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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 8601814" data-attributes="member: 42040"><p>Sorry you had a bad experience with this campaign. What you're describing is why I had the climactic showdown in Grimskalle and didn't use the latter third of the book. A friend of mine is also running this adventure, and when we were talking shop about it, he came to the same conclusion without my opinion (I didn't want to influence his running of it unless he asked me first). </p><p>We ultimately came to a similar conclusion: RotFM is an unfocused mess of an adventure, likely written by several teams of writers without a common direction. </p><p>The only connection made to the climactic last third of the book is a side quest (which could easily be missed) halfway through the book. It would be as if the writers decided to make the epic showdown involving an invasion of mind flayer gnomes (with their crashed ship being a scout ship to prepare for that invasion). </p><p>Instead, we're given the overview of a lost city. I don't think there are even any maps that go with it (with the exception of a generalized layout of the city) - you don't even get the areas where "big" combats are supposed to take place. Compare that to Omu in Tomb of Annihilation, where they provide the city map, as well as the individual temples where you solve puzzles and gain the keys.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 8601814, member: 42040"] Sorry you had a bad experience with this campaign. What you're describing is why I had the climactic showdown in Grimskalle and didn't use the latter third of the book. A friend of mine is also running this adventure, and when we were talking shop about it, he came to the same conclusion without my opinion (I didn't want to influence his running of it unless he asked me first). We ultimately came to a similar conclusion: RotFM is an unfocused mess of an adventure, likely written by several teams of writers without a common direction. The only connection made to the climactic last third of the book is a side quest (which could easily be missed) halfway through the book. It would be as if the writers decided to make the epic showdown involving an invasion of mind flayer gnomes (with their crashed ship being a scout ship to prepare for that invasion). Instead, we're given the overview of a lost city. I don't think there are even any maps that go with it (with the exception of a generalized layout of the city) - you don't even get the areas where "big" combats are supposed to take place. Compare that to Omu in Tomb of Annihilation, where they provide the city map, as well as the individual temples where you solve puzzles and gain the keys. [/QUOTE]
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