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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RefinedBean" data-source="post: 3855637" data-attributes="member: 55016">Hey, just thought I'd give some comments from a player perspective (haven't seen many on this thread or elsewhere).  I'm the Rogue from Crazy Eights' game:  Ishmael, middle-aged sea salt from Seaquen.  Also, I'll try not to spoil any plot for anyone else...So far I have been having a phenomenal time in this campaign for multiple reasons.  For one, the combat encounters have always been very well balanced and interesting, and I'm a person who gets bored with combat fairly quickly.  For another, the NPCs have been valuable and unobtrusive, and serve to bring out the best in the characters around them rather than sucking out some of the energy.  As Crazy Eights (lord knows it')s weird that I'm calling him by his online handle!) mentioned, I've taken Crystin underneath my wing and have a fairly awkward but loving paternal relationship with her now.  She hasn't had any visions as of late, so towards the end of Adventure 3 we were thinking of leaving her in Seaquen, where I had set her up with a good job through my contacts with the Fisherman's Guild, but in the end we decided to take her and I'm very glad we did.As far as the plot goes, I've enjoyed it immensely; one of the things I've found that goes in its favor is that it can be a very traditional campaign if it wants, with little player interaction (either with each other or with NPCs), but also allows the more outgoing players the chance to be movers/shakers if need be.  I don't know if that is the result of Crazy Eights' DMing style, but I've definitely felt that our decisions have had a huge effect on the world around us; whether the effect is good or bad, it still adds to the importance of both your character and the mission at hand!I've also had the unique experience of having (in my decidedly un-humble opinion) the most in-character evolution, and that has been quite rewarding.  Sometimes making sacrifices and changing your character concept (from sailor to rogue to who knows what) is scary, but for me, it has just added to the richness of the story.Anyway, sorry for the long post, and I know it's fairly light on criticisms, but hope my comments provided some kind of benefit!Also, Crazy Eights, I'm still waiting for our Elven Commander to get what's coming to him... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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