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<blockquote data-quote="jayoungr" data-source="post: 6744447" data-attributes="member: 6702445"><p>I'm another of those who thinks <em>Tyranny of Dragons</em> is much better than it's given credit for being. My own group is well into <em>Rise of Tiamat,</em> and we're loving it. I think the story is unusual, with lots of variety and opportunities for roleplay and investigation.</p><p></p><p>I think when people say it's railroady, they are mostly referring to the opening sequence. That consists of the PCs being sent on a lot of missions in sequence, with a time limit, in order to save a town that's under attack from cultists and a dragon. Then they have some follow-up missions to scout and raid the cultists' base camp. After that, the adventure opens out considerably as the PCs are given a mission to track where the treasure is going. They do need to stay on the trail of the treasure, but each section of that (the caravan, the roadhouse, the swamp castle, etc.) is pretty sandboxy as long as they don't lose sight of where the treasure goes.</p><p></p><p>Here's a <a href="http://www.starwalkerstudios.com/blog/2015/2/23/ygs4p90jb1dlkoqe0r9f5tqatvxsgx" target="_blank">positive review</a> that addresses some of the common complaints about <em>Tyranny of Dragons;</em> that may help you decide whether it's a good fit for your group.</p><p></p><p>Finally, as always when someone asks about this, I encourage you to check out the "enhancing" threads, where we discuss how we've modded the adventures:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?394128-Enhancing-quot-Hoard-of-the-Dragon-Queen-quot-%28Practical-stuff-to-try-at-your-table!%29" target="_blank">Enhancing "Hoard of the Dragon Queen"</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?394129-Enhancing-quot-Rise-of-Tiamat-quot-%28Practical-stuff-to-try-at-your-table!%29" target="_blank">Enhancing "Rise of Tiamat"</a></p><p></p><p>EDIT to add: And also <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?466332-Enhancing-quot-Princes-of-the-Apocalypse-quot-%28Practical-stuff-to-try-at-your-table!%29" target="_blank">Enhancing "Princes of the Apocalypse"</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jayoungr, post: 6744447, member: 6702445"] I'm another of those who thinks [I]Tyranny of Dragons[/I] is much better than it's given credit for being. My own group is well into [I]Rise of Tiamat,[/I] and we're loving it. I think the story is unusual, with lots of variety and opportunities for roleplay and investigation. I think when people say it's railroady, they are mostly referring to the opening sequence. That consists of the PCs being sent on a lot of missions in sequence, with a time limit, in order to save a town that's under attack from cultists and a dragon. Then they have some follow-up missions to scout and raid the cultists' base camp. After that, the adventure opens out considerably as the PCs are given a mission to track where the treasure is going. They do need to stay on the trail of the treasure, but each section of that (the caravan, the roadhouse, the swamp castle, etc.) is pretty sandboxy as long as they don't lose sight of where the treasure goes. Here's a [URL="http://www.starwalkerstudios.com/blog/2015/2/23/ygs4p90jb1dlkoqe0r9f5tqatvxsgx"]positive review[/URL] that addresses some of the common complaints about [I]Tyranny of Dragons;[/I] that may help you decide whether it's a good fit for your group. Finally, as always when someone asks about this, I encourage you to check out the "enhancing" threads, where we discuss how we've modded the adventures: [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?394128-Enhancing-quot-Hoard-of-the-Dragon-Queen-quot-%28Practical-stuff-to-try-at-your-table!%29"]Enhancing "Hoard of the Dragon Queen"[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?394129-Enhancing-quot-Rise-of-Tiamat-quot-%28Practical-stuff-to-try-at-your-table!%29"]Enhancing "Rise of Tiamat"[/URL] EDIT to add: And also [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?466332-Enhancing-quot-Princes-of-the-Apocalypse-quot-%28Practical-stuff-to-try-at-your-table!%29]Enhancing "Princes of the Apocalypse"[/url] [/QUOTE]
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