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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 9743684" data-attributes="member: 54629">I am intending to run Pharaoh next, and I have some questions. I’ve never run it before.<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Am I correct in thinking that the only legit way to get from the ground floor to the next level up is through the flame portal? There is the river connection but the text doesn’t say anything about PCs being able to climb up it (unlike the river connection between levels 2 and 3, which even gets a handy side view illustration).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Any tips on how to practically manage the confusing nature of the Maze of Mists at the table? I get it in theory but I’ve always struggled with mazes in practice. I generally use DDB’s Maps these days, and you can’t rotate the maps. I think it’ll be hard to be mysterious in that format, so I’ll have to switch to TotM or paper for that part, I think.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Any tips on how to keep track of the passage of time in the pyramid? I’m supposed to check for random encounters once an hour.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Any tips on how to practically run the doppelgängers? I can’t just handwave it and secretly tell a player their PC has been replaced, but if I initiate a combat, the other players will know what’s happening and will just have to pretend they don’t know their companion has been replaced. How do you maintain the suspense and mystery there?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">How has the gnome commoner survived in the pyramid for five years?! First, how did a commoner get that high up into the pyramid when actual adventurers have perished in earlier parts, and what has he been eating and drinking all this time? Other living creatures in the pyramid have been there for much shorter amounts of time and are already running low on food and such.</li> </ol>That’s all I’ve got for now, I think.</blockquote>

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