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<blockquote data-quote="Rune" data-source="post: 6704414" data-attributes="member: 67">I might add that I found that set of ingredients somewhat tricky. With no locations, only one person, and so many things it was a real struggle to stay away from MacGuffinville. Which is why a turned one of them into a person. As it is, were I critiquing the piece, I would call out the goblet and the toadstool as both being replaceable and mostly tangential to the adventure. I spent a lot of time trying to make the toadstool a person like Ivy, but I just couldn't make it make sense. I might also note that the necessity of the shaman-ness of Razormaw is questionable. It is necessary that he be a druid and a bard for his spell selection to make sense, but the role of a shaman is not just as a tribal spiritual leader; it also is a healer--and that was neither evident (except by implication of bard and druid spells) nor important in Razormaw. Ultimately, though, the ingredients fit together well enough and the adventure is one I could see myself running. And I feel kind of sorry for Ivy, being duped by her creator and all. If she survives, I wonder what kind of retribution she might take.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rune, post: 6704414, member: 67"] I might add that I found that set of ingredients somewhat tricky. With no locations, only one person, and so many [i]things[/i] it was a real struggle to stay away from MacGuffinville. Which is why a turned one of them into a person. As it is, were I critiquing the piece, I would call out the goblet and the toadstool as both being replaceable and mostly tangential to the adventure. I spent a lot of time trying to make the toadstool a person like Ivy, but I just couldn't make it make sense. I might also note that the necessity of the shaman-ness of Razormaw is questionable. It is necessary that he be a druid and a bard for his spell selection to make sense, but the role of a shaman is not just as a tribal spiritual leader; it also is a healer--and that was neither evident (except by implication of bard and druid spells) nor important in Razormaw. Ultimately, though, the ingredients fit together well enough and the adventure is one I could see myself running. And I feel kind of sorry for Ivy, being duped by her creator and all. If she survives, I wonder what kind of retribution she might take. [/QUOTE]

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