MiraMels
Explorer
I'm also interested in this.
Also I'm wondering about adding in Against the Giants (which starts at level 11) before dealing with Iymrith. Or possibly after. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
I think it makes more sense to run it before confronting Iymrith. I haven't done the math, but if you ran more of the pre-Malestrom chapters than you need to, you could likely get enough XP to hit 11th level. And then, if you run through Against the Giants, and then circle back to fight Iymrith, the PCs would be, what, 12th or 13th level? It would make more sense for characters of their stature to be facing Iymrith, and you as the DM could pull fewer punches. Sounds like fun!
(If you were running your game AL-legal, however, you'd have to run Against the Giants after completing Storm King's Daughters. The level cap for SKD is 10th, and you have to be tier three to play Against the Giants.)