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I just finished running Mad God's Key (Dungeon #114) and it was a hit. It took two sessions as a side quest in my Scarred Lands/Savage Tide campaign. I liked that there was some 'detective' elements without getting overly complicated- very easy to convert on the fly (upped for a 4th level party and swapped out the city and the gods).

This worked great to get the party to 5th before they set sail to the Isle of Dread with Lavinia.

My players said that the Tomb of Blood Overflowing had a creepy Temple of Doom-meets-Legend of Zelda feel to it.

Anyways, just wanted to say thanks to Paizo for giving me a great adventure to run.

I'm digging through old Dungeon mags all the time!

I'm sorry to say, I really dislike the new modifiers.

Halflings with +2 Intelligence? Half-orcs without a Charisma penalty? I just don't get it.

The worst move is the +2 modifier to any ability for humans. Most players already takes humans for the bonus feat, and now they can also be human and be as strong as a half-orc or as dextrous as a halfling?

Its a dealbreaker for me; I wouldn't use Pathfinder Alpha without house-ruling right at character creation. Please rethink it! (I feel you have to take away the bonus feat if you give +2 to an ability of choice).

I've run a couple sessions of Savage Tide (converted for the Scarred Lands) and everyone absolutley loves it thus far. I have not had to convert/change too much, but I've noticed that the 'compensation' seems extremely high:

200gp per character from Lavinia to raid the Blue Nixie, plus 100gp/month retainer.
2,000gp of coin/gems in Parrot Isle (plus magic potions, magic wand)
1,700gp in coin/gems and 2 magic wands from Namien the Taxidermist!

I slashed Lavinia's reward to 50gp per character + 50gp to assist in the vault. I cut the Parrot Isle treasure by 75% (no wand) and the players were thrilled! The party will likely encounter Namien next session and I will be paring his equity down as well.

I won't likely change my low-magic style, but I am very curious to hear if I'm a complete miser or if others agree with me on this.