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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Truename" data-source="post: 5030683" data-attributes="member: 78255">My group is finishing up the heroic tier now (just two sessions left, by my estimation) and I'm pondering this very question. Do I want to stop and start over with WotBS, which looks awesome and a lot deeper, or do I want to stick with it? It's taken us about 14 months to get through the heroic tier, and I figure it will be another 2.5 years to get through the rest of SoW. That could well be all the gaming we do.My big problem with SoW is that it's so two-dimensional and combat-oriented. I just read WotBS #2 and I loved how it had real choices, real dilemmas, and lots of little tips on playing NPCs. It seemed like the choices made here would actually reverberate in further adventures, whereas SoW just has a single thread. Epic tier SoW looks particularly bad... especially the first few.On the other hand, Paragon tier SoW has a nice arc, mostly solid if railroady adventures, and an awesome conclusion. The SoW plot is meh, but they often have great set-piece encounters. I've been adding little touches here and there to provide continuity, foreshadowing, and the illusion that player choices make a difference. My players love the power fantasy aspect of D&D and are excited to hit Paragon tier, so starting over at level 1 would probably be a downer. And although the heroic-tier conclusion (and the following adventure) are a nice spot to stop, I'd feel a bit like we'd thrown away the time we invested before we got to the better Paragon-tier adventures.What do others think? Given the choice between finishing SoW (at least through Paragon tier) or switching to WotBS, what would you choose?</blockquote>

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