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<blockquote data-quote="jayoungr" data-source="post: 7628807" data-attributes="member: 6702445"><p>In your opinion.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This is also partly a matter of opinion and/or individual experience, because not all PC groups are equal. And in fairness to the folks who wrote it, the rules were being finalized at the same time as they were working on it. (Tip for [MENTION=15882]TaranTheWanderer[/MENTION]: if you do that encounter with the disguised assassins at the inn in chapter 4, you'll want to scale <em>way back</em> on that encounter. While they were writing the adventure, they were working from a draft of the monster manual where an assassin was a much lower-CR foe than the CR 8 it ended up being. I'd suggest using the stats for the bandit captain (CR 2) instead, maybe with a veteran (CR 3) for the leader if you think your players can handle it.)</p><p></p><p></p><p>Linear is not the same as railroad. But yes, if you prefer sandboxes, this is not going to be your cup of tea.</p><p></p><p>I always recommend this review, which I think does a good job of analyzing the adventure's strengths and weaknesses in a fair way:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.starwalkerstudios.com/blog/2015/2/23/ygs4p90jb1dlkoqe0r9f5tqatvxsgx" target="_blank">http://www.starwalkerstudios.com/blog/2015/2/23/ygs4p90jb1dlkoqe0r9f5tqatvxsgx</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jayoungr, post: 7628807, member: 6702445"] In your opinion. This is also partly a matter of opinion and/or individual experience, because not all PC groups are equal. And in fairness to the folks who wrote it, the rules were being finalized at the same time as they were working on it. (Tip for [MENTION=15882]TaranTheWanderer[/MENTION]: if you do that encounter with the disguised assassins at the inn in chapter 4, you'll want to scale [i]way back[/i] on that encounter. While they were writing the adventure, they were working from a draft of the monster manual where an assassin was a much lower-CR foe than the CR 8 it ended up being. I'd suggest using the stats for the bandit captain (CR 2) instead, maybe with a veteran (CR 3) for the leader if you think your players can handle it.) Linear is not the same as railroad. But yes, if you prefer sandboxes, this is not going to be your cup of tea. I always recommend this review, which I think does a good job of analyzing the adventure's strengths and weaknesses in a fair way: [url]http://www.starwalkerstudios.com/blog/2015/2/23/ygs4p90jb1dlkoqe0r9f5tqatvxsgx[/url] [/QUOTE]
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