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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SnowleopardVK" data-source="post: 5840475" data-attributes="member: 6677945">The Kalsgard bit was iffy in that regard. I've ran a game past that point for one group already, and another group will probably be getting to part 2 of the adventure next session.I ran the villain as not immediately realizing that her initial attack on the PCs via hired raiders failed. When they got into Kalsgard I had her believing they were already dead, and even when they turned out not to be I played her as overconfident, thinking smaller attacks could work at first.Once they start causing a ruckus the notoriety system scales quickly enough that they'll quickly be facing her top assassin. The encounters coming more and more frequently as a sign of her desperation.The third part of the adventure makes the villains' lack of involvement easier to explain, as you can just have them assume the PCs died crossing the north pole... Or rather that would be the case if not for a bit of a plothole in the 6th adventure regarding that.[SPOILER]That being that the Jade throne would supposedly recognize the villain as the new ruler if all the potential heirs died out, and that it's continued refusal to do so essentially gives them a giant "The PCs are still alive, so why are you sitting on your hands waiting for them to come to you instead of sending your strongest people after them?" beacon. Only excuse I could think of is that Ameiko isn't in fact the final heir and that one or more of the other royal families also succeeded in getting a member or two out of the country, Ameiko just happens to be the only one trying to reclaim her position. If the players ask, the villains have turned their attention to double-checking for potential other heirs elsewhere.[/SPOILER]</blockquote>

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