How long did it take your PCs in *game* time to complete the "Sunless Citadel" advent

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How long did it take your PCs in *game* time to complete the "Sunless Citadel" adventure path?

(By *game* time I mean actual time *in* the game. Game time includes any time your PCs spent relaxing, training or just daudling between adventures.)

The Sunless Citadel (1st to 3rd level)
The Forge of Fury (4th to 5th level)
The Speaker in Dreams (6th to 7th level)
The Standing Stone (8th to 9th level)
Heart of Nightfang Spire (10th to 12th level)
Deep Horizon (13th to 15th level)
Lord of the Iron Fortress (16th to 17th level)
Bastion of Broken Souls (18th to 20th level)

(I think I got the level progression right?)

 

[Saeviomagy]

How long did it take your PCs in *game* time to complete the "Sunless Citadel" adventure path?

(By *game* time I mean actual time *in* the game. Game time includes any time your PCs spent relaxing, training or just daudling between adventures.)

The Sunless Citadel (1st to 3rd level)

Less than a week

The Forge of Fury (4th to 5th level)

again, less than a week

The Speaker in Dreams (6th to 7th level)

Perhaps as little as 4 days.

The Standing Stone (8th to 9th level)

It seemed like ages - all that tedious travelling through the forest. But I think it came out to be... once again... less than a week.

Heart of Nightfang Spire (10th to 12th level)

Probably a couple of weeks, but only due to travel time between the spire and the nearest town for supplies.

Deep Horizon (13th to 15th level)

This is where we are now. So far, it's a month or so, but that was just travel to get TO the underdark entrance.

 

[Capellan]

The Sunless Citadel (1st to 3rd level)

Two weeks, maybe more. Heck, it took 'em 3 days to get past the second room

We've been playing other campaigns since then, and haven't gone back to do the Forge of Fury, yet.

 

[Victim]

Our group spent months on Heart of Nightfang Spire. We ended up spenting a lot of time making items since 2 PCs had item creation feats.

 

[shilsen]

Less than a week for Sunless Citadel and maybe barely a week for Forge of Fury.

 

[Plane Sailing]

The Sunless Citadel (1st to 3rd level)
About 1 week game time

The Forge of Fury (4th to 5th level)
Never used it

The Speaker in Dreams (6th to 7th level)
Modified slightly, about 4 weeks game time

The Standing Stone (8th to 9th level)
Modified heavily, about 2 weeks game time.

 

[diaglo]

the leveling in the 2000ed was too fast.

we finished it in 2 days in game. it took over 1 month real time.

we levelled once a day.

by the time we had played 4 months real time in the campaign... we were level 9.

edit: so in 8 days in game...

 

[Shadowdancer]

I'll let you know when we finish.

 

[D+1]

Like the related poll I think the thread title has people misunderstanding the poll. In-game time to complete the ENTIRE SERIES of the Adventure Path modules was less than a year (I voted 10 months).

It was this effect - that of becoming nearly 20th level in under a year of in-game time that made me determine that at the very least the levelling rate should be cut in HALF.

In-game time to complete just Sunless Citadel was actually fairly high as I recall. Several trips back and forth to town and one or two attempts to barricade themselves in a room in the dungeon, all to heal up and recover spells. I think it may have been 2 weeks all told.

It wasn't until they actually abandoned Forge of Fury only partially begun that the game took on a real life of its own and events unfolded from there almost without a break. Each completed adventure left new questions that had to be answered fast or new events that had to be dealt with immediately.