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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 1462224" data-attributes="member: 5868">Let me suggest a change I made to Forge when running it for my group.  I happen to like adventures whose pacing can be broken up a bit with a variety of encounters -- combat, rp, traps/tricks, etc -- so that players with different preferences can all be satisfied.  When they were playing Forge, it was pretty heavy combat after the orcs (hobgoblins IMC) and trogs, so I felt they needed a bit of a breather (see diaglo's Banewarrens d20 story hour if you want the details).I inserted a small myconid colony at the back of the Glitterhame -- actually, a single Myconid king whose circle had been wiped out by the trogs.  He'd been a resident there for a long time, knew a bit about the history and residents of the place, needed some help, and was willing to provide some assistance himself in the form of fungal infusions (think potions of bull's strength or cat's grace, only with shorter durations, and some bizarre side effects).It seemed a good fit -- the party enters the glowing, fungus forest, and encounters a giant animated mushroom blowing spores at them.  Luckily they refrained from going into sushi mode, and had a great RP encounter with a bit of humor, which loosened some of the tension, before going on to the more involved encouters in the Forge area itself.Forge of Fury is my single favorite published adventure for 3E -- I love the combination of classic dungeon crawl elements with some challenging encounters, a reasonable background, and of course the potential for a climactic ending.</blockquote>

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