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<blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 6591308" data-attributes="member: 54629">I would say that players have more agency in Tyranny than they do in Age of Worms, which is almost universally praised as a classic AP. I'm finding the latter to be much more of a railroad than Tyranny appears to be just from reading through it. For one thing, the actions PCs take in Hoard can have an effect on the help they're able to get for the final battle in Rise. That's some real player agency right there. I can't say with any certainty that anything my Age of Worms PCs have done has had any effect on the campaign at all. I would also say there are plenty of little things sprinkled throughout the episodes that enable the players to have quite a bit of agency in how they tackle each episode - eg. posing as cultists and/or gaining the help of allies (like the rebellious lizardfolk in the swamp) can make some episodes much easier.I didn't find the writing to be sloppy, either. Most of the issues I found had to do with the maps, but even then, it's all relatively minor stuff. I'd say that Princes actually has worse map issues than Tyranny does. (See my other thread about that.)I hate repetition. I have a feeling I would quickly find this to be boring grind. They could've made each cult so much more unique than they did. Imagine, for instance, if the water temple and/or node were completely underwater. What if Feathergale Spire looked more like the &quot;air beacon&quot; in the concept art at the back of the book? That would've been rad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pukunui, post: 6591308, member: 54629"] I would say that players have more agency in [I]Tyranny[/I] than they do in [I]Age of Worms[/I], which is almost universally praised as a classic AP. I'm finding the latter to be much more of a railroad than [I]Tyranny[/I] appears to be just from reading through it. For one thing, the actions PCs take in [I]Hoard[/I] can have an effect on the help they're able to get for the final battle in [I]Rise[/I]. That's some real player agency right there. I can't say with any certainty that anything my [I]Age of Worms[/I] PCs have done has had any effect on the campaign at all. I would also say there are plenty of little things sprinkled throughout the episodes that enable the players to have quite a bit of agency in how they tackle each episode - eg. posing as cultists and/or gaining the help of allies (like the rebellious lizardfolk in the swamp) can make some episodes much easier. I didn't find the writing to be sloppy, either. Most of the issues I found had to do with the maps, but even then, it's all relatively minor stuff. I'd say that [I]Princes[/I] actually has worse map issues than [I]Tyranny[/I] does. (See my other thread about that.) I hate repetition. I have a feeling I would quickly find this to be boring grind. They could've made each cult so much more unique than they did. Imagine, for instance, if the water temple and/or node were completely underwater. What if Feathergale Spire looked more like the "air beacon" in the concept art at the back of the book? That would've been rad. [/QUOTE]

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