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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thedmstrikes" data-source="post: 4385067" data-attributes="member: 56834"><p>I have run this classic several times and each time it gets better...unfortunately, none of my groups has ever been able to finish it.  Not because of any real reason, just life breaking us up.  I have found that the material as it stands is just not enough for a campaign as a stand alone, so I have added all kinds of stuff.  Now, the players have options and will not get a chance to check them all out, simply cause they have to choose which path to take and the other path is played out off scene.  I use the forgotten realms exclusively and have placed the setting in an out of the way place just south of the Sea of Fallen Stars and to spice things up a bit, I made it a colony from Cormyr.  What none of the players have ever found out is that the leading family in charge of the colony is really an exiled family from Cormyr pretending to have established a colony for Cormyr, but are secretly planning a "revolution" to break away from Cormyr and the players will get to choose to either support the cause or put a stop to it and turn the area into a real colony for Cormyr.  This sub plot works exceptionally well each time since every group I have had has a member that wanted to be a part of the Purple Dragons (the official military of Cormyr).  To bad I never got to see this played out....would have made for a great story....</p></blockquote><p></p>