Which Adventure Path is the best?

[GlassJaw]

They are doing some really cool stuff with Savage Tides, but my patience for demonic/godly bossfights as a capstone is wearing thin. I may revise my vote after I see how they handle the endgame for the series, but as of now, I'll say shackled city.

+1 on the demonic/godly stuff

That's the main reason that I'd really like to see an AP for levels 1-10 or 12 because that's about the AP's (and 3ed in general) start to drive me nuts.

I voted for SC as well, just because I really liked its low-level adventures the best. AoW is a close second. ST just hasn't really grabbed me as much as I thought it would.

 

[Aloïsius]

How is the timeline in savage tide ? Do PC go up from peon level 1 to archmage level 13 in a few weeks, like they do in AOW ?

 

[Pants]

How is the timeline in savage tide ? Do PC go up from peon level 1 to archmage level 13 in a few weeks, like they do in AOW ?

Actually, there are long stretches of time during and between adventures.

 

[Psion]

You are truly weirder than I though Psion. But eh.

*will agree to reserve some judgment on ST after it ends*

Zombie pirates? I up that ante with Spawn of Kyuss any day.

Spawn of Kyuss are cool.

But I don't see anything wrong with SC. As someone mentioned, AoW reads well, and is very moody, but in my admittedly limited experience, AoW reads better than it plays. I had a better play experience with SC. AoW was more straight up dungeon crawl, where SC had lots more "live by your wits" and "sticky situations" that fit my playstyle better.

 

[Arnwyn]

From what I can tell so far, I think I like Savage Tide best. Sea-faring combined with Demon Lords really appeals to me.

Shackled City is a very close second.

AoW just didn't click with me as much as the other two have. Kind of all over the place, geographically, so it was a bit more difficult integrating it into my campaign.

 

[Nightfall]

Arn,

See I like travel.

*doesn't know about the leveling problems some had* I mean I had my group only up to 3rd barely by the end of Whispering Carin and that took at least 3-4 weeks.

Psion,

*shrugs* It played alright to me. Just reminded me to a) have a pretty consistent group, b) one with dungeon crawling experience and c) ones that have a regular cleric too.

 

[Olaf the Stout]

I have the SCAP hardcover. I enjoyed reading the adventures as they came out in Dungeon each month. A few at the end get a little strange but I think that it was good nonetheless.

I haven't read anything to do with AoW as it started just as my subscription expired. Based on people comments about it I would buy the hardcover if they made it though.

As for the STAP, I have just finished running the Freeport Trilogy so I am a bit tired out on the whole pirate thing at the moment. My experiences in running combat involving water in 3.xE haven't been great so I am wary of an AP that might have a lot of this.

Underwater combat and the swimming and drowning rules are something that I would like to see revised for 4E.

Olaf the Stout

 

[Nightfall]

Olaf,

There's only been a little of combat at seas. At least that I can recall off hand. Some of it is more "island" based. *is referring to Savage Tide*

You really should invest in getting the issues for AoW. They are still available I believe from Paizo.

 

[Aeric]

I voted for Age of Worms. As much as I love pirates, what I've read about the Savage Tide so far hasn't impressed me all that much. The Shackled City, which we got about 1/4 of the way through before the TPK and subsequent hiatus, was seemingly-unrelated dungeon crawl after dungeon crawl. The Age of Worms has it all: travel, a challenge suitable for high-level characters, a ton of Easter eggs for fans of Greyhawk, and yes, even a couple of challenging dungeons.

 

[RangerWickett]

Having only subscribed to Dungeon last year . . . yay, I love Savage Tide!

I did think the 'dungeon at sea' at the end of the third adventure was a little silly, though.