The decision of the Primary Characters (PCs) to join with Jari and Diarmoc felt immediately contrived. I kept reading because I had hoped a dice roll had been behind that weirdness, but am disappointed that the game seems to foist this upon the player. Your suggestion is spot on for making it make sense and leaving the agency in the hands of the player.
I have a growing suspicion that a lot of the game is going to be like this if I keep playing through the current set of adventures. There seems to be a very clear path the game/story wants the players to go. If that's what the group wants, then that's fine, but right now, it feels like it's on some pretty serious rails.
I may finish this adventure and then read the next one. If the next one is also as "here is the story" as the first, I might drop it and just roll up some random adventure seeds or something.
The system feels set up for, "play-to-find out".
The adventure/module very much does not. We'll have to see if that's just the introduction or if it continues that way.
The decision of the Primary Characters (PCs) to join with Jari and Diarmoc felt immediately contrived. I kept reading because I had hoped a dice roll had been behind that weirdness, but am disappointed that the game seems to foist this upon the player. Your suggestion is spot on for making it make sense and leaving the agency in the hands of the player.
Ya, 100%
I have a growing suspicion that a lot of the game is going to be like this if I keep playing through the current set of adventures. There seems to be a very clear path the game/story wants the players to go. If that's what the group wants, then that's fine, but right now, it feels like it's on some pretty serious rails.
I may finish this adventure and then read the next one. If the next one is also as "here is the story" as the first, I might drop it and just roll up some random adventure seeds or something.
The system feels set up for, "play-to-find out".
The adventure/module very much does not. We'll have to see if that's just the introduction or if it continues that way.
Keep it up.👍 Showing play receipts is the most effective means of perpetuating and improving the hobby.
Oh I like it! Especially writing letters. And that Jari dwarf looks and sounds like a weasel so may the dice be in your favor!!!
Thanks! I'm glad the letter style is coming out well.
I actually really like it and it's a lot of fun to do but it's taking me more time than I would have thought.