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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jimmytheccomic" data-source="post: 7228268" data-attributes="member: 6875326">So, I've got a change I'm making up front, putting it here in case it's helpful to someone else. Teleporting to Chult seems less fun for me than sailing in, and I also know my players are gonna joke around about level 1s being sent to the island instead of a more skilled/experienced party, so I'm gonna kill two birds with one stone while also giving a nice action set piece in the beginning. I like the "Cellar of Death" DMs Guild adventure, so I'm going to open up with that, which gives the players a link to the Harpers. Rather than the NPC the book provides (whom puts on a time limit I'm not crazy about in an exploration campaign), the party is going to be part of a larger Harper strike force. They're on three boats of Harpers sailing to Chult. (That'll also give some time for some fun interactions while sailing to flesh out their characters more, and maaaaybe some pirate adventures, I'll feel out the room.)Once the ships arrive at Chult, I want to have a huge battle with Aremag, in which the party is shipwrecked and most of the rest of the Harpers are killed. This'll give me a few big advantages. -Establishes the danger and weirdness of Chult, while also getting to paint a nice island reveal since they're sailing in. -Give us a nice huge action set piece up front -Push the threat of the death curse. Before the voyage, the idea of death being permanent felt more like an abstract threat to the Harpers, but I want to play up the absolute terror faced by the other adventurers as they realize this could mean they're dying for good. -And, if I strike up any great NPC relationships while sailing through, one or two of them can survive as well and give me some sub-plot juice in Chult. Hope this is helpful to someone!</blockquote>

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