I adore them. They’re the last fragment of the old vernacular of Dragon, and they give me enormous insight into what the creative lead was thinking when developing the AP. They are the first thing that I read in every issue, and the only thing that I have read in every single one.
Finally! :)))) Indeed! I'm honestly quite surprised that they lasted as long as they did. I loved the journals in the early years, but I looked at them less and less as time has passed. Now, I don't even glance at them. I think this is good news, and I can't wait to see what Paizo does with the extra pages.
I did not tell the players that I was tracking their sins. When they reached Runeforge, I used the surging sin-magic to create “flashbacks” to their characters less than benevolent actions. This served as a great device to remind the players how far they had come over the three years of our campaign, and it gave them fresh reminders of their character's habits, which made roleplaying the surging emotions easier. This folded nicely into the effects caused by the Runeforged weapons, and the Prideful character in our group has become almost intolerable now that he has a Domineering Runeforged weapon. It has all made for great flavor as we wind up the final approach the Mhar Massif. |
