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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 2783364" data-attributes="member: 20741">AoW is a clearly superior product in almost every way you can measure it.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Coherency of Vision & Storyline: The first Adv Path was literally made up as they went along with no idea of the destination or how it was going to get there;  Age of Worms was conceived from the start as a story line with foreshadows, recurring NPCs, expanding magic items and expandable hooks throughout.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Coherency of Presentation: The art for AoW has been consistent as has the presentation. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Assurance of Publication: The first Adventure Path was an ad hoc series without predictable publication dates.  You essentially could not run the SC until it was complete - or nearly so - without a reasonable chance of being concerned your adventurers were going to get ahead of the published adventures. AoW is once a month for 12 issues straight. It has become the closest thing to a shared experience  that we have in the 21st century of gaming</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Multiple Periodical Support: AoW has received add in maps within Dungeon, extra backdrops that went beyond that delivered for Cauldron, follows on the heels of the Greyhawk 4 poster maps series and every issue if Dragon supports the Adv Path all the way through.  The comparison is night and day: SC was an a meandering adventure of "maybe" status; AoW is a pedal to the metal, all cylinders firing EVENT.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Extensive Online Support: The AoW overload and the monthly support in the online supplements in Dungeon quite simply: rocks.  This was Ennie award winning support for a reason folks.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Superior Writing: The AoW benefits from Dungeon's finest writers contributing to the epic.  While SC had some bright lights too - AoW's is - again - the Full Monty approach.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Superior Production Values: Again, artwork, time spent in development and the overall thrust of both of Paizo's periodicals have been supporting AoW throughout. They spent more money on the 2.0 product line - pure and simple - and it shows. </li> </ul>The result is the Age of Worms is qualitatively and quantitatively better in every single respect. I'd go so far as to say that I don't think that anyone can objectively defend the superiority of SC over AoW. The only reason why a given DM might prefer SC over AoW is purely for the Planescapey flavor of SC. If Planescapey feel is what you want - if that's your cuppa tea - then I can see this as being the major subjective reason why SC appeals to you. But by any other measure, and certainly any objective measure ,the Age of Worms is a superior product line which builds with the knowledge of all the errors and mistakes made with the first Adv Path  and has done its level best to avoid them.  The Hall of Harsh Reflections aside (not the best of the series, but by no means is it a bad module) it's been a resounding success.Not only is AoW better, I'd go so far as to say it's not even close.</blockquote>

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