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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tomlib" data-source="post: 4456866" data-attributes="member: 76894">OverviewI was just directed to this topic although I've contributed to the discussion at WotC. It's nice to see some ideas on both sides of the issue although the rancor is off putting. I'm only a player in this campaign and not a GM so I have not read either of the first two adventures. Much of my information comes from discussions with our GM. Please take that into account. For those who defend WotC's decision to withhold the Overview of Scales of War from the GMs I offer up this argument: I think, I could be wrong of course, that much of the cry about the Overview is related to the nature of the first two adventures, Rescue at Rivenroar and Bordrin's Watch. Rescue at Rivenroar starts out in a similar fashion to Paizo's Burnt Offerings the first module in the Rise of the Runelords AP. In BO the third encounter, Die, Dog, Die!, involves the group rescuing Aldern Foxglove. The Paizo text of this reads as follows: "The man in question is named Aldern Foxglove (CN male human aristocrat 4/rogue 3), a noble destined to play an important role in the next adventure, but whom for now is merely anotherfrightened citizen." Some issues:1) RoR has nothing of this nature to help a GM plan. 2) No NPC is mentioned as being important to the campaign in RoR or BW. 3) RoR and BW take place in completely different towns. 4) There is a huge geographical error in regards to the flow direction of the Elsir River. 5) This first supplement in Dragon specifically designed for SoW really had almost nothing to do with SoW at all but was simply a group of generic character backgrounds not related to Elsir Vale by anything other than a few name drops. 5) The geography of Elsir Vale is mostly a mystery and the towns the campaign will be visiting just as much. 6) The original maps in RoR neglected to show key locations in Brindol or even the location of the titular Castle Rivenroar. 7) Errors pointed out by the community about individual articles were completely ignored when the compiled magazine came out. This is contrary to what was promised. All of these things, I think, have led the GMs running or planning to run this campaign to the conclusion that WotC is not on top of the situation. SoW will require several years of effort to complete. In my opinion the cry for an Outline is in some ways simply an effort to determine if WotC actually has a plan for this campaign. It seems clear to me that they are, at best, very disorganized. I suspect (but cannot prove) that Randy Beuhler is lying about the having a detailed and well planned out synopsis. I think that is not an unreasonable opinion to have at this time and accounts for the personal affront many have taken to his reply. WotC can run an AP any way they see fit but I think most, even those who disagree with the idea of releasing an Overview, would agree that they are doing a poor job with quality control and communcating with their customers. Peace to all and happy monster slaying! Tom</blockquote>

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