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I'm playing in this one and so far I'm bored to tears. In my early years of playing, I enjoyed dungeon crawls and I suppose I saw this AP through the misty eyes of nostalgia. Of course now that I'm older and wiser, the dungeon crawl doesn't quite seem as exciting as I remembered. Trudging through halls and rooms, beating monsters and searching for treasure/secret doors has actually gotten pretty tedious and I find my attention drifting. Admittedly we are still in book one and while my GM has given me permission to read ahead (he figures a 30 year RPG vet can keep his metagame tendencies in check) I haven't, so I don't know if the later dungeons get better. ATM I'm not terribly impressed, but I'll keep trudging along with my party, hoping something changes.

Sadly with my last semester upon me, I'm in no position offer to take up the GM mantle and run CotCT - have to wait until graduation. *sigh*

I used to plan things out, but I've stopped. I find that I get more enjoyment out of watching my character evolve naturally, responding to the stimuli of the campaign. There have been many times when I've selected feats based on what has impacted my character's life (or will be impacting it) and there have been times when these selections would not be considered ideal and would have never been considered had I followed a set progression plan. These selections have also led to some of my more memorable rpg experiences.