[Servants of Darkness]: The lady is dead

[kottakinge]

Yes alhoon i'm agree but i find it's a shame that only the DM could read such a rich background.
Dark Lord are more that the big boss after killing the mobs, and i think it's important to give the PC some hints for their curse.

I will continue the adventure in 2 weeks, i don't understand too much the next part of the adventure.

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OK the PC vanquish the lady of the lake, come back to Rima, go to the witches, confront the fey and clear Bryonna name.
Then Loth arrive and tack Wyan's daughter, in order to exchange her with some Arak stuff from the banshee?
Why?
I didn't get it, the second part of the adventure could be epic but it seems that there is few connections with the first part of the adventure?
Any feedbacks?

[Gonzoron of the FoS]

Well, are you aware that Servants of Darkness is a lead in to the adventure called The Shadow Rift? The set-up with Loht and Tristessa ties straight into that one, IIRC. If you're running this one without the followup, you might want to cut out some of that, or give it some other meaning to make it not seem tacked on.

[kottakinge]

Yes Gonzoron i know that there is a sequel and i plan to run it later (is it as good as this one?)
So i have to read The shadow rift for the second part? What a work!
I usually have to read all the Gaz5 for the area and the VRGTTSF

[Gonzoron of the FoS]

Yes Gonzoron i know that there is a sequel and i plan to run it later (is it as good as this one?)

sadly, no. I do like it, but it is a bit of a let-down after Servants.

[The Lesser Evil]

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I find Gwydion much more palatable if you make his relationship with the Shadow Fey similar to how the relationship they have with mortals (dismissive, exploitative, and often patriarchal) and play up the irony. Instead of making Gwydion a completely unfathomable alien abomination or a petty tyrant, make Gwydion a horrific version of Elmyra from Tiny Toons or the Abominable Snowman from Bugs Bunny. Basically the sort of overbearing "I will love him and pet him and pat him and feed him and..." but extend that sort of twisted "affection" to an entire race of enslaved beings instead of one captive creature. Gwydion's curse becomes much more worse: he's able to see his "children" playing around and "endangering themselves" while he is left more in a position of a fish in a fishbowl than a pet owner. All he can do is cry out for them like a distressed parent. Of course, to the Shadow Fey this has this is more like the song of a siren complete with potential mind control capability.

[alhoon]

Well, alien Gods have their place, but indeed, someone stuck on the door for decades isn't that much fun...

[kottakinge]

Well there are so many cool adventures written by the fans (did you ever run a calling from Verbrek?A real MASTERPIECE!) that i find no interest in running a poorly written but canon one.
Anyway the little trek to Keening could be a cool experience for the players, but i still don't understand why Wyan's daughter was the chosen one for being traded for the Arak weapon?