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<blockquote data-quote="roguerouge" data-source="post: 4482267" data-attributes="member: 13855">Curse of the Crimson Throne is worth it, without question. You should go to your friendly locally owned gaming store and read through the first one or two to get a sense of things. (And, actually, if my player goes to the mainland, I'm considering doing a mashup of the two series, or at least Burnt Offerings and Hook Mountain from Runelords.As for the big bad evil of Crimson Throne? Lots of spoilers...[spoiler] Under-powered? Are you kidding? A bard in a major urban center and all the time in the world, so her diplomacy and bluff skills are maximized? A bard who sits on the throne and who thus controls the military, has outsized influence with the clergy, and neutrality from the arcane school? A villain with an entire nation's treasury to buy magic items, security measures and assassins with? And by the time the PCs realize it's her... she's acquired hordes of immunities from items and deals? There's other kinds of power than melee, my friend.&nbsp; Queen Ileosa is one of the scariest villains there is. The only way you meet her is when she chooses, on her turf, surrounded by guards and high-level NPCs. She kills a king. She commits genocide. She dominates and overawes an entire city. She has an artifact boosting her personal power. She has allies of stealth, martial combat, arcane might, unholy power, and outsiders.&nbsp; And the law's on her side.&nbsp; And she actively tries to get rid of the PCs long before they become a serious short-term threat to her.&nbsp; [/spoiler]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="roguerouge, post: 4482267, member: 13855"] Curse of the Crimson Throne is worth it, without question. You should go to your friendly locally owned gaming store and read through the first one or two to get a sense of things. (And, actually, if my player goes to the mainland, I'm considering doing a mashup of the two series, or at least Burnt Offerings and Hook Mountain from Runelords. As for the big bad evil of Crimson Throne? Lots of spoilers... [spoiler] Under-powered? Are you kidding? A bard in a major urban center and all the time in the world, so her diplomacy and bluff skills are maximized? A bard who sits on the throne and who thus controls the military, has outsized influence with the clergy, and neutrality from the arcane school? A villain with an entire nation's treasury to buy magic items, security measures and assassins with? And by the time the PCs realize it's her... she's acquired hordes of immunities from items and deals? There's other kinds of power than melee, my friend. Queen Ileosa is one of the scariest villains there is. The only way you meet her is when she chooses, on her turf, surrounded by guards and high-level NPCs. She kills a king. She commits genocide. She dominates and overawes an entire city. She has an artifact boosting her personal power. She has allies of stealth, martial combat, arcane might, unholy power, and outsiders. And the law's on her side. And she actively tries to get rid of the PCs long before they become a serious short-term threat to her. [/spoiler] [/QUOTE]

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