We just finished up. A very good session was had.
The pcs in this group are trying to assemble the three pieces of a map. They already have one; they are slowly progressing through tests that require patience and perseverance given by the King of Birds to get the second piece (current task: raise a baby roc to adulthood); and they are working their way through an underwater dungeon to find the third. This dungeon is tricky, full of secret doors and traps, as well as monsters. This game, they avoided a very dangerous trap, ended up going the right direction, and had HOT dice. They absolutely destroyed encounter after encounter (two ghosts? one round), and they are probably one or two sessions from finding the third piece of the map (and maybe the undead king who has it?). Holy cow, they made some serious progress tonight; I think they got through about five or six encounters, not counting the trap that they circumvented.
We'll see- if they do find the king, if they take a "let's just kill them all" approach, they may well be biting off more than they can chew. I'm excited to see how they fare, and what approach they take- they got the first third of the map through stealth and thievery, rather than combat, so maybe they will take a wise approach. I dunno, we'll see.