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Message: <blockquote data-quote="grodog" data-source="post: 3253406" data-attributes="member: 1613">Please be careful to avoid any spoilers in response to this post (or other Caverns of Thracia posts), since I haven't read the module, and am enjoying playing it blind <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Our DM's using both as well---the NG version for maps and illustrations, mostly, as I see it.We've had a pretty uneven time so far:  we romped through most of the ruins south of the river pretty easily (including taking out the shambling mound), but have faced a few very tough encounters in the dungeons, and I think we've managed to pull off a few lucky wins with superior tactics and planning (and knowing when to run, certainly!).  I'm not sure what levels we're on yet, truthfully, but I think we've explored down at least two levels (not counting peering into the chasms), based on the sloping passages and such.  We've just discovered a trapdoor down to the (third?) level, which we're likely to avoid for the nonce:  2 evils priests and their guards nearly did us in on the (second?) level, in their circular shrine with the stunning eye.We've got 8 4th level AD&D PCs (either 4th or 4/4 for the multiclassers), but haven't levelled yet.  We'll migrate from CoT to Maure Castle next, when I'll take over DMing <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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