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<blockquote data-quote="jayoungr" data-source="post: 8212093" data-attributes="member: 6702445">Nope, that's only in the green cover version.&nbsp; The orange cover version only gives you this:1.&nbsp; A giant ruby was presented to the princess.&nbsp; She held a masquerade ball to show it off.2.&nbsp; One man at the ball wanted to steal the ruby.&nbsp; He also smiled at the princess, and she, &quot;in her innocence,&quot; smiled back.3.&nbsp; A fragment of a love poem in the castle mentions the princess &quot;taming&quot; the writer's dragon steed.4.&nbsp; The princess's diary says that a fighter in silver and blue armor came to her home, won her love, and married her.&nbsp; The diary has no entries after the fourth day of their marriage.5.&nbsp; Several weeks after the ball, a red dragon destroyed the valley.&nbsp; Witnesses said they saw a rider in silver and blue armor on its back.6.&nbsp; No one knows what happened to the princess, but everyone seems to know that the ruby is still in the palace.7.&nbsp; There are portraits and tapestries of the Silver Warrior in the castle, as well as a mosaic showing a red dragon with a rider in silver and blue armor chasing a maiden.8.&nbsp; When the ruby is found, the ghosts of the princess and the Silver Warrior appear and attack the PCs.Putting all that together into a story is challenging.&nbsp; Was the man who wanted to steal the ruby the same person as Silver Warrior?&nbsp; Why does no one remember a grand royal wedding?&nbsp; If the princess and the Silver Warrior were only married four days, why are there so many portraits of him in the castle?&nbsp; Why are the princess and the warrior ghosts, and why are they haunting the ruby?&nbsp; If the man who wanted to steal the ruby was not in fact the Silver Warrior, why didn't he take it after they were dead?&nbsp; Why would the Silver Warrior destroy the valley?&nbsp; If he did, how and when did he die?&nbsp; If he betrayed the princess, why does his ghost appear alongside hers?And furthermore, it appears that the evil cleric Catharandamus is completely unconnected to that whole story.&nbsp; Oh, and in the orange cover version, the massive ruby is just a massive ruby.&nbsp; No link to an evil god or anything.&nbsp; And also, nobody gets turned to stone.Honestly, the green cover version makes a lot more sense, but I'm hesitant to borrow too much from it in case my players know it already.&nbsp; But maybe I'll survey them to see how much they know.I guess that makes sense.&nbsp; It's just weird having to create this much of the story!That's definitely a strong plot hook, but it moves the timeline up by quite a lot.&nbsp; The module is definitely written on the assumption that the disaster happened decades ago.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jayoungr, post: 8212093, member: 6702445"] Nope, that's only in the green cover version. The orange cover version only gives you this: 1. A giant ruby was presented to the princess. She held a masquerade ball to show it off. 2. One man at the ball wanted to steal the ruby. He also smiled at the princess, and she, "in her innocence," smiled back. 3. A fragment of a love poem in the castle mentions the princess "taming" the writer's dragon steed. 4. The princess's diary says that a fighter in silver and blue armor came to her home, won her love, and married her. The diary has no entries after the fourth day of their marriage. 5. Several weeks after the ball, a red dragon destroyed the valley. Witnesses said they saw a rider in silver and blue armor on its back. 6. No one knows what happened to the princess, but everyone seems to know that the ruby is still in the palace. 7. There are portraits and tapestries of the Silver Warrior in the castle, as well as a mosaic showing a red dragon with a rider in silver and blue armor chasing a maiden. 8. When the ruby is found, the ghosts of the princess and the Silver Warrior appear and attack the PCs. Putting all that together into a story is challenging. Was the man who wanted to steal the ruby the same person as Silver Warrior? Why does no one remember a grand royal wedding? If the princess and the Silver Warrior were only married four days, why are there so many portraits of him in the castle? Why are the princess and the warrior ghosts, and why are they haunting the ruby? If the man who wanted to steal the ruby was not in fact the Silver Warrior, why didn't he take it after they were dead? Why would the Silver Warrior destroy the valley? If he did, how and when did he die? If he betrayed the princess, why does his ghost appear alongside hers? And furthermore, it appears that the evil cleric Catharandamus is completely unconnected to that whole story. Oh, and in the orange cover version, the massive ruby is just a massive ruby. No link to an evil god or anything. And also, nobody gets turned to stone. Honestly, the green cover version makes a lot more sense, but I'm hesitant to borrow too much from it in case my players know it already. But maybe I'll survey them to see how much they know. I guess that makes sense. It's just [i]weird[/i] having to create this much of the story! That's definitely a strong plot hook, but it moves the timeline up by quite a lot. The module is definitely written on the assumption that the disaster happened decades ago. [/QUOTE]

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