D&D 5E Questions about Reaching the end of "Princes of the Apocalypse" (Spoilers)

[maceochaid]

My players are starting to reach the end of PoA and I was wondering about the Nodes. They killed Gar Shatterkeel in the Temple of the Crushing Wave, and they will be possibly slaying another prophet in the Fane of the Eye. Is there a reason for them to visit the nodes of dead prophets? Part of me want sthem to do everything in the adventure, and another part of me wants to just bring this to a close. If I do skip two notes Should I bump up people's level to complete the adventure?

 

[MonsterEnvy]

My players are starting to reach the end of PoA and I was wondering about the Nodes. They killed Gar Shatterkeel in the Temple of the Crushing Wave, and they will be possibly slaying another prophet in the Fane of the Eye. Is there a reason for them to visit the nodes of dead prophets? Part of me want sthem to do everything in the adventure, and another part of me wants to just bring this to a close. If I do skip two notes Should I bump up people's level to complete the adventure?

The Nodes will remain open until the weapon is thrown into the portal. If the nodes stay open more evil elementals will continue coming forth until eventually the Prince emerges. The prophets are mearly speeding the process and all 4 need to be closed.

Anyway I would recomend you roll for which random Prophet they will face in the Fane then let them run around to the nodes and maybe leave a book that explains that they need to close all of them.