After Thunderspire, my DM said PoS was just that, a PoS () and forked us into a Paizo AP - the Council of Thieves taking place in Cheliax (in Golarion). He made it work, but I'm sure with a lot of his own work...
From what I've looked through, it did seem like it was a hit or miss type situation with the modules/maps as a whole. Some would be pretty intricate and engaging, others, not so much. For opponents I usually found that giving one or two abilities (perhaps on a recharge or as a single encounter power) that really spoke to their concept, theme, and role in the encounter really helped pump up the tension, immersion, and coolness factor. I was also fortunate that I either caught wind of something or just got lucky to stumble into a design strategy that allowed me to make the BBEG fights really memorable, usually by treating the BBEG as multiple characters (with multiple initiatives in the turn order, each with different kind of actions) and by adding in some unique support creatures or environmental elements or challenges.
Yes, it was a very satisfying campaign overall. We became the Knights of the Saruun Kell. I've never read the modules, so don't know which parts he made up, which parts came from the Council of Thieves, and what came from the original Thunderspire game. I do know there were some amazing set pieces in both games, and the final battle in Council of Thieves was epic. And I was playing the original pre-gen half-elf Cleric that came with... some introductory module/book/tool. I think we ended at level 12 or so? If the 4e character tool hadn't gone away, I'd know...
I used bits of Thunderspire Labyrinth, but with adjustments to the maps: https://www.enworld.org/threads/dem...ss-and-vor-rukoth-in-hand.282788/post-5259918
Thunderspire Labyrinth! That was the name! I don't think we actually reached Pyramid of Shadows now that I think about it.After Thunderspire, my DM said PoS was just that, a PoS (
Yeah, I played that season. It was pretty rough. A lot of fights involve shadows minions that, when they attack, they merge with your shadow and become a source of ongoing necrotic damage (2 I think it was), save ends. We lost our Blackguard in the first fight because they kept failing their save and there was nothing we could do about it.
