Creative Mountain wrote:

I've got the Paizo offering and a couple of other things at Free RPG Day, but having run the last Free RPG Day Paizo adventure, I am very gung ho to run this new one. I've done a little bit of prep to make it more fun . . . click for images

That's awesome. Where'd you get the huge maps from?

I scan the booklet (use the best quality settings your scanner can allow), adjust the image to 300dpi (better if your computer won't choke on large images), enlarge them enough and break it up into roughly 8 x 10 sections (there's always some pixelating, but they still look pretty good), then put it together into a pdf for printing (to be sure the size from section to section stays accurate). I even allow there to be some overlap between section images.

It is worth allowing the images to overlap, IMO, and cut them smaller than the image to avoid border lines in the middle of the map. I've tried a couple of methods for mounting but prefer to glue stick them to foam board (available at any art supply or craft store) then cover them with laminate sheets. When I cut them up so they fold, I also add some tape to the back as a sort of hinge.

Some people might keep them all as one large image if they have to computer power to do so and print them on a plotter if they have one, but the best I can do is use the local UPS store which has a $.35 sale on color printing at the moment. I only print b&w at home.

I use maps like those above or flip mats, DDM maps, maps from the old Dragon (feels weird to call it old), e-Adventure Tiles, and map packs, but I place them all on a megamat so that the players never feel they need be confined to the edges of the map.

They are not as nice as the printed maps you get with minis sets or from the old mags, but they give the table a little more oomph than just drawing on the battle mat.

Why is this not included in my subscription? This just results in more postage costs.

Why is this not included in my subscription? This just results in more postage costs.

Aristodeimos wrote:

Why is this not included in my subscription? This just results in more postage costs.

I believe the Free RPG Day modules aren't part of subscription to encourage everyone who has a subscription to go down to their FLGS and participate! :) Since supporting your local store is what these modules are all about, it would rather dull the point if Paizo were to include them in subscriptions, plus a lot of people would end up paying for a module they'd already picked up for free :).

On a side note, when I bought this module, should the PDF have gone into my downloads, or do I need to click the Add PDF Button.

On a side note, when I bought this module, should the PDF have gone into my downloads, or do I need to click the Add PDF Button.

I would love to see a mini-pathfinder adventure path(2-3 issues) using the adventure hook idea at the end of the module. Something pitting the group against the lumber consortium and 'freeing' Falcon's Hollow would be great.

I will be running Hollow's Last Hope, Crown of the Kobold King and Revenge of the Kobold King at Gencon. Folks can sign up through an EN World Gencon Events thread here -

http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=238376

*deep sigh* Yet another Paizo Pathfinder book I'm going to have to order... :D

Really enjoyed this one.

And not that I'm one to complain, but the one area of improvement (perhaps a matter of taste) is in the dungeon.

Still, by far one of my all-time favorite adventures!