep in touch while he's not with the party. His first message to them was to inform them about the commotion in Vallaki he observed from the Tower at night after the PCs had left. The commotion was the St. Andral's Feast event. I realized, though, that because of how much IRL time passed, I failed to realize that he was sending that message on the day following the night the PCs spent in the tower with him. So it doesn't make any sense that he observed this last night and didn't tell everyone in the morning, but rather told them later that day via sending stone. My first instinct with these kinds of mistakes is to rewind and be like, "that didn't happen." But I think doing that undermines the immersion of the game in the name of perfectionism, so I think it's the wrong approach. I'm thinking in this case to just sweep it under the rug, figuring that if I didn't realize this til now, my players, who are much less fluent in the game events than I am, will never realize it. Still, I suppose I'd prefer to have some kind of idea to explain it, either preemptively or after they notice. I also kind of need to know what night that attack in Vallaki occurred on, because it's the catalyst for the regime change there, and I need to know what the status of the city is going to be when the PCs return there (they're now looking for a wedding dress). [/QUOTE]
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